Oval Invincibles grew to become the primary males’s facet to win The Hundred back-to-back after they retained the trophy by beating Southern Courageous within the remaining at Lord’s.
Saqib Mahmood (3-17) took three wickets within the area of 5 deliveries as Courageous collapsed from 99-3 to 102-7 whereas chasing an above-par 147-9 on the ‘House of Cricket’.
Victory then appeared out of attain for the Courageous after the tight bowling from Invincibles left them requiring 34 runs from the ultimate 10 balls with two new batters, Jofra Archer (6no) and Craig Overton (22no), out within the center, though the latter smashed two sixes in his defiant late knock, nevertheless it was not sufficient to stop the London facet clinching the title once more.
Earlier, Tymal Mills (3-33) and Akeal Hosein (3-34) took three wickets apiece for Courageous because the Invincibles made 147-9, with Will Jacks (37) main the way in which in a speedy begin to the innings after being inserted to bat.
Sam Curran (25) and Jordan Cox (25) added 46 runs throughout their third-wicket stand, sharing six boundaries equally, whereas Tom Curran (24) and Tom Lammonby (16) added 34 runs late on to take their facet to what proved to be a defendable whole.
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