With the conclusion of the third version of The Hundred, we check out the star performers, probably the most eye-catching moments and probably the most thrilling finishes from the 2023 event…
Century makers
Tammy Beaumont and Harry Brook each hit tons of to not solely gentle up the event but in addition function a reminder to the England selectors of what they are going to be lacking over the approaching months.
Beaumont’s 61-ball 118 for Welsh Hearth in opposition to Trent Rockets – the very best rating within the historical past of The Hundred – got here days earlier than she was as soon as once more ignored for the T20I workforce, with the 32-year-old nonetheless stranded on 99 appearances in that format for her nation.
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Tammy Beaumont surpassed Will Smeed as she hit the very best rating within the historical past of The Hundred with 118 off 61 balls for Welsh Hearth in opposition to Trent Rockets
Brook’s 41-ball century for Northern Superchargers in opposition to Hearth got here lower than every week after he was unnoticed of England’s squad for the 50-over World Cup in India this autumn, a range determination that has baffled Kevin Pietersen – and Piers Morgan.
The Yorkshireman was at his devastating finest in opposition to Hearth, scoring 22 runs from the ultimate 5 balls of the innings as he moved from 83 runs off 37 deliveries to 105 off 42, slamming David Payne for 4 fours and a six. Brook had strolled out to the center together with his workforce struggling at 10-3 and proceeded to attain all however 53 of his facet’s runs throughout a devastating show.
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Watch Harry Brook’s finest pictures as he smashed a shocking unbeaten 105 from simply 42 balls – the quickest century in The Hundred – for Northern Superchargers in opposition to Welsh Hearth
Hat-trick heroes
One hat-trick taken throughout a event is much from a given, not to mention two – and within the area of three days.
Shabnim Ismail was the primary, claiming the second hat-trick within the historical past of the ladies’s competitors (after Alana King), with the legendary South African tempo bowler’s significantly notable because it got here from the ultimate three balls of the match as Hearth edged out Birmingham Phoenix by simply three runs at Edgbaston.
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Shabnim Ismail’s accomplished a sensational hat-trick with the ultimate ball of the sport to earn Welsh Hearth a dramatic victory in opposition to Birmingham Phoenix
Tess Flintoff, who had taken Phoenix to inside 4 of victory with a terrific 55 from 45 balls, was bowled first up, earlier than Ismail then had Erin Burns caught at short-third and Issy Wong was bowled to seal probably the most memorable of wins.
Tymal Mills’ hat-trick for Southern Courageous was, like Ismail’s, the second within the males’s competitors (Imran Tahir took the primary), plus it additionally got here off the ultimate three deliveries of the Hearth innings, albeit in much less dramatic circumstances because the Welsh facet have been bundled out for 87 when batting first.
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Check out Tymal Mills’ hat-trick in opposition to the Welsh Hearth in The Hundred
Making Mills’ hat-trick significantly memorable, nonetheless, was the truth that it got here on his thirty first birthday, the left-arm seamer showcasing all of his appreciable artistry with the ball by deceiving Ben Inexperienced, Harris Rauf and Payne one after the other with brilliantly-disguised slower balls.
Spectacular finishes!
Although the finals themselves might not have been final-ball deciders, the remainder of the event served up a lot drama.
Eventual males’s winners, Oval Invincibles, developed a selected penchant for nail-biting finishes – and so usually popping out on the suitable facet of them – and that was by no means extra evident than of their two-run win over rivals London Spirit at The Oval.
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Six, excellent fielding, no-ball, stumps splattered – watch the astonishing remaining 4 deliveries as Oval Invincibles edged London Spirit by two runs in a Hundred thriller
Chasing 190 to win, and nonetheless needing an enormous 17 runs from the ultimate 5 deliveries – with solely three wickets in hand – instantly issues received attention-grabbing as Matt Critchley smashed Sam Curran’s third ball for six. With one other most required off the final ball, Curran then overstepped to arrange a free-hit for the win, solely to redeem himself with a dot-ball end.
Invincibles had been concerned in one other thriller earlier within the event too, their match in opposition to Hearth ending in a tie after some batting heroics from the older Curran brother this time. With 10 wanted from the ultimate three balls to win, Tom smashed Payne’s subsequent supply for six earlier than selecting up two off the final – desperately diving in to make his floor – to make sure they prevented defeat.
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Ian Ward, Nasser Hussain, Stuart Broad and Eoin Morgan replicate on the 2023 Hundred
Rockets too had a knack for tense finishes, each their males’s and ladies’s groups, although they got here up quick on a few such events. Needing 18 from the ultimate 5 deliveries to beat Invincibles, Alexa Stonehouse cracked three fours in a row, leading to only one extra being wanted off the ultimate ball for a tie, just for Paige Scholfield to carry her nerve with the ball.
It was the same story for the lads when, needing a much more achievable 9 to win from 5 in opposition to Superchargers, England left-arm quick bowler Reece Topley bowled an excellent remaining set – eradicating set batter Daniel Sams within the course of – to safe an exciting three-run win.
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Welsh Hearth prevailed within the girls’s recreation on the ultimate ball, whereas Southern Courageous triumphed within the males’s recreation regardless of David Willey’s late heroics
And eventually, there have been two dramatic finishes for the worth of 1 on August 4 as Courageous hosted Hearth, the Welsh girls first hanging on to a tense four-run run win earlier than the Courageous males exacted some revenge, Mills dismissing David Willey off the ultimate ball to clinch a two-run victory.
Wonderful catches!
The Hundred’s eye-catching motion was not simply restricted to moments of magic with bat and ball, as some unimaginable feats of athleticism have been showcased within the discipline too.
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Watch Joe Root take a shocking catch to dismiss England team-mate Moeen Ali through the Hundred match between Trent Rockets and Birmingham Phoenix
In an all-England affair, Joe Root – who additionally claimed an honest catch or two within the Ashes earlier this summer season – took a blinding catch to dismiss Moeen Ali for Rockets in opposition to Phoenix, whereas Brook too wowed with a superb boundary relay effort to see off Jonny Bairstow for Superchargers in opposition to Hearth.
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Watch the outstanding second Harry Brook juggles a catch on the boundary to assist take away Jonny Bairstow
There was a shocking diving seize by Invincibles’ Ross Whiteley, in addition to Nathan Ellis’ spectacular catch for Spirit within the rain and Roelof van der Merwe’s memorable juggling effort for Hearth off his head!
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Welsh Hearth’s Roelof van der Merwe takes a spectacular catch to dismiss Birmingham Phoenix captain Moeen Ali
Additionally, there have been some lightning-quick reflexes demonstrated by the bowlers to haul in balls blasted again at them, with Mills, Fi Morris and Sophia Dunkley particularly hanging on to some gorgeous catches.
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Watch this spectacular catch made by a Lord’s groundsman from Tom Curran’s large six
The attention-popping efforts weren’t simply confined to the motion on the sector, both, with a good few stunners taken within the crowd too – together with the odd embarrassing fail, thoughts you.
Large-hitters and wicket-takers
Main by a ways with the bat within the males’s competitors was Jos Buttler (391 runs) – greater than 150 away from Finn Allen in second spot – whereas Danni Wyatt (295 runs) claimed prime spot among the many girls.
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Watch Jos Buttler blast 5 sixes throughout his 62 off of 36 balls for Manchester Originals in opposition to London Spirit in The Hundred
With ball in hand, a pair of Courageous bowlers led from the entrance, with Mills (16 wickets) prime of the pile for the lads and spinner Georgia Adams (16 wickets) ending 5 higher off than the subsequent finest girls in a tie for second.
They’ve removed from been the one ones to face out over the previous few weeks, nonetheless, with Phil Salt overcoming a dreadful begin to the event to blast 86 off 32 balls for Manchester Originals in victory over Rockets, earlier than later cracking an important 47 off simply 17 deliveries of their gorgeous eliminator win over Courageous – Buttler (82 off 46 balls) too firing as they efficiently chased down an enormous 197 to win. .
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Watch the very best of the motion from the lads’s Hundred remaining as Oval Invincibles beat Manchester Originals by 14 runs at Lord’s
Chris Jordan forgot his main function as devastating quick bowler to as a substitute blast seven sixes for Courageous in a blistering 32-ball 70 in a decent win over Hearth early on within the event. As did Tom Curran within the remaining itself, his unbeaten 67 from 34 balls – containing 5 sixes – serving to hearth Invincibles to victory over Originals.
Within the girls’s event, Nat Sciver-Brunt as soon as once more showcased simply why she’s the very best batter within the recreation proper now when smashing 5 sixes off the ultimate six balls of the Rockets’ convincing win over Spirit – the England star ending 81 not out from 41 deliveries.
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Trent Rockets batters Jo Gardner and Nat Sciver-Brunt smashed 5 sixes off the final six balls of their innings to see their facet beat London Spirt at Lord’s within the girls’s Hundred
From one homegrown hero to 1 for the longer term, with 17-year-old left-arm quick bowler Mahika Gaur showcasing her appreciable expertise for Originals – significantly in taking 2-21 in opposition to Superchargers – and demonstrating simply what satisfied the England selectors at hand her a maiden call-up for the white-ball video games in opposition to Sri Lanka in September.
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Fi Morris turned the primary bowler within the Girls’s Hundred to document a five-wicket haul, conceding simply seven runs within the course of, on debut for Manchester Originals in opposition to Birmingham Phoenix
Staying with Originals, there was Fi Morris’ five-for for the facet – the primary within the historical past of the ladies’s competitors – because the off-spinner ripped by way of Phoenix’s batting order on debut. For the lads’s facet, Calvin Harrison put his title in lights with 5-11, the very best bowling figures within the competitors, in opposition to Superchargers. Each have been making their debuts.
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Watch Calvin Harrison take a excellent five-for through the Manchester Originals’ win over the Superchargers, the very best males’s bowling figures in The Hundred
And, talking of starring activates debut, there was the small matter of Australian quick bowler Spencer Johnson’s gorgeous figures of 3-1 off his 20 balls on debut for Invincibles, with Originals on the receiving finish on that event.