In the 26th match of the Hundred 2022, Northern Superchargers defeated Welsh Fire by six wickets to keep their playoffs hopes alive. The Welsh Fire were handed their seventh straight defeat of the season. They haven’t been able to win a single match this time around and stand at the bottom of the points table. On the other hand, the Superchargers are in sixth place, with three wins in seven games.
When the Fire batted first, they got off to a very conservative start, with Joe Clarke (14) and Tom Banton (6) doing little. The two could not do much and were dismissed for a team score of 29 runs in 34 balls. Ben Duckett, however, partially turned the tide for the batting team. While a few more wickets fell at the other end, he played a fantastic innings.
The English player completed his half-century and was supported well by Leus du Plooy, who played a short cameo. The two batters remained not out in the game on the scores of 64 and 21, respectively. The two contributed to the team scoring 114 runs in the first innings. For the Superchargers, Craig Miles took two wickets in the match, while Adil Rashid and David Wiese took one each.
Faf du Plessis gave his team a strong start in the chase as he appeared to be somewhat back in form. Adam Lyth was also at the top of his game while opening the innings along with the skipper. The two put up a brilliant partnership of 75 runs in 53 runs to set the tone of the chase. Ish Sodhi finally got the breakthrough wicket of Lyth (47) on the 53rd ball. Du Plessis (32) also departed soon after that.
The Superchargers no longer required a strong performance because they had already come close to their target. Although they lost a few more wickets, Harry Brook (8) and David Willey (5) remained unbeaten to help the Superchargers win with nine balls remaining.
Here is how Twitter reacted
It couldn't get much worse than this for Welsh Fire, they have been handed 7⃣th consecutive defeat 😬
Northern Superchargers keep their playoff hopes alive with a convincing win 🤞#CricketTwitter #TheHundred pic.twitter.com/ipAmCg3xiV
— CricWick (@CricWick) August 26, 2022
#Adam Lyth blitz kills chase as Welsh Fire fizzle out to seventh straight defeat #
Northern Superchargers 116 for 4 (Lyth 47, du Plessis 32) beat Welsh Fire 114 for 4 (Duckett 64*) by six wickets
Adam Lyth continued… – https://t.co/rhUowGl92e— IndianPremierLeague (@CricketT20IPL) August 26, 2022
The Hundred: Adam Lyth becomes highest run scorer as Northern Superchargers beat Welsh Fire https://t.co/SrWMjPpxg0 pic.twitter.com/ZEF3WSysAQ
— World News Guru (@worldnews_guru) August 27, 2022
The Hundred (Men's) 2022
26th MatchA Lyth: 47(34) 4s:5 6s:2
B Duckett: 64(48) 4s:8#TheHundred #WFvNS #WelshFire #NorthernSuperchargers #CricketTechz #SquareSports #SquareGroup pic.twitter.com/rJapyguGrU— Cricket Techz (@crickettechz247) August 27, 2022
🏆 THE HUNDRED (Men's) 2022 🏆
Northern Superchargers beat Welsh Fire by 6 wickets in the Match 26 at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff #Cricket #englandcricket #TheHundred2022 #CricketTwitter #sports
— Sports Yaari (@YaariSports) August 27, 2022
(Welsh Fire vs Northern Superchargers) Match 26
Player of the match : Adam Lyth47 runs 34 balls 4s – 5 , 6s – 2#CricketTwitter #TheHundred2022 #englandcricket #sports
— Sports Yaari (@YaariSports) August 27, 2022
Tonight’s @CazooUK Match Hero! 🥇
💥 @lythy09
💥 47 runs
💥 34 balls
💥 A Northern Superchargers win!#TheHundred pic.twitter.com/NME7TdWC1d— The Hundred (@thehundred) August 26, 2022
Match over! 🕹
Northern Superchargers take the win! 🤩#TheHundred pic.twitter.com/X0jup3uLsP
— The Hundred (@thehundred) August 26, 2022
✨ Adam Lyth stepped up once again for Northern Superchargers tonight with a responsible innings at the top 👏#CricketTwitter #TheHundred pic.twitter.com/NxHvikMHs7
— CricWick (@CricWick) August 26, 2022
Northern Superchargers' XI tonight has the vibe of a South Africa side from a forgotten World T20: du Plessis, Wiese, van der Merwe, Parnell all in there. Presumably Behardien, Ingram and Tsotsobe are running the drinks
— Matt Roller (@mroller98) August 26, 2022
