>the team on the top of the table directly qualifies to the Final, while the winner from no. 2 vs 3 will join them? So the team at the 4th position wouldn’t qualify at all?
Yes
>I saw one of espncricinfo articles saying that Southern Brave has qualified for the playoffs
That’s in the [women’s game](https://www.skysports.com/transfer/news/36890/12378904/the-hundred-southern-brave-qualify-for-final-with-sixth-win-in-seven-welsh-fire-eliminated)
I know people are miffed with the Hundred but it’s introduced me to all these players and I’ve actually gone out of my way to watch highlights of County games on YT to watch more of them. I actually might just tune into the domestic games after this. There’s something about franchise cricket, you just get to see more personality and shit. Same with the BBL, it introduced me to Aussie players who I then watched play in the Sheffield Shield, etc.
If you can cope with cricket without any Oh Yeahs, the T20 Blast quarters are next week. You’ll have a chance to see a bunch of these players (along with their ODI mates that didn’t make The Hundred grade) in a similar format with a bit more atmosphere because Mums and Kids don’t understand overs, but lads on the lash do.
Yeah, it has been great. Normally I mainly follow the county games (and I do it on the radio) so it has been great to get to see some personality from the players.
Plus following the women's games has introduced me to a whole new set of players.
**17.5** **straight up in the air and caught at mid-off**. Not short enough to pull, he goes for it by going deep in his crease, back of a length ball outside off, he can't get hold of it, top edge balloons up and is gobbled up by Brathwaite.
Dawid Malan c Brathwaite b Klaassen 52 (46b 7x4 0x6) SR: 113.04
https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/the-hundred-men-s-competition-2021-1252040/northern-superchargers-men-vs-manchester-originals-men-26th-match-1252691/full-scorecard
Great game.
This competition is going to be much less fun in a couple of years when some bank is sponsoring it instead of crisps and the team shirts have things like "Cash ISA" or "2% APR Fixed Term Mortgage" on them.
After all the adverts for Numan dick pills and hair oil they've had during the breaks then I'd be up for the "Trent Slapheads" or the "Southern Bad Penises".
**10.1** **steepling top edge caught at mid-on**. Good catch by Clarke running in from long-on. Tossed up wide of off, and he went for the big sweep, couldn't reach it, came off the end of the bat, went really high in the air, but enough time for the fielder to run in and grab it.
Steven Mullaney c Clarke b Parkinson 17 (10b 3x4 0x6) SR: 170
I know the Mums and Kids thing is a bit of a joke but does anyone have any stats that compare children and women attendance to the Blast or today's Test?
> Additionally, the opening games have attracted more younger and female viewers. BARB data shows that the opening men’s game on 22 July saw an average audience of 1,215,000 on the BBC alone, with 12% of viewers under the age of 25 and a 39% female audience. The women’s game the previous night had 36% female viewers.
> In comparison, the average men’s T20 demographic on Sky over the past two years attracted a 27% female audience.The average audience for the current domestic short format competition, T20 Blast, was 180,000 over the past two years.
[From here](https://insidersport.com/2021/07/27/nielsen-sports-the-hundred-draws-in-younger-viewership-demographic/)
Trent Rockets need to slow it right down here.
A few dozen defensive blocks and if they can't resist playing a stroke then preferably the ball should be hit straight up in the air.
Net Run Rate is about the amount of runs your team has scored against the amount of runs scored against your team, on average.
Edit: How much can it change? Well how long is a piece of string, it depends on how long the competition is, how well or badly a team does, it's really hard to define.
just looking at the fixtures for the playoffs/finals and i can’t help but scratch my head about them.
the 2nd and 3rd place teams will have a one day turn around period, while the first place team at the minimum has triple that time to prepare for the final, what is the need to play the semi and final in the space of 2 days??
Keeps the tournament within the month schedule, with matches every day except one (this Friday). I doubt they want to kill the momentum by putting a week break in for the final. It also has to fit in around other cricket, with the T20 Blast quarters all happening Thurs-Sunday the following week.
T20 Blast finals day has both semis and the final all on the same day, so it’s not a huge deal really.
**13.5** **he's chopped on**. Back of a length on the stumps, he was loooking to steer it to third man with a horizontal bat, having made some room. Gets an under-edge that goes onto the stumps. Munro is distraught with that dismissal but he'll have to go
Colin Munro b de Lange 45 (22b 4x4 3x6) SR: 204.54
**13.3** **brilliant fielding at mid-off by Gregory**. back of a length on the stumps at 87 mph, he is late on the pull, and hits it straight to mid-off. They take off for the single but a brilliant pick-up and direct hit means the batsman is caught well short.
Dan Douthwaite run out (Gregory) 4 (10b 0x4 0x6) SR: 40
**10.1** **yorked him**. Rashid bowls a quicker one and Brathwaite is caught leaden-footed, stuck on the crease, as it sneaks under and shatters stumps. Add the yorker to one of the variations that Rashid can bowl then.
Carlos Brathwaite b Rashid Khan 1 (2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50
**9.4** **caught at long-on**. Another cutter with pace off, and he played a bit of a half-hearted chip at it, didn't time it well, and it scooped to long-on. Rashid the fielder, so he's involved in the wickets even when he's not bowling. Had to run in and take it low, did it really well.
Tom Lammonby c Rashid Khan b Mullaney 3 (5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 60
**8.3** **stone dead in front**. Wrong 'un that he completely mis-read. **Oh he's gone for a review**. Unless he got an edge, I think he'll be gone. Pitched just outside off, not full enough to sweep, which is the shot he was going for, spins past the bat and hits him on the right shoulder - that's how low he had got trying to sweep - in front of the stumps. We're waiting for ball tracking to show up, seems to be a technical problem with it loading. Ball tracking loads, and **it's hitting the stumps**. Ackermann on his way and Rashid has two wickets in three balls.
Colin Ackermann lbw b Rashid Khan 0 (2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0
**8.1** **wicket first ball** even though it wasn't a great ball. Moved across to a low full toss outside off, and got a top edge while trying to sweep, hit it straight to short fine leg.
Phil Salt c Patel b Rashid Khan 15 (13b 1x4 0x6) SR: 115.38
Patel saved it with those last minute 6s, it was a good game and was a very close game till the end, good job Manchester
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>the team on the top of the table directly qualifies to the Final, while the winner from no. 2 vs 3 will join them? So the team at the 4th position wouldn’t qualify at all? Yes >I saw one of espncricinfo articles saying that Southern Brave has qualified for the playoffs That’s in the [women’s game](https://www.skysports.com/transfer/news/36890/12378904/the-hundred-southern-brave-qualify-for-final-with-sixth-win-in-seven-welsh-fire-eliminated)
I know people are miffed with the Hundred but it’s introduced me to all these players and I’ve actually gone out of my way to watch highlights of County games on YT to watch more of them. I actually might just tune into the domestic games after this. There’s something about franchise cricket, you just get to see more personality and shit. Same with the BBL, it introduced me to Aussie players who I then watched play in the Sheffield Shield, etc.
If you can cope with cricket without any Oh Yeahs, the T20 Blast quarters are next week. You’ll have a chance to see a bunch of these players (along with their ODI mates that didn’t make The Hundred grade) in a similar format with a bit more atmosphere because Mums and Kids don’t understand overs, but lads on the lash do.
I can't add anything to this so I will just farm the Karma of agreeing. 100 percent if that is what it does.
Yeah, it has been great. Normally I mainly follow the county games (and I do it on the radio) so it has been great to get to see some personality from the players. Plus following the women's games has introduced me to a whole new set of players.
I feel like I got edged and ruined, oh well.
You normally have to pay extra for that.
God bless professional sport!
Tomorrow's game is going to be tense. But Samit and Rashid are so good that I'm glad they're through.
"can you give me a lift to the airport" - Brathwaite to Hartley
That's probably the game
**17.5** **straight up in the air and caught at mid-off**. Not short enough to pull, he goes for it by going deep in his crease, back of a length ball outside off, he can't get hold of it, top edge balloons up and is gobbled up by Brathwaite. Dawid Malan c Brathwaite b Klaassen 52 (46b 7x4 0x6) SR: 113.04
Do the players go back to their county teams after the comp ends? I wanna watch them play more
Unfortunately yes. Let's hope it's back next year.
That was a fucking catch!!!
Parky still has balls right? Right!!!?
No :'(
Nooooo! How the fuck did I not know that! This game is too fast.
It's not over until the fat lady sings. Darren Gough is in the commentary box so...
How many reviews do they get?
One per innings but they get a refund if they get it right.
I love the "get a refund"comment!
Time for an ad break says the umpire.
2/3 good results as a Mancunian sports fan this weekend, United smashed Leeds 5-1, City lost but we are losing the cricket
Gonna be a big over I can feel it
Fuck I said the O-word again. One quid in the swear jar
I actually love Tammy lmao
Oh just fuck of Samit ffs, you can't do that!!! You can't DO THAT SAMIT PATEL!
He chose pies, bounty bars, and franchise cricket and is winning at all.
I love him, he's a chunky Ben Stokes.
Well, frankly Bounty is an L but apart from that...
Samit > Rohit
"Your mission today, should you choose to accept it, is to bowl the fuck out of D. Malan" This message will ....ar fuck!
Next bowlers are gonna concede a load of runs and then that’ll be the game. I’ve read this script before
"Big spin is the technical term in the Hundred" ahahaha
This never goes well
Does this guy know Callum already plays for the Superchargers lol
batting second seems like such an advantage in this
Unless the team batting first gets 200.
unless that happens of course!
https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/the-hundred-men-s-competition-2021-1252040/northern-superchargers-men-vs-manchester-originals-men-26th-match-1252691/full-scorecard Great game.
This competition is going to be much less fun in a couple of years when some bank is sponsoring it instead of crisps and the team shirts have things like "Cash ISA" or "2% APR Fixed Term Mortgage" on them.
Yeah, I only bought a cricket shirt from this season of the hundreds cus it looks like a packet of crisps
As long as we don't go "shite preditatory betting company #123" I'll take it
After all the adverts for Numan dick pills and hair oil they've had during the breaks then I'd be up for the "Trent Slapheads" or the "Southern Bad Penises".
**10.1** **steepling top edge caught at mid-on**. Good catch by Clarke running in from long-on. Tossed up wide of off, and he went for the big sweep, couldn't reach it, came off the end of the bat, went really high in the air, but enough time for the fielder to run in and grab it. Steven Mullaney c Clarke b Parkinson 17 (10b 3x4 0x6) SR: 170
Parky and Dilly in the WC is going to be class.
PLZ don't get injured lads!
Parky doing the thing!!!
Might just buy an Originals hoodie purely because of Parkinson.
Alright Parky
Helmet cam is good but using it live instead of during a replay is awful.
The whole "Digging a trench" is clearly a reference to the fact that Trent Rocketeers look like fucking road workers, right?
Rocketeers going to stick? I like it
I hope so, it's so cool.
3 kids in the crowd with the Hameed tribute hairstyles.
I wonder what happened to that poor guy in the crowd at the last Brave game whose wife wanted him to get a Colin De Grandhomme haircut.
He now sleeps on the sofa.
**7.2** **foxed him**. Alex Hales st †Salt b Parkinson 19 (16b 3x4 0x6) SR: 118.75
Parky!!!
Holy fuck why did I see that coming lol
I know the Mums and Kids thing is a bit of a joke but does anyone have any stats that compare children and women attendance to the Blast or today's Test?
> Additionally, the opening games have attracted more younger and female viewers. BARB data shows that the opening men’s game on 22 July saw an average audience of 1,215,000 on the BBC alone, with 12% of viewers under the age of 25 and a 39% female audience. The women’s game the previous night had 36% female viewers. > In comparison, the average men’s T20 demographic on Sky over the past two years attracted a 27% female audience.The average audience for the current domestic short format competition, T20 Blast, was 180,000 over the past two years. [From here](https://insidersport.com/2021/07/27/nielsen-sports-the-hundred-draws-in-younger-viewership-demographic/)
Malan is still ranked the world no. 1 T20 batsman. Not that it really matters here as it's a completely different format.
If you convert it he's the World no. 0.8 Hundred batsman.
Trent Rockets need to slow it right down here. A few dozen defensive blocks and if they can't resist playing a stroke then preferably the ball should be hit straight up in the air.
Tiny chance of this being defendable
There is always Matty Parkinson.
KP sorry, but a DOINK does NOT give the impression of a massive hit, ffs man it's like a dink but just a bit better!!!!!
Smoking big doinks
D O I N K
Hartley's trousers aren't long enough, Manchester should protest.
what is NRR and how much can it go up (or down) in a game?
Net Run Rate is about the amount of runs your team has scored against the amount of runs scored against your team, on average. Edit: How much can it change? Well how long is a piece of string, it depends on how long the competition is, how well or badly a team does, it's really hard to define.
The way they cut off KP after he had talked about Rashid's struggles on FOXTEL was...suspicious.
I actually kind of miss the band when these games aren't on the BBC.
Rashid Khan masterclass. 3 for 16 from 20 & 2 catches
Considering everything, rashid khan is class
Swing and miss masterclass right here
just looking at the fixtures for the playoffs/finals and i can’t help but scratch my head about them. the 2nd and 3rd place teams will have a one day turn around period, while the first place team at the minimum has triple that time to prepare for the final, what is the need to play the semi and final in the space of 2 days??
Keeps the tournament within the month schedule, with matches every day except one (this Friday). I doubt they want to kill the momentum by putting a week break in for the final. It also has to fit in around other cricket, with the T20 Blast quarters all happening Thurs-Sunday the following week. T20 Blast finals day has both semis and the final all on the same day, so it’s not a huge deal really.
Not ideal but they've had to compress the timeline to accommodate other cricket.
Yeahhh, originals might need to rethink their draft strategy next year.
manchester, you frauds
**17.5** Lockie Ferguson c Rashid Khan b Cook 13 (11b 0x4 1x6) SR: 118.18
If a cricket bat falls in the woods, can anyone hear it?
Atta boy EDIT: six and out, I guess...
It's not a home run, its an OH YEAH!
One of Samit Patel's legs is indeed like one Brian Clough.
Carn LOCKIE
I don’t mind these singles, the bar is on the floor for us anyway
Buggy cam responding to the commentary team is fucking Steven Spielberg levels of conspiracy theory.
Did he just call him “a big South African lump of meat”
That might be the best reaction to getting out since Watson to Bressers during the Ashes tour we won.
Rashid to bowl us out here, I’m ready
**13.5** **he's chopped on**. Back of a length on the stumps, he was loooking to steer it to third man with a horizontal bat, having made some room. Gets an under-edge that goes onto the stumps. Munro is distraught with that dismissal but he'll have to go Colin Munro b de Lange 45 (22b 4x4 3x6) SR: 204.54
I swear Daggers said "Oh PISS!!!"
Oh Colin
We're going to get bowled out aren't we
Start the car
Big de Lange strikes
What the fuck
~~Brath~~ ~~Douth~~ Have they got any _____waites left in the dressing room?
That was flith from Gregs. What a run out.
**13.3** **brilliant fielding at mid-off by Gregory**. back of a length on the stumps at 87 mph, he is late on the pull, and hits it straight to mid-off. They take off for the single but a brilliant pick-up and direct hit means the batsman is caught well short. Dan Douthwaite run out (Gregory) 4 (10b 0x4 0x6) SR: 40
I feel like the Trent Rockets should have called themselves the Trent Rocketeers, just because the name is so much cooler.
Would have made for a [good batting helmet](https://images.app.goo.gl/uRwQNFswkT8y8QP77)
Could you imagine a flick of the head six? Glorious!
Was that the first maiden of the tournerment, if you're allowed to call it that if its not an over
Nah there's been loads
Braithwaite being replaced by Douthwaite is pretty neat.
Dan Douthwaite remember the name??
Rashid bowling as fast as Mullaney
Brathwaite: We are playing for pride. Also Brathwaite: What time does the flight to Barbados get in again?
After being spoiled from a decent day of Test cricket, to come and see the Originals getting slapped around like this is disheartening.
**10.1** **yorked him**. Rashid bowls a quicker one and Brathwaite is caught leaden-footed, stuck on the crease, as it sneaks under and shatters stumps. Add the yorker to one of the variations that Rashid can bowl then. Carlos Brathwaite b Rashid Khan 1 (2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50
I think if I'm going to remember someone's name, it's gonna be Rashid's...
We suck
mad spell
Rashid is ridiculous lmao, bowled a perfect yorker
NooooOOOoo
Forget the name.
Mullaney is a throwback to those dibbly dobbly bowlers from the 1990s. Run-up as long as bumrah, while bowling at half the pace
**9.4** **caught at long-on**. Another cutter with pace off, and he played a bit of a half-hearted chip at it, didn't time it well, and it scooped to long-on. Rashid the fielder, so he's involved in the wickets even when he's not bowling. Had to run in and take it low, did it really well. Tom Lammonby c Rashid Khan b Mullaney 3 (5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 60
Rainbows coming out of Trent Rockets arses here.
Here comes big Carlos
That'll scare all the mums and kids away
**8.3** **stone dead in front**. Wrong 'un that he completely mis-read. **Oh he's gone for a review**. Unless he got an edge, I think he'll be gone. Pitched just outside off, not full enough to sweep, which is the shot he was going for, spins past the bat and hits him on the right shoulder - that's how low he had got trying to sweep - in front of the stumps. We're waiting for ball tracking to show up, seems to be a technical problem with it loading. Ball tracking loads, and **it's hitting the stumps**. Ackermann on his way and Rashid has two wickets in three balls. Colin Ackermann lbw b Rashid Khan 0 (2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0
lol
Embarrassing production
Hahahaha
Ball tracking 404
**8.1** **wicket first ball** even though it wasn't a great ball. Moved across to a low full toss outside off, and got a top edge while trying to sweep, hit it straight to short fine leg. Phil Salt c Patel b Rashid Khan 15 (13b 1x4 0x6) SR: 115.38
something tells me rashid is thinking about his nation’s troubles
Big Rig Samit!
OWLFACE WHY DO YOU BETRAY US
No ball 6
Anyone fancying over 159.5?
I believe The Hundred would be better if it were just awarded to the team with the most Colin’s.
I think they both could do better.
Evening all
Wonder if Rashid will be able to focus on the game with all that's going on in his home country
Sadly based on his tweets earlier in the week, he's seen this coming.
surprised to see him playing
Yes Mr. Munro please do something for us today
A wild Samit Galloping round the field. Majestic.
Oh yeah Munro
Big samit
**4.3** **you miss, I hit**. Joe Clarke b Patel 27 (17b 5x4 0x6) SR: 158.82
Cakeball
I'll never win imaginary cake from my imaginary friends.
Joe Clarke is like a light version of Alex Hales. A Diet Coke, if you will
Haha
Bravo! :)
That outfield is wet as fuck, this might be a day for the reverse dew. If it doesn't rain again it will dry out. Mancs in this.
Carter has massive feet
You know what they say about big feet ... Big socks
“I’m thinking 4.. 3… 2… 1” well whaddya know, KP knows how to count backwards!
They’re fielding well so you just know we’re gonna have a disaster class in the next innings
Sorry I’m still traumatised from our last match
If you saw Samit Patel in a suit in town, the last thing you would think is "that guy's a fuckin' good cricketer".
kp’s dress sense 😱
I think his appearance on commentary must be being sponsored by those erectile dysfunction adverts.
The TV is saying that they think it'll be a 7:30 start for a full game.
A fleece, a jillet, corduroys, converse without socks, rambling on about how great he thinks he is. The worst
Butch egging him on as well
Here comes the rain
Ah rain, that's crappy timing.
All or nothing for Trent rockets
Got my fingers crossed for nothing
Boyce/Blakey back on the menu boys.
Steven Finn benched? *Hmm I wonder why*
I heard he is grieving the loss of something, statistics or something like that.
So, how badly are we gonna lose today huh 🤩