Malan atones for early drop off Phil Salt as Manchester Originals slip to third straight defeat
ECB Reporters Network13-Aug-2022Dawid Malan’s sensational 98 not out freewheeled the Trent Rockets to a record-breaking men’s win over Manchester Originals as the Hundred shone on a glorious day at Emirates Old Trafford.Rockets won their third game in a row – leaving Originals with three defeats from three – as they chased a record 190 to triumph by eight wickets with six balls remaining.Malan was powerful to leg and classy through the off side as he replied with gusto to Originals’ 189 for 3 – at the time, the second-highest score in Hundred history. The left-hander hit nine of the 24 sixes in the match, facing 44 balls.Related
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Phil Salt hit an unbeaten 70, but his 46-ball innings was dwarfed in front of a 14,207 crowd in the baking Manchester sunshine.Salt and captain Jos Buttler, who had lost the toss, shared 84 for the first wicket in 51 balls, the England white-ball skipper contributing an entertaining 41.Salt was the bystander in a 34-run partnership for the third wicket with Tristan Stubbs, who took on his compatriot Tabraiz Shamsi, the left-arm wristspinner, with four consecutive sixes in his 27 off 10.
Stubbs went after his South African team-mate, but Shamsi did have the last laugh#TheHundred
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