Audacious Brook lights up Superchargers success
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What a shot! - Brook hits unorthodox scoop six on first ball
The Hundred mens competition, Headingley
Northern Superchargers 193-5 (100 balls): Malan 58 (34); Wood 2-34
Birmingham Phoenix 157-9 (100 balls): Bethell 48 (23); Potts 3-26
Superchargers won by 36 runs
Harry Brook produced a stunning moment of batting genius as Northern Superchargers enjoyed a 36-run win over Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred.
Superchargers skipper Brook came to the crease with 26 balls left in his sides innings and audaciously scooped his first ball from Tim Southee back over his own head for an audacious six.
Dawid Malan top scored with 58 in the Superchargers total of 193-5, while fellow opener Zak Crawley thumped 45.
Yet it was Brooks tumbling scoop shot which left an indelible mark on the memories of the Headingley crowd and brought the loudest cheer of the night from the Western Terrace.
Brook went on to make an unbeaten 31 off 14 balls as Chris Wood finished the pick of the Phoenix attack with 2-34.
The visitors lost openers Ben Duckett and Will Smeed cheaply as they attempted to chase down the biggest total of this years tournament so far.
But Jacob Bethell and Liam Livingstone gave Phoenix a fighting chance with an aggressive 80-run stand for the fourth wicket.
But when Bethell departed for a 23-ball 48 - via a brilliant caught and bowled from Adil Rashid - that hope ebbed away.
It was effectively over following a key spell by Rashid as he also snared the key wicket of Livingstone - caught in the deep for 46 by Mitch Santner - as the leg-spinner claimed 2-26.
Victory for the Superchargers saw them move top of the table in The Hundred on 12 points from four games, while Phoenix are bottom of the table with four points.
More to follow.
