On the 22nd clash of The Hundred 2025, the London Spirit met the Northern Superchargers at Lord’s in London. The away captain, Harry Brook, won the toss and decided to bowl first, following the general trend of the competition. 

London decided to make only one change to the side, leaving out their aggressive and fiery pacer, Olly Stone, to bring back Jamie Overton into the eleven. Meanwhile, the Superchargers decided to retain the same playing eleven.

Ollie Pope’s half-century shoulders London Spirit to 135/3

Jamie Smith, the wicket-keeper opening batter, contributed immensely in the opening position as the right-handed batter smashed 41 runs in 27 balls at a strike rate of over 150 with four boundaries and one six. However, David Warner returned on a four-ball duck.

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It was Ollie Pope’s unbeaten knock of 52 runs in 38 balls, shouldering on three boundaries at a strike rate of 136.84, along with Ashton Turner’s 28 runs in 22 balls with three fours, that pushed them to 135/3 in their allotted 100 balls in the first innings. 

Northern Superhchargers script easy eight-wicket victory

The Northern Superchargers went off to a fiery opening stand with 63 runs for the first wicket. Dawid Malan, however, limped for 22 runs in 21 balls with one six at a strike rate of over 100. Just when the pressure of the required run rate grew up on the visitors, their number three, Dan Lawrance, drilled a fine knock of 37 runs in 22 balls, shouldering on three boundaries and one six. 

On the other hand, Zak Crawley reached to another half-century during the chase with a huge six. He remaiend unbeaten on 55 runs in 38 balls with the hekp of five boudaries and two sixes at a strike rate of 144.74 as they chased down the target by eight wickets and 18 balls to spare. They go at the third position with the victory. 

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