Men’s Hundred | Twitter reacts to Rashid three-fer dwarf Spirits as Superchargers bolster elimination chance

‌Electing to field after a toss delay under overhead conditions, the Northern Superchargers reaped rewards as the London Spirits lost three wickets inside the 35-run powerplay with Reece Topley bucketing a couple of them. Subsequently, the introduction of Adil Rashid further dented the opposition batting order with Matt Critchley, Shimron Hetmyer, and Andre Russell failing to make a mark. With the score reading 62/6 on the 63rd ball, Ravi Bopara and Liam Dawson rebuilt the innings with a 49-run stand with the latter smacking a few lusty blows to propel the Spirits to 111 before the two particular wickets in the last couple of balls. 



Unlike their counterparts, the Superchargers got off to a stable start with Graham Clarke and Matthew Short taking control. While the former wore the anchorer’s hat, the latter smacked a couple of fours and sixes before incurring a top edge to Matt Critchley immediately after the 47-run powerplay. With Ollie Robinson joining Short for the second-wicket, the duo nicely ticked the scoreboard before rain halted play in Leeds with the score reading 64/1 on 44 balls. The showers picked up eventually, and the game was abandoned with the Superchargers earning a 21-run win by the DLS method.

That's great!

Graham Clark hits it so far that a new ball is needed....



The next ball: Clark hits it to the same spot 😂 |  

— The Hundred (@thehundred) 

He is different!

Just 40 seconds of Matt Short hitting boundaries 😮‍💨 |  

— The Hundred (@thehundred) 

Good one!

Stop what you're doing and watch this fielding effort 👇



Matt Short 👏 |  

— The Hundred (@thehundred) 

He's in some form here!

You heard it here first 🫢



Adil Rashid picks up his third wicket against London Spirit 💪 |   

— The Hundred (@thehundred) 

Sad news!

🚨 MATCH ABANDONED 🚨



Northern Superchargers win by 21 runs due to the DLS Method  | 

— The Hundred (@thehundred) 

Great innings!

3 wickets for 16 runs 👏



Adil Rashid is today's Meerkat Match Hero 💜 |  |  

— The Hundred (@thehundred) 

LOL!!

This but it's me glancing at the screen just now to see Keaton Jennings get out for 30 off 12 

— Xavier Voigt-Hill (@voigthill) 

That's nice!

Smart play from Keaton Jennings 👏 |  

— The Hundred (@thehundred) 

No words!

Reece Topley instead of Ben Dwarshuis…why? Topley hasn’t exactly shone in the 100. At least Ben can hit a ball and has taken a few wickets.

— Jack Sutton (@jsuttonwrites)