Manchester Originals 182 for six (Overton 83*, Evans 41, Topley 3-29) beat Northern Superchargers 141 for 9 (Short 37, Mir 4-19) by 40 runs by way of DLS technique

Originals struggled with the brand new ball as they misplaced captain Jos Buttler and fellow opener Phil Salt in Reece Topley's first 10 deliveries, with the England left-armer ending with figures of three for 29. However, their progress with the ball was stemmed by brutal hitting from Overton.

Superchargers did provide durations of resistance of their chase via Matthew Short and Saif Zaib, however Originals' complete of 182 proved far an excessive amount of for the Leeds-based workforce.

Having elected to bat on the toss, Originals had a nightmare begin after Topley eliminated Salt, who had mistimed his shot which discovered Zaib at level, after solely three balls. He then eliminated Originals captain Buttler for 2, who edged a supply into the gloves of Tom Banton.

After a rain delay, which meant the competition was decreased to 90 balls per facet, Superchargers struck again with two wickets in two balls.

Usama Mir jumps in celebration after dismissing Tom Banton•Stu Forster/Getty Images

First, Paul Walter departed for 22 after he skied a Brydon Carse supply to a working Callum Parkinson at deep third, earlier than Adil Rashid struck together with his first ball to take away the damaging Evans for 41 off 19 deliveries.

Coming in at six, Overton smashed a Rashid supply over the long-on boundary for six earlier than Originals misplaced the wickets of abroad pair, Ashton Turner and Mir to Parkinson and Topley respectively.

Then the Overton bloodbath started, in a partnership value 72 with Tom Hartley, 62 of them got here from the blade of the Surrey man, together with an impressive six from a Carse quick ball, which sailed into the Western Terrace.

Overton then hit the spectacular Topley's remaining set for 20, which included two fours and two sixes, to dent the figures of the match's prime wicket-taker. He then smashed 16 off the ultimate set of the Originals' innings to cause them to a complete of 182 for six, with the all-rounder ending not out on 83 from 30 balls.

In their reply, Superchargers bought off to a sluggish begin, with simply 18 runs coming from the primary 15 balls.

Australian Short hit the primary six of the innings when he pulled a brief ball from former Superchargers man Ben Raine over the ropes. The opener then hit an image excellent cowl drive for six earlier than being bowled by the magical Mir for 37 off 16 balls.

Two balls later, Mir took the wicket of the in-form Banton, who was bowled for 12 after which eliminated Adam Hose, after he tried to search out the boundary with a reverse sweep, however may solely discover Walter at backward level.

England's Harry Brook seemed good for 20, which included a six over the Rugby stand akin to Liam Livingstone's one in opposition to Pakistan in 2021, however he turned Mir's fourth sufferer after he holed out to long-off.

Superchargers' hopes of victory then faltered, with solely Zaib and Wayne Parnell placing up some resistance. The remainder of the batting line-up departed cheaply to go away the Superchargers 141 for 9, leading to a 40 run victory for Originals.