Welsh Fire and Northern Superchargers locked horns in the 26th match of the hundred men’s competition. Welsh Fire’s skipper Josh Cobb won the toss and decided to bat first at the Cardiff against the Superchargers. Fire posted a total of 114 runs for the loss of four wickets in the allotted 100 balls.
Later on, in the second innings, the superchargers chased down the target easily in 91 balls and won the match by six wickets. Notably, Welsh Fire have a very poor run throughout the tournament and they have lost another match in the row which has made it very difficult for them to reach through the knock-out round.
The fans also reacted to the defeat of Welsh Fire in this match, they went on to criticize Josh Cobb & co whereas they also praised the Superchargers for this victory in the crucial match of the tournament.
Adam Lyth played a match-defining knock for Northern Superchargers
Coming back to the match, then wicketkeeper-batter Joe Clarke and Tom Banton started the proceedings for Welsh Fire. They got a quick blow at the score of only 10 runs when Banton fell prey to Miles in the hands of wicketkeeper Pepper. He got out only on 6 runs. Ben Duckett remained the only high scorer for the team.
Duckett scored 64 runs off 48 balls with eight boundaries to his name. Other than him, Leus du Plooy was the only batter to cross the 20-run mark for the team. Eventually, Fire ended up scoring 114 runs for the loss of four wickets in the allotted 100 balls. Craig Miles scalped two wickets for Superchargers in the first innings.
While chasing the target in the second innings, opening batter Adam Lyth and skipper Faf du Plessis provided a strong start to the team. They both made a partnership of 75 runs for the first wicket. Adam Lyth played a brilliant knock of 47 runs alongside a 32-run knock from du Plessis. These individual knocks helped Superchargers to win the match by six wickets.
#Adam Lyth blitz kills chase as Welsh Fire fizzle out to seventh straight defeat #
— IndianPremierLeague (@CricketT20IPL) August 26, 2022
Northern Superchargers 116 for 4 (Lyth 47, du Plessis 32) beat Welsh Fire 114 for 4 (Duckett 64*) by six wickets
Adam Lyth continued... - https://t.co/rhUowGl92e
Northern Superchargers' XI tonight has the vibe of a South Africa side from a forgotten World T20: du Plessis, Wiese, van der Merwe, Parnell all in there. Presumably Behardien, Ingram and Tsotsobe are running the drinks
— Matt Roller (@mroller98) August 26, 2022
🏆 THE HUNDRED (Men's) 2022 🏆
— Sports Yaari (@YaariSports) August 27, 2022
Northern Superchargers beat Welsh Fire by 6 wickets in the Match 26 at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff #Cricket #englandcricket #TheHundred2022 #CricketTwitter #sports
Just N̶O̶T̶ BOOOM 🥳
— Cricket Insider (@theDcricket) August 27, 2022
NORTHERN
SUPERCHARGER WON 🎉
But WELSH FIRE is the worst team in #theHUNDRED league.
NO RATE ×
NO MONEY ×
Even they doesn't scored 120+ runs ,😭
*Dear #theHUNDRED kindly terminate WELSH FIRE team from this league . pic.twitter.com/m5UOM8yv6u