Oval Invincibles have won The Hundred for the second year running after a convincing 17-run victory over Southern Brave in the final at Lord’s.
Set 148, Brave made a solid start to their chase but then collapsed from 58-0 to 102-7 as Invincibles seized control.
Australia leg-spinner Adam Zampa made the initial breakthrough before fast bowler Saqib Mahmood shredded the Brave middle-order with three wickets in seven balls.
Will Jacks took the key wicket of Brave skipper James Vince, the leading run-scorer in the tournament, to back up his tone-setting 37 from 22 balls at the top of the order for Invincibles.
While no Invincibles batter was able to kick on, Sam Curran and Jordan Cox both contributed value knocks of 25 and Tom Curran added 24 from 11 balls late in the innings.
Left-arm seamer Tymal Mills was the pick of the Brave attack, taking 3-33.
It looked like the Brave innings may follow a similar pattern when opener Alex Davies fell to Zampa for 35 from 23 balls.
Vince made 24 but Mahmood bowled Leus Du Plooy for 20 then quickly added the wickets of Kieron Pollard and Laurie Evans to stop Brave in their tracks.
Invincibles were able to see out the match without issue and become the first men’s team to successfully defend The Hundred trophy.
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