{"id":230903,"date":"2022-09-04T03:24:32","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T03:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/09\/04\/trent-rockets-edge-manchester-originals-to-win-mens-hundred-final-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2022-09-04T03:24:32","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T03:24:32","slug":"trent-rockets-edge-manchester-originals-to-win-mens-hundred-final-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/09\/04\/trent-rockets-edge-manchester-originals-to-win-mens-hundred-final-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Trent Rockets edge Manchester Originals to win men&#8217;s Hundred final | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>LONDON: <!-- -->Trent Rockets<!-- --> captain Lewis Gregory led from the front as his side defeated <!-- -->Manchester Originals<!-- --> by two wickets with just two balls to spare in a tense men&#8217;s <!-- -->Hundred final<!-- --> at <!-- -->Lord&#8217;s<!-- --> on Saturday. <br \/>The climax to the second season of the 100 balls per side tournament, a controversial innovation in English cricket given the impact eight specially created teams have had on the schedule of the existing 18 first-class counties, looked like being a one-sided affair. <br \/>Medium-pacer Sam Cook took 4-18 as the Rockets restricted the Originals to a seemingly modest 120-9 on a slow pitch, with Australian Ashton Turner&#8217;s 26 the top score of the innings. <br \/>But England batsman Dawid Malan&#8217;s 19 was the highest score of the Rockets&#8217; reply, with Alex Hales &#8212; bidding for an international recall &#8212; out for just eight. <br \/>At 110-8, the Rockets needed 11 to win from the final set of five balls &#8212; the <!-- -->Hundred<!-- --> does not feature traditional overs &#8212; bowled by England international Richard Gleeson. <br \/>Gregory, himself an England all-rounder, promptly launched Gleeson over mid-off for six before flicking the subsequent full toss for four and then hitting the winning runs as he finished 17 not out off six balls. <br \/>&#8220;It was nice to be there at the end and get the team over the line,&#8221; said Gregory. <br \/>The Hundred also features a parallel women&#8217;s competition. <br \/>Earlier on Saturday, South Africa&#8217;s Marizanne Kapp and England rising star Alice Capsey led the way as the Oval Invincibles retained their title with a five-wicket win over Southern Brave. <br \/>In front of a record crowd of 20,840 at Lord&#8217;s &#8212; the highest attendance for a domestic women&#8217;s match in England &#8212; the Invincibles beat the Brave in the final for the second year in a row by chasing down a target of 102 with six balls to spare. <br \/>The 32-year-old Kapp took 1-19 and led the chase with 37 not out, while teenager Capsey, the breakout performer from last year&#8217;s tournament, returned figures of 2-17 and made a useful 25. <br \/>&#8220;The way Kapp batted was awesome,&#8221; said Invincibles captain Suzie Bates. &#8220;She shows up for those tough moments.&#8221; <br \/>&#8220;One hundred percent she&#8217;s one of the best all-rounders in the world and she showed why.&#8221; <br \/>The New Zealand great hailed Capsey as a &#8220;big-moment player&#8221;, adding: &#8220;Under pressure you need to be brave and she&#8217;s done that all season.&#8221; <\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                  window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n                  const { TimesApps } = window;\n                  TimesApps.loadFBEvents = function() {\n                    (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                      if (f.fbq) return;\n                      n = f.fbq = function() {\n                        n.callMethod ? 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