SunRisers Leeds posted 241-2, the best rating within the historical past of The Hundred, earlier than cruising to a cushty victory over London Spirit.
Having been put into bat by Spirit at Headingley, SunRisers openers Mitchell Marsh and Ryan Rickelton placed on a document stand of 148 for the primary wicket from simply 65 balls.
Harry Brook joined in on the enjoyable as soon as Marsh was out for 76 from 37 balls, with the England white-ball captain smashing 55 from simply 18 deliveries.
Brook struck a six to convey up his half-century and take SunRisers previous the earlier highest Hundred whole, the 226-4 set by Oval Invincibles towards Welsh Hearth final yr.
After Brook was caught on the lookout for yet one more boundary, Dan Lawrence added 10 from the ultimate three deliveries, as Rickelton was left stranded six brief a century after not discovering his method again onto strike for the ultimate eight balls of the innings.
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Any hopes Spirit had of staging a outstanding fightback have been shortly dampened by Johnny Bairstow getting caught behind by Rickleton from the bowling of Reece Topley with simply the second ball of the innings.
Spirit captain Liam Livingstone bought the scoreboard transferring with 34 from 13 however noticed Lhuan-dre Pretorius fall to Topley on the different finish earlier than shedding his personal wicket to Nathan Ellis.
James Coles and James Rew quickly additionally departed to depart Spirit 56-5 from 26 balls, and with the sport all however over.
From there, Matthew Revis (38 from 21), David Willey (83 not out from 46) and Jamie Overton (27 not out from 15) put up some resistance, however there was by no means a practical prospect of Spirit chasing down the goal.
Spirit did submit the joint-fifth highest whole within the males’s event’s historical past as they reached 204-6, however that was solely adequate for a 37-run defeat.
The end result retains SunRisers’ hopes of advancing from the group stage intact, with the victory transferring them as much as fourth within the desk, and degree on factors with third-placed MI London.
Spirit stay with only one victory after 5 video games, with their hopes of qualifying all however over.
What’s subsequent in The Hundred?
The Hundred continues with a double-header on Wednesday. Manchester Tremendous Giants host Welsh Hearth at Emirates Outdated Trafford, with the ladies’s fixture beginning at 11.30am and the lads’s contest following at 3pm.
Then at Trent Bridge, Trent Rockets host Birmingham Phoenix, with the ladies’s match getting beneath method at 3pm forward of the lads’s sport at 6.30pm.
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