After all the challenges of its fourth year - the competing attraction of the Olympic Games, the absence of some of the game's biggest stars, balls that inhibited six-hitting - here was the denouement that the Hundred craved. Almost, anyway. On a perfect midsummer's evening at Lord's, a tense, oscillating final only took a decisive turn when Southern Brave collapsed, dramatically and irreplaceably, before Oval Invincibles closed out a 17-run win.
Oval Invincibles retain Hundred title after superb win over Southern Brave
Telegraph - 18 Aug 2024 23:05
After all the challenges of its fourth year - the competing attraction of the Olympic Games, the absence of some of the game's biggest stars, balls that inhibited six-hitting - here was the denouement that the Hundred craved. Almost, anyway. On a perfect midsummer's evening at Lord's, a tense, oscillating final only took a decisive turn when Southern Brave collapsed, dramatically and irreplaceably, before Oval Invincibles closed out a 17-run win.
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