Watch, The Hundred | Harry Brook goes Rishabh Pant with falling sweep off Lewis Gregory

‌Manchester Originals looked to bring their Hundred Men’s 2025 campaign back on track with a 57-run win, their second in three matches, over Northern Superchargers in Manchester on Sunday. Jos Buttler (64 off 45) and Heinrich Klaasen (50 off 25 balls) together smashed nine fours and eight sixes to power the home side to 171/3 in 100 balls. Meanwhile, the pace duo of Sonny Baker and Josh Tongue recorded identical figures of 3/21 to skittle out the Superchargers for just 114. Rachin Ravindra also chipped in for the Originals with an all-round performance, smashing a 14-ball 31 before returning two wickets with the ball.

Though visiting skipper Harry Brook could manage only a nine-ball 11, one of his two boundaries took the cricketing world to the hotly contested Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy between India and England earlier this month. Brook reproduced his stunning six off a sweep shot from Mohammed Siraj during his brief knock in The Hundred at Old Trafford.

The Superchargers skipper shuffled across to a length delivery outside off-stump from medium-pacer Lewis Gregory before kneeling to send him over the short fine-leg fielder. Though he got only four runs for it, the viewers were quick to spot the similarity with his audacious effort off Siraj in the final Test at The Oval.

Just after he made contact with the ball, the England white-ball skipper rolled over beside the wicket to draw comparisons with Rishabh Pant as well. The colour of the ball did not matter to Brook as he continues to play adventurous shots, much to the dislike of the bowling folks.

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