Paul Stirling propels Southern Brave to first ever males’s Hundred title

Southern Brave gained the inaugural Hundred competitors on Saturday, comfortably beating Birmingham Phoenix within the males’s closing at a packed Lord’s. Southern Brave win inaugural males’s Hundred title. (Reuters Photo)HIGHLIGHTSSouthern Brave gained the inaugural version of The Hundred males’s CompetitorsSouthern Brave beat Birmingham Phoenix within the finalIreland’s Paul Stirling shone for Southern Brave on Saturday within the closingPaul Stirling smashed six sixes in an entertaining 61 off 36 balls to assist the Southern Brave win the inaugural males’s title of The Hundred with a 32-run victory over Birmingham Phoenix at Lord’s.

After a month of thrills and spills within the new 100-ball format that has proved common with the followers, the boys’s closing was denied the thrilling climax it deserved.Southern Brave scored 168-5 from their 100 balls with a bludgeoning 61 from Paul Stirling in 36 balls, whereas Ross Whiteley smashed 44 from 19 balls late on.Phoenix by no means actually acquired getting in reply, nonetheless, after opener David Bedingham went for a duck and Will Smeed for 2.Liam Livingstone gave them some hope as he struck 4 sixes in a rapid-fire 46 however when he was run out it was a tall order for Phoenix who ended up on 136-5.The Hundred was launched to draw a youthful viewers with eight city-based groups competing over 5 weeks.The ladies’s competitors has acquired equal billing with the boys’s, and Oval Invincibles took the title as they beat Southern Brave on Saturday by 48 runs in entrance of 17,000 followers. After setting a goal of 122, the Brave have been bowled out for 73 with Marizanne Kapp taking three wickets.”It is so historical and special,” Invincibles skipper Dane Van Niekerk stated. “I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to take in playing here. It was a childhood dream to play a final here and win it. It is special.”Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.