Baker marks England call-up with Hundred hat-trick

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Brilliant Buttler and Baker help Originals dominate Superchargers

Matthew Henry

BBC Sport journalist

The Hundred men's competition, Emirates Old Trafford

Manchester Originals 171-3 (100 balls): Buttler 64* (45), Klaasen 50* (25); Potts 2-39

Northern Superchargers 114 (87 balls): Miller 38 (22); Baker 3-21, Tongue 3-21

Manchester Originals won by 57 runs

Scorecard. Table

Sonny Baker marked his first England call-up with a hat-trick as Manchester Originals boosted their men's Hundred hopes by beating rivals Northern Superchargers by 57 runs at Old Trafford.

Baker, called up for England's white-ball squads to play South Africa and Ireland next month on Friday, bowled Dawid Malan with a clever slower ball to reduce the Superchargers to 63-5 and returned at the death to wrap up the innings by dismissing Tom Lawes and Jacob Duffy.

Baker's first and second wickets may have been separated by 35 balls but his 3-21 continued a steady rise for the 22-year-old seamer who is having a breakout tournament.

His third wicket, which ensured Superchargers were all out for 114, was a perfect 88mph yorker to Duffy and was his seventh dismissal in the tournament.

The visitors were chasing 172 after Jos Buttler stroked 64 not out - his second fifty in as many innings - in Originals' 171-3.

When reaching his fifty he again looked to the sky in tribute to his father who died earlier this month.

While Buttler's innings provided the backbone of Originals' score, Heinrich Klaasen took the game away from Superchargers at the death by hitting 30 runs from the final seven balls.

The South Africa international had only 20 after 18 balls but ended 50 not out from 25 in a timely return to form.

The hosts only won one of their first four matches but join Southern Brave and London Spirit on eight points. Superchargers are four better off in third.