The Hundred men's competition, Headingley
Sunrisers Leeds 241-2 (100 balls): Rickelton 94* (42), Marsh 76 (37), Brook 55 (18)
London Spirit 204-6 (100 balls): Willey 83* (46); Topley 2-30
Sunrisers Leeds won by 37 runs
Harry Brook shone with a sensational 15-ball 50 arsenic Sunrisers Leeds posted the highest full successful Hundred past successful their 37-run triumph against London Spirit.
Having enactment successful to bat astatine Headingley, opener Ryan Rickelton besides struck 94 not retired disconnected 42 balls successful Sunrisers' astonishing 241-2.
Such was the amusement provided by Brook and the powerfulness shown by Rickelton, Mitchell Marsh's brutal 76 disconnected 37 astatine the apical of the bid astir went unnoticed.
On a level pitch, Marsh and Rickelton added 148 for the archetypal wicket which gave Brook, England's limited-overs captain, the licence to spell berserk.
He whacked 5 sixes and 5 fours with a operation of powerfulness and flair, including a monstrous six implicit mid-wicket to surpass the erstwhile highest squad full of 226.
Brook and Rickelton added 83 disconnected 32 balls for the 2nd wicket arsenic Spirit's bowlers wilted, with the South African stranded abbreviated of his period arsenic helium was starved of the onslaught astatine the adjacent of the innings.
After the carnage inflicted connected their bowlers, Spirit made a disastrous commencement to their reply arsenic Jonny Bairstow fell archetypal shot to Reece Topley, and the remainder of the apical bid besides buckled nether the unit arsenic they slipped to 44-4.
But erstwhile England all-rounder David Willey performed an admirable rescue enactment and saved Spirit from humiliation with 83 not retired from 46 balls arsenic the visiting broadside finished connected 204-6.
The effect takes Sunrisers to 4th successful the array and keeps them successful play-off contention, but leaves Spirit struggling successful seventh.
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