Sunrisers stay perfect at Headingley to put one foot in knockout stages
Marsh and Rickelton set up fourth home win out of four before bowlers squeeze hard
Marsh and Rickelton set up fourth home win out of four before bowlers squeeze hard
Scorer: M Venkat Raghav
5.25pm: That's your lot from Headingley, but there's one more Hundred game to follow on this eight-match weekend. Alan Gardner is licking his lips, ready to get stuck into the wooden-spoon battle at Lord's between the Spirit and the Phoenix: follow along here.
Mitch Marsh is the player of the match, though suggests the award should have gone to one of the bowlers. And he's probably right! "In the Powerplay, it felt like a really good wicket. Once the ball got older, it became tough to bat. The way we adapted with the ball... The boys executed fantastically."
Here's the points table after that result. Sunrisers are second and will secure their spot in the knockout stages with a win against Manchester Super Giants at Old Trafford on Tuesday. Even a defeat could be enough as their Net Run Rate is the best in the league. The Fire need everything to go their way: they have to beat the Spirit on Wednesday afternoon, hope Sunrisers win in Manchester, and hope MI London slip up against the Phoenix.
5.18pm: Welsh Fire came here looking to go second in the table but have been completely dismantled by Sunrisers Leeds, who make it four wins out of four at Headingley. This was a near-perfect performance, piling on the runs with contributions from No.1-6, then keeping Fire at arm's length throughout the chase. Marsh top-scored with 50 and the other five batters struck at 180-plus; for the Fire, nobody struck at even 150.
Jay: "Does this count as a shellacking Matt?" -- Absolutely. A total drubbing.
80 off 5 balls required. Just keep your foot behind the line, Matt Potts...
Nathan: "Pretty crazy that Mark Wood just admitted on air that he has never played in a team where NRR was discussed. Goes back to what you were discussing before start of play"
2 for 18 from Ellis's 20 balls. Exceptional.
Marsh and Rickelton set up fourth home win out of four before bowlers squeeze hard