Oval Invincibles sealed a historic Hundred three-peat with a commanding 26-run win over Trent Rockets within the 2025 males’s last at Lord’s.
Electing to bat, the two-time reigning champions unleashed a batting blitz, led by Will Jacks’ explosive 72 off 41 balls – the best particular person rating in a males’s last – to submit 168-5 from their 100 balls.
Set a joint-record goal of 169 for glory, the Rockets noticed their hopes of clinching a second Hundred title crumble by the hands of Nathan Sowter.
The spinner tore by the highest order, claiming the wickets of Joe Root, Rehan Ahmed, and Tom Banton in a devastating seven-ball spell.
And after a razor-sharp stumping from Sam Billings introduced David Willey’s promising innings to an abrupt halt, Sowter took a advantageous catch within the deep to take away George Linde because the Rockets had been left needing 81 runs from the ultimate 30 balls.
Marcus Stoinis (64 off 38) and Ross Whiteley launched three sixes in 4 balls in a late Rockets stand of resistance, however Saqib Mahmood brilliantly ran Whiteley out to snuff out any hopes of a comeback earlier than claiming the wicket of Stoinis with the ultimate ball to seal Invincibles’ place within the historical past books.
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