Buttler, Ravindra help Manchester Originals sign off with a win

Buttler, Ravindra Help Manchester Originals Sign Off with a Win

Jos Buttler (70 off 37) and Rachin Ravindra (47* off 23) combined to deny Northern Superchargers a chance to usurp Oval Invincibles to the top of the table and gain direct entry into the final. The Manchester Originals signed off from an underwhelming season with a seven-wicket win.

The Superchargers suffered a poor start, falling to 13/2 inside the PowerPlay with James Anderson dismissing Dawid Malan and Dan Lawrence. Harry Brook and Zak Crawley offered slow recovery, before they fell in the space of three deliveries to leave the batting side down to 54/4.

From this point on, the batting side nearly doubled their total through David Miller and Samit Patel. The duo hit six sixes between them, adding 59 off 27 deliveries. Patel was particularly brutal, getting his 42 off just 19 deliveries.

The Superchargers had a good total but stood no chance of defending it as they went up against a marauding Buttler. Buttler and Rachin Ravindra put on a 99-run partnership to make short work of the total in front of them. They picked up the pieces from 31/2 off 31 deliveries, and pushed the side to 69/2 at the halfway stage.

Buttler laid into Samit Patel, smashing a straight six, a boundary through backward point and one through cover. 39 off 35 became 29 off 30 as Ravindra hit Adil Rashid for a six. Buttler responded to a near-breakthrough by hitting the biggest six of the night over long on. He smashed one over Rashid's head too, before departing in that set for a 37-ball 70 that was laced with seven fours and five sixes.

Ravindra completed the chase with two successive fours, ending unbeaten on 47 off just 23 – his essay including five fours and two sixes.

Brief Scores:

• Northern Superchargers 139/8 in 100 balls (Samit Patel 42, David Miller 30; Thomas Aspinwall 3-17, James Anderson 2-30)
• Manchester Originals 140/3 in 84 balls (Jos Buttler 70, Rachin Ravindra 47*; Jacob Duffy 1-16)