EMERALD Headingley’s 10,324 crowd enjoyed a bittersweet evening as local hero Jonny Bairstow smashed 56 – but for Welsh Fire as they beat Northern Superchargers in their men’s Hundred opener.
Bairstow, captaining Fire for two games before England duty, clobbered three sixes in 36 balls at the top of the order to underpin 173 for four. He fell to opposing skipper Ben Stokes, who later only made five as the Superchargers fell to 50-4 after 41 balls.
Another home hero Harry Brook threatened a heist with 62 off 31 balls with five sixes, but Afghanistan leg-spinner Qai...
