Big-hitting Clarke is the Originals hero

MANCHESTER Originals claimed their second win of The Hundred and moved to second place in the table thanks to a seven-wicket win over Welsh Fire in Cardiff.The Fire won the toss and chose to bat, setting the Originals a target of 151 to win thanks to some late order hitting from Leus du Plooy (43) and Matt Critchley (30) after Ben Duckett had earlier contributed 32.Joe Clarke and Phil Salt made the chase look very straightforward as they put on 94 – the highest opening stand of the competition – with Clarke making 58 from 31 balls.Once he holed out to Ryan Higgins, ...

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