The Hundred: Andrew Flintoff’s Northern Superchargers lose to Trent Rockets in men’s competition | Cricket News

Chris Green made the most of his only appearance for Trent Rockets by starring with bat and ball as Andrew Flintoff suffered defeat in his first game as manager; Watch every match from the women’s and men’s competitions in the 2024 edition of The Hundred live on Sky Sports

Andrew Flintoff’s first game as head coach of the Northern Superchargers ended in defeat. On Friday, they lost at home to the Trent Rockets by 47 runs.

The Rockets scored 185-5 in their innings after batting first at Headingley, with Tom Banton leading the way after 66 from 38 balls, including nine fours and one six.

Despite a good all-round performance from Ben Dwarshuis, former England captain Flintoff’s team struggled to get going in their reply. Three wickets from Chris Green, along with his cameo 25 with the bat, restricted them to 138-8 in their innings.

Banton and fellow opener Adam Lyth put on 44 runs for the first wicket before Dwarshuis dismissed the latter for 12. Alex Hales made just six before being caught by Adam Hose off Matthew Potts.

But Banton and Sam Hain helped the Rockets to a challenging 100-ball total with a stand of 65 for the third wicket, which was ended when Banton was caught by England seamer Potts (2-37).

Hain also fell one run short of his half-century after becoming the second victim of Australian sailor Dwarshuis. He finished with figures of 2-28 from his 20 balls, but Green – making his only appearance in The Hundred – hit 25 from just seven balls at the end of the innings.

The Superchargers cruised to victory with 186 runs and started reasonably well thanks to an opening stand of 41 runs between Ollie Robinson (25) and Graham Clark (17).

However, after Clark was bowled by Imad Wasim, wickets fell regularly, with seamer Lewis Gregory (2-21) and spinner Green (3-14) doing most of the damage.

A superb 40 from 20 balls, with two fours and three sixes, from number 8 Dwarshuis was a rare bright spot in the Superchargers’ innings, but ultimately the hosts fell well short of their target.

Player of the Match – Chris Green

“I enjoyed my time with the Rockets – short but sweet.

“Luckily it worked out tonight (with the bat) and I had a lot of fun.

“I enjoyed bowling tonight, that was a lot of fun.

“We had a lot of runs to put them under pressure and that was a nice wicket to bowl on.”

What’s next?

The Hundred continues on Saturday with London spirit opposite Birmingham-Phoenix in a double match at Lord’s.

The women’s match can be seen live on Sky Sports Mix from 2.30pm (first ball 3pm), followed by the men’s match from 6pm on Sky Sports Mix, Sky Sports Cricket from 6.30pm and Sky Sports Main Event from 7pm (first ball 6.35pm).

Sky Sports will be showing all 68 matches in The Hundred live this summer, with some matches also available to watch for free on Sky Sports’ digital platforms and the Sky Sports Cricket YouTube channel.