Baker marks England call-up with Hundred hat-trick

Emirates Old Trafford’s Hundred men’s competition

Manchester Originals 171-3 (100 balls): Buttler 64* (45), Klaasen 50* (25), Potts 2-39

Northern Superchargers 114 (87 balls): Miller 38 (22), Baker 3-21, Tongue 3-21

By 57 runs, the Manchester Originals won.

Manchester Originals’ 57-run victory over Northern Superchargers at Old Trafford helped Sonny Baker’s hat-trick help them boost their men’s Hundred hopes.

Dawid Malan was bowled by Baker, who was assigned to England’s white-ball squad to face South Africa and Ireland on Friday when he was called up for the game. He returned at the end of the inning with Tom Lawes and Jacob Duffy.

Although Baker’s first and second wickets were 35 balls apart, the 22-year-old seamer’s 3-21 continued a steady upward trend.

His third wicket, a perfect 88-mph yorker to Duffy, made it his seventh tournament dismissal. It ensured that the Superchargers were all out for 114.

After Jos Buttler’s 64 not out of his second fifty innings in as many innings in Originals, the visitors were on a 172-run lead.

He turned his fifty again in honor of his late father, who passed away earlier this month.

Heinrich Klaasen scored 30 runs from the final seven balls, giving Buttler’s innings the foundation of the Originals’ score.

The South Africa international returned to form in a timely manner after only 20 balls and ended up with 50 not out of 25.

On Monday, we travel to Southampton to watch Southern Brave and Oval Invincibles play a double-header.

The men’s match begins at 18:30 BST, with the women’s game beginning at 15:00 BST.