Harry Brook's fastest Hundred century in vain as Welsh Fire keep hopes burning
Harry Brook crushed the quickest Hundred 100 years yet it demonstrated to no end as Welsh Fire kept alive their expectations of making Saturday's eliminator with an eight-wicket prevail upon Northern Superchargers at Headingley.
Creek arrived at his ton off 41 balls while crashing a glimmering 105 not out off 42 but rather found little help as the Superchargers posted 158 for 7. Stephen Eskinazi's fifty set Fire on their way, before Jonny Bairstow hit 44 and Joe Clarke 42 to lift the guests to triumph.
Fire will arrive at the eliminator in the event that Manchester Firsts beat Southern Bold on Wednesday. Superchargers were disposed of with rout, while the outcome likewise finished Trent Rockets and London Soul's expectations of completing in the main three.
Creek played a surprising solitary hand to lead a Superchargers recuperation. Matthew Short, Tom Banton and Adam Lyth all withdrew inside the initial 20 balls to leave the Superchargers reeling at 10 for 3, having won the throw.
Stream started persistently close by Adam Hose, yet detonated into life after Hose tumbled to Matt Henry after 33 balls.
He created a venturesome incline over third for six from a singing Lockie Ferguson bouncer and hit Roelof van der Merwe down the ground for another pounding greatest.
Stream was running out of accomplices as Adil Rashid, elevated to No. 6, tumbled to the left-arm spinner and David Wiese was run out by Tom Abell to leave the complete at 92 for 7. In any case, Stream walked on determined, arriving at 50 from 24 balls, and hit the gas pedal by crushing 19 from Luke Wells' five-ball set.
The right-hander joined over the top power with unadulterated timing, pounding Ferguson down the ground for a six which arrived on the Sky Sports discourse case.
With 10 wads of the innings remaining Stream was on 76 yet he flooded to his 100 years with two additional sixes and four fours as 30 came from those last 10 conveyances, turning into the third man to hit 100 hundred years after Will Smeed and Will Jacks.
Energy was with the hosts however Eskinazi before long set about evolving that. The right-hander hit two sixes from Reece Topley's subsequent set, prior to being given a day to day existence as Topley and Matthew Potts passed on a high catch to one another.
Eskinazi capitalized on his respite, crashing his direction to 50 from only 19 balls, including three sixes, with Fire all around put on 66 without misfortune after 40 balls.
The presentation of Rashid applied the brakes - particularly to Bairstow, who had only eight from his initial 18 balls. Rashid then made the key leap forward, bowling Eskinazi for 58 with a googly from the 51st ball, with Fire requiring 82 more to win.
Bairstow started to track down his familiarity as he and new hitter Clarke both sent off sixes off Wiese, before Callum Parkinson's 10-ball set finished seriously with a six off Bairstow followed by a no-ball which cost four runs.
Fire were cruising to the success, requiring 19 from 20 balls, yet Creek arose again with a shocking limit catch to eliminate Bairstow for 44 - circling the ball up first to himself and afterward to Hose to try not to convey it over the rope.
Be that as it may, Clarke brought his side back home, hitting 42 from 22 to keep Fire's expectations consuming.