Harry Brook leads Sunrisers to record Hundred total in 37-run win
Brook's rapid fifty helped Sunrisers set a new Hundred record of 241 for two in a 37-run victory.
Harry Brook scored a 15-ball fifty and Sunrisers Leeds posted 241 for two — the highest total in Hundred history — to beat London Spirit by 37 runs at Headingley. Ryan Rickelton stayed unbeaten on 94 from 42, Mitchell Marsh hit 76 from 37, and their opening stand of 148 set the platform.
Brook struck five sixes and five fours at a strike rate of 305.55, then added 83 with Rickelton for the second wicket. The innings cleared Oval Invincibles' previous mark of 226 for four and included 21 sixes in all.
London Spirit lost their first four wickets for 44 before David Willey finished unbeaten on 83 from 46. The win lifts Sunrisers to fourth and keeps them in playoff range; Spirit stay seventh.
CricHubb Take
Headingley has now produced two of the three highest totals in the competition's short history, so expect more sides to chase the same template next year — load up on power-hitters and back them to clear the short square boundaries.