Australian star Chris Green produced a brilliant all-round performance to propel the Trent Rockets to a commanding 47-run victory against the Northern Superchargers in the Hundred at a packed Headingley.
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Green struck 25 not out off just seven balls to boost the visitors to a daunting 5-185 and then took 3-14 off his 20 balls as the Superchargers were limited to 8-138 in reply.
Asked to bat first, Rockets openers Tom Banton and Adam Lyth dominated the powerplay, putting on 44 before Yorkshire batter Lyth mistimed a drive to give Australian left-arm paceman Ben Dwarshuis his first wicket.
Matthew Potts, hotfooting it from Edgbaston having been left out of the England side for the third Test against the West Indies, then dismissed Alex Hales for six, the former England star well caught by Adam Hose on the long-on boundary.
Thereafter Sam Hain joined Banton and they played out a compelling duel with the Superchargers' spin twins Adil Rashid and Callum Parkinson, Banton edging the exchanges to reach a classy 50 from just 27 balls.
Potts finally checked their progress, spearing in a brilliant yorker to remove Banton for 66, his partnership with Hain having yielded 65 from just 36 balls.
Hain's mix of orthodoxy and invention brought him 49 off 28 balls, and it was Green's superb seven-ball 25 - featuring three sixes - that blasted the Rockets up to 185, their third-highest score in the competition's history.
In reply Ollie Robinson and Graham Clark plundered six fours and a six inside the powerplay as they put on 41 for the first wicket, but when Clark was clean bowled for 17 by Imad Wasim, the floodgates opened.
Superchargers skipper Matthew Short was magnificently caught by a diving Green at long-on, Robinson was trapped in front by a Green off-break, and when the Australian all-rounder - who is returning home after this match - removed Hose and Nicholas Pooran, the Superchargers were languishing at 5-62.
Green's perfect night was made complete with a smart run out of Clark, and despite some spirited late-order hitting from Potts and Dwarshuis, the Rockets ran out comfortable winners.
Australian Associated Press
