Welsh Fire vs Manchester Super Giants Live ஸ்கோர், Match 21 of The Hundred, 2026

Over to the next base - Well, this one's done and dusted ever so quickly. The Super Giants pocket four priceless points and vault straight into the podium places, with their bowlers and batters both turning in a job they will be delighted with. As for Welsh Fire, this is only their second defeat of the season, and both losses have come in the same harsh manner, losing by nine-wicket margins while trying to defend a total. They have a bit of a break before their next assignment and would like to assess where they went wrong. There's that from this game, then. But the party's not over, folks! Remember, it's a doubleheader Wednesday, so now the action shifts to Trent Bridge, as Trent Rockets will go up against Birmingham Phoenix. Over there, number 1 plays number 8 on the table. The toss for that match is just around the corner and the first ball is scheduled to be bowled at 5.30 pm GMT. Our buildup has already begun. So feel free to switch tabs and get all the updates from that game. From here, we sign off. Cheers!

PLAYER OF THE MATCH - TIM SEIFERT collects the award for his match-winning knock of 62 NOT OUT (36). On their plans about the chase, Seifert says that his side have been losing wickets in the Powerplay, so they just tried to get a good start and maintain a decent run rate. On his new opening partner, Paul Walter, Tim says that in this game, the wind was really blustery. So having a left-right combination helped put the bowlers off. Credits Walter, given that this was his first game. The next question asked is how does the opening pair decide how to attack the bowlers. To this, TS smiles and says that it is hard to decide the tempo. Explains that sometimes you may not get the strike, and be stranded at one end. But is happy that he and Walter managed to rotate the strike nicely. On Manchester's chances for the playoffs, Tim Seifert says that they have got 2 big games. Adds that the tournament is going thick and fast. Hopes that his side uses this win to generate momentum and it serves as a good booster.

... Let's hear it from the man of the moment ...

Plans bulldozed - Fire were all over the place with the ball, coughing up far too many extras, including Ferguson’s repeated oversteps, and never quite finding the right pace to keep the batters guessing. On a surface like this, a bit more variation might have worked wonders, but they kept serving up the same fare and paid the price. Buttler then walked in to join Seifert, who was already motoring along with a fifty of his own, and from there the skipper simply picked off anything remotely loose, cruising to his own half-century with minimal fuss. In this swashbuckling hitting, Jos Buttler also surpassed Keiron Pollard to become the leading run getter in the T20s.

A 'Super Giant' leap to begin with - Fire's hopes were extinguished right in the Powerplay as the hosts' openers slammed 53/0 runs from the restrictions. Initially, Walter looked a bit rusty, but as they say, in cricket, you need to connect one ball from the middle, and boy, did he do that in some style. He rained sixes and rattled the bowlers by also overshadowing Seifert's blistering start. Their 74-run opening stand gave them a solid platform before Paul was fished out by Cook. But that was a good outing for him given he came into the side filling the big boots of Markram at the top.

Fired, then got fried - Welsh Fire's openers started with their heads screwed on, reading the conditions before turning the taps on. Matthew Short led the charge by racing to a well-earned fifty just ahead of Phil Salt, who also warmed up nicely after a quiet start. Manchester’s bowlers tried to drag things back with slower balls and a few sticky deliveries, but their efforts were undermined by a messy outing in the field, as a couple of dropped chances handed the openers extra lives. The 125-run opening partnership eventually broke, and although the middle order added a few useful runs through Ravindra and Cox, Welsh Fire crashed down in the last few sets, slipping down from 125/0 to 138/4. From a bowling pov, the likes of Gus Atkinson and Josh Tongue were absolutely relentless with their pace, while the likes of Dawson and Walter did well to pull things back as well.

Effortless, merciless, ruthless - Add as many adjectives you want, there couldn't be a more perfect way to describe this run chase. The Super Giants have made an absolute mockery of chasing 156. Salt and Co are left utterly bewildered as to what hit them this evening. Was it a blizzard, or a tornado? Either way, it was pure, relentless destruction. Now, this win with a massive margin resurrects the Super Giants' hopes for qualification as they move up to the third spot, massively improving their net run rate. It has also taken a hefty bite out of Fire’s net run rate, even if they continue to cling on to second spot for the moment.

SIX! What a fine way to end the game. Ferguson does not even get to complete his set. On a length, outside off, Jos Buttler leans into the shot and powers it over long off for the final shot of the match! MANCHESTER SUPER GIANTS WIN BY 9 WICKETS AND 31 BALLS TO SPARE!

SIX! SLAPPED! That just gunned off the bat. On a back of a length, angled in. Sits up nicely for the batter. Jos hangs back and swings it behind deep square leg for another half a dozen runs. Buttler moves to 45 from 19 balls. Scores are level now!

Outside off, Seifert goes for the big heave and miscues it. The ball lands short of long on. Single taken.

Yorker, on middle, Tim Seifert pushes it to the off side. Lockie Ferguson himself goes after the ball and tries a direct hit at the bowler's end. He misses and ends up conceding an overthrow. Two in total.

Last set of the match? Looking at how his last set transpired, might well be. Here's Lockie Ferguson again. 0/22 in 10 balls so far.

Outside off, punched through the covers for a single.

WIDE. A bouncer, around off, goes well over. Wided for height.

SIX! He is in a hurry now! Strong wrists from Buttler. Jansen spears it on a fuller length, on the leg stump line. Jos Buttler uses his bottom hand, gets under the ball and pumps it clean as a whistle over the long on fence for a cracking six. Jansen tried the yorker but missed by an inch or two. Just shows how little the margin of error is when bowling against someone like Buttler.

SIX! BALLISTIC! Dropped short again, around off, Jos Buttler picks the bones out of this one, pulling this massively over mid-wicket again! Just 18 more needed for the win now!

SIX! THAT'S MASSIVE! And with that, Jos Buttler overtakes Kieron Pollard to become the leading run scorer in T20s. Full and around the leg stump line. Jos Buttler clears the front leg before whipping it into the crowd behind deep square leg. Simply brilliant and effortless from Buttler!

On middle and off, Tim Seifert works it through mid-wicket for a single.

Marco Jansen returns. 0/21 in 10 balls so far.

Outside off, punched towards cover. 15 from this set as well.

SIX! This is effortless ball striking from Buttler! Dropped into the slot, full on the stumps. Jos Buttler stays leg side of the ball and muscles it inside out, playing it aerially and dumping it over the deep extra cover fence for a biggie. He has made a difficult shot look so easy.

Full again, this time, the sweep is employed towards deep mid-wicket for a single.

FOUR! Cheeky. A low full toss, outside off, Tim Seifert reverses it through the deep third region for consecutive boundaries for the side. 38 more needed from 43 balls.

FOUR BYES! That's missed everything and everyone! Arm ball, flat and quick, on a length, around the off stump from around the stump. Tim Seifert is completely outfoxed by that as he looks to push that to the off side. The ball breezes past the outside edge and beats Salt to his right before racing to the deep third fence.

That was quick. Just 5 minutes back, Matthew Short had gone off the field, but he is back on, ready to even bowl now.

On middle and leg, clipped through mid-wicket for one more.

A touch short, around off, punched through point for another single.

On middle and leg, Buttler wrists it through mid-wicket for one.

Fuller, around off, pushed through mid off for a run.

Short, on middle, Tim Seifert works it through mid-wicket for a couple to bring up his FIFTY IN JUST 28 BALLS.