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Marsh, Rickelton hit milestones as Sunrisers Leeds beat Welsh Fire

Marsh, Rickelton hit milestones as Sunrisers Leeds beat Welsh Fire
The Hundred: Individual milestones for Marsh, Rickelton as Sunrisers Leeds beat Welsh Fire · livemint.com

Cricket is a sport where players hit a ball with a bat and score runs.

In this game, two teams called Sunrisers Leeds and Welsh Fire played a special, shorter kind of cricket called The Hundred.

In The Hundred, each team gets exactly 100 balls to bat.

A player named Mitchell Marsh reached a very big number — he passed 7,000 runs in his whole T20 career.

His teammate Ryan Rickelton also reached a milestone by passing 5,000 T20 runs.

The two players started the batting together and made 89 runs as a pair.

Their team scored 201 runs, which is a lot for a short game.

Because of that big score, Sunrisers Leeds beat Welsh Fire.

These milestones are exciting achievements that the players will remember for a long time.

Key facts

Match
The Hundred — Sunrisers Leeds vs Welsh Fire
Result
Sunrisers Leeds won
Venue
Leeds, UK
Sunrisers Leeds total
201/4 in 100 balls
Mitchell Marsh milestone
7,000 T20 runs (scored 50 off 34 balls)
Ryan Rickelton milestone
5,000 T20 runs (scored 40 off 22 balls)
Marsh in The Hundred
374 runs in 7 innings — leading run-getter
Rickelton in The Hundred
274 runs in 7 innings — fifth-leading run-getter

Sources

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