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Hello and a warm welcome to OneCricket’s coverage of the 9th match in the Men’s Hundred competition between two evenly matched teams, as the Manchester Originals face off against the Northern Superchargers at Old Trafford, and this surely promises to be a nail-biter. I, Kingshuk Kusari, alongside my co-commentator, AryaSekhar Chakraborty will walk you through the live updates of this fascinating contest.

The Originals roared back strongly after their defeat in the opening game against the Invincibles. They brushed aside Birmingham Phoenix rather dominatingly as they bowled their opponent out for a paltry 87, before chasing it down with 6 wickets in hand. On a spin friendly track, Matt Parkinson weaved his magic and scalped 4/9 on his home track to rattle the Phoenix. However, Originals have been dealt a big blow as their skipper Jos Butler has departed for England duty and won’t feature in the tournament anymore. Fellow opener Phil Salt is expected to take up the wicket-keeping duties in his absence. Even without Butler, Originals still boast a power-packed batting lineup that should be more than enough to dismantle the Superchargers on a gloomy day in Manchester.

The Superchargers on the other hand have not had the best of campaigns, losing back-to-back matches and stuttering at the second last position in the points table. They slumped to a defeat against Welsh Fire in their opener, before going down against Trent Rockets in a relatively close fought contest. Nothing’s going right for the team representing Yorkshire County, as their regular skipper Ben Stokes has flown away for national duties and will join the England camp for their upcoming Test series against India. South Africa’s Faf du Plessis remains sidelined due to concussion symptoms and they certainly need to strengthen their batting order in the absence of their talismanic all-rounder, Benjamin Stokes.

Should the Old Trafford track assist the spinners, similar to what we saw this past Sunday, then this could well turn out to be a battle of the spinners between the two teams. The Originals have the momentum and are certainly the heavy favourites heading into this clash. But can the Superchargers cause an upset? We’ll see that in a couple of hours from now on. So, stay tuned, we’ll be back for the toss update in a while.

Update, 10:33 IST: It's a bit gloomy in Manchester at the moment. Light drizzle still going on. Toss has been delayed and a further pitch inspection will take place at 6:15 pm (UK time), 10:45 PM (IST)

Update 10:50 PM IST: It's raining here again in Manchester. So we will be up for a long delay here. The covers are in place. Stay tuned for further updates. There will be another inspection at 10:45 PM IST.

Update, 11:17 IST: Unfortunately, another inspection to take place at 11:45 IST. The minimum we can have is a 25-ball per side game and the cut-off time for that is 8:40 pm (UK time), 1:10 pm (IST).

Update 11:25 PM IST: Good news coming from the ground is that the covers are coming off. A loud cheer from the crowd as the sun peeps out of the clouds.

Update | 11:45 PM IST: Scratch the previous update. It's raining hard at Old Trafford and the covers are back on. The waiting game continues...Stay tuned for further updates.

Update | 12.00 AM IST: So the inevitable has occurred. The match is abandoned due to rain. Both the games have been washed out today. Let's hope that clear skies greet us tomorrow. Do join us tomorrow for more cricketing action. Bye bye.