The Hundred Men Competition, The Oval

MI London 164-5 (100 balls): Cats 65 (44); Overton 3-30

London Spirit 165-3 (89 balls): Praetorium 64 (28); Gleeson 1-23

London Spirit won by seven wickets

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Lhuan-dre Pretorius recovered from a heavy collision on the field to reach 64 as London Spirit beat MI London by seven wickets for their first victory in the Hundred this season.

The South African and James Coles found themselves chasing a catch at the end of the first innings, which saw MI London reach 164-5.

Pretorius left the field after the incident but was fit to open the Spirit’s innings and hit three fours and seven sixes in his 28-ball innings, which began with a 63-run partnership with Jonny Bairstow (23).

The 20-year-old added 38 more with Liam Livingstone (16) before being caught by Sherfane Rutherford bowling to Richard Gleeson.

James Rew (19) and Dewald Brevis (37 off 18) finished the job for Spirit, who won with 11 balls to spare.

MI London had started well after being put into bat, with Will Jacks (65) and James Vince (26) forming an opening 91-run partnership.

However, both openers and Nicholas Pooran fell within the space of eight balls as the home team fell to 100-3.

Both Jacks and Pooran were dismissed by Jamie Overton, who then removed Jason Roy (13) for figures of 3-30.

Rutherford accelerated late for MI, making a 19-ball 41 that included four sixes before Coles caught him off Andrew Tye on the last ball of the innings.

Spirit move into sixth place, above Southern Brave and Birmingham Phoenix, after claiming their first win in three matches, while MI London sit in fourth place with two wins and two losses.