Overview
- Jos Buttler (64) and Heinrich Klaasen (50 not out) lifted Manchester Originals to 171/3 before Northern Superchargers were dismissed for 114 in a 57-run result at Old Trafford.
- Bowling at the death, Baker removed Dawid Malan, then Tom Lawes and Jacob Duffy in successive balls to complete the hat-trick and finish with 3 for 21 from 17 deliveries.
- He became just the fourth bowler to claim a men’s Hundred hat-trick, joining Sam Curran, Imran Tahir and Tymal Mills.
- Baker now has seven wickets in five Hundred matches this season, placing him among the competition’s leading wicket-takers.
- His England schedule features ODIs versus South Africa from September 2 at Headingley plus Ireland T20Is from September 17 in Malahide, with a senior debut still pending.