The Hundred 2024: Sam Curran stars as Oval Invincibles beat London Spirit

Invincibles all-rounder Sam Curran: “I guess you don’t get many days like that. Most importantly we got the two points that we needed.

“I think the boys said the wicket was slow and turning quite a bit. The shorter side I knew I could use that boundary to my advantage, for a few came out the middle.

“I’ve got that bowler’s mindset when I’m batting, trying not to pre-meditate too much. I think today was a day where you had to be quite predictable as one side was so short.

“That whole over I was thinking, ‘where am I going to bowl to Russell?’ He knew where I was bowling, fortunately he edged it.”

Invincibles captain Sam Billings: “Unbelievable win. Sam Curran’s day out – it was just nice to be out there! As good as it gets in this form of the game.

“It was a really tough pitch, we thought with 145 we were well over par. You’re never totally out of the woods if Andre Russell gets going, but we were comfortable with what we got.”

On his retirement: “It was completely tactical because I could not hit the ball – we’ve got so much power down the bottom. I just couldn’t get going. I thought someone could do a job better than me, it’s not about me, it’s about the team.”