Cent: Harry Brook and Andre Russell shine as Superchargers beat Originals

The stage was set: a Northern derby in opposing territory, in front of a packed crowd at Old Trafford...

And Brook, 23, delivered - crushing 33 steps on just 19 balls to lead the Superchargers to victory and reaffirm his status as one of England's brightest cricketing talents.

Chasing Manchester Originals' tally of 162, Adam Lyth set the platform with 51 and the captain David Willey added 29, but Brook soaked up the pressure and brought it home.

Brook looked completely at ease. He barely broke a sweat, crushing spinner Tom Hartley for two huge sixes to tip the game in his team's favor and guide them to victory with six balls in reserve.

"He reminds me of AB de Villiers", enthused his teammate Faf du Plessis, who played most of his international career alongside the legendary striker white ball which still holds the record for the fastest one-day international century of all time, on 31 balls.

"He hits 360, all around the ground," said Originals player Phoebe Graham. "People like Kevin Pietersen said he was a world-class talent and we're seeing that quality now."

And although he may be a future England star, Brook confessed at the end of the game than his grandmother always washes her cricket kit.

"If she ever says she doesn't like doing it, she's a lie!" said Brook, fresh off leading his team to victory.

Stealing the winning exploits of the world's greatest Twenty20 cricketer from Russell is no small feat neither.

Winning streaks? Almost a tick, on this occasion. Diving capture to dismiss opposition gun player? Check. Lyth's wicket on 51? Check.

Russell does it all.

Standing 6ft 1in, stacked with power and possessing a swaggering presence enhanced by a Mohican haircut and a nose ring, it looks like the man known as "Dr Russ" was made for The Hundred.

The Jamaican has played over 400 T20 cricket matches around the world, and he has proven his worth in front of a jam-packed Old Trafford – and yet somehow he ended up on the losing side.

The Originals had started pretty well, with England white ball captain Jos Buttler smashing 59. And s There's one player you want to come into the crease with 40 balls left, that's Russell.

But English spinner Adil Rashid and Russell's West Indies teammate Dwayne Bravo regained control of Northern Superchargers with some deft bowling, and it looked like the Originals were going to spoil their strong start.

Naturally, Dr. Russ had other ideas.

There was a 102-yard six in the stands, one sent over the bowler's head , and he even had the audacity to hit another one with one hand as he went an undefeated 29 points at a strike rate of 145.

He then provided comedy from the last ball of the innings, played by his pal Bravo. He attempted a final act of glory but fell instead with an anticlimactic belly flop on the floor, with the shot eventually falling on the boundary and only one run scored.

England bowler Saqib Mahmood has named the Superchargers as the "team to beat" in the tournament.

Teams will certainly have a battle on their hands to overtake Brook and his men - but write off any team with Russell in it, is a dangerous game.

Brook will miss the next two games while on duty with the England Lions - this is the second national team team - but it won't be the last we'll see of the two this summer.