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Phoenix vs Fire, 14th Match at Birmingham, Men's Hundred, Aug 10 2023 - Match Result

RESULT
14th Match (N), Birmingham, August 10, 2023, The Hundred Men's Competition
(85/100 balls, T:113) 116/4

Fire won by 6 wickets (with 15 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
43 (18)
stephen-eskinazi
228

This is the lowest match aggregate (228) involving Fire & Phoenix in T20s

67

Joe Clarke and Eskinazi's 67-run partnership is WF-M's highest for the 1st wicket in T20s, breaking the record of 46 between Joe Clarke and Tom Banton

Match centre 
Scores: K Vairavan | Comms: Matt Roller
Scorecard summary
Birmingham Phoenix (Men) 112/7(100 balls)
2/11 (15)
25 (20)
2/20 (20)
Welsh Fire (Men) 116/4(85 balls)
23* (18)
1/15 (20)
after 85 balls7 runs
WF-M: 116/4
Tom Abell23 (18b 3x4)
David Willey15 (15b 1x4)
Liam Livingstone 0/7 (5)

Welsh Fire sit third with five points, level on points with Invincibles and Superchargers (though they have played one game more). Phoenix are rooted to the bottom. Thanks for joining us this evening, and we'll be back with more Hundred action tomorrow.

Stephen Eskinazi is the Match Hero: "We've played some really good cricket with a new-look side. Hopefully we're building something really nice. Watching the women's game before, we thought it was going to be dry and the new ball would be the best time to bat. That suits my game down to the ground. Absolutely loving it. Hussey was a hero of mine, growing up in Western Australia. He's really relaxed. The beauty is everyone can be themselves as a person."

8.54pm: Impressive win in the end for the Fire, despite a wobble after the Powerplay. Quicker to adapt with the ball than Phoenix were with the bat on a slow, used pitch, and Stephen Eskinazi's 43 off 18 was the best innings of the night by some margin, taking advantage of the fielding restrictions to hit six fours and two sixes.

85
4
Livingstone to Abell, FOUR runs

lofted into-out over extra cover! Abell finishes the job against his old team, and Fire are home and hosed with 15 balls to spare!

84
Livingstone to Abell, no run

yorker, poked to short cover

Scores are tied. Field up.

83
1
Livingstone to Willey, 1 run

fast offbreak, leading edge skews out to point

82
1
Livingstone to Abell, 1 run

legbreak, punched out to deep point

81
1
Livingstone to Willey, 1 run

fast offbreak, punched down to long-off

Livingstone. He hasn't bowled competitively since July 7.

CHANGE OF END
after 80 balls9 runs
WF-M: 109/4Need 4 from 20 balls
David Willey13 (13b 1x4)
Tom Abell18 (15b 2x4)
Benny Howell 2/16 (20)

Great spell from Howell but too little, too late.

80
1
Howell to Willey, 1 run

struck on the pad, optimistic appeal. Looked to have pitched outside leg stump

79
Howell to Willey, no run

inside-edged into pad

78
4
Howell to Willey, FOUR runs

monstered down the ground! Touching distance now for Fire. Floaty, in the slot. Down on one knee to loft it over mid-on

77
2
Howell to Willey, 2 runs

poked past short cover, out to the sweeper. These two are quick, and Willey scampers back for a second

76
2
Howell to Willey, 2 runs

back of a length, swung away to deep midwicket for a couple

Howell to finish up.

after 75 balls7 runs
WF-M: 100/4Need 13 from 25 balls
Tom Abell18 (15b 2x4)
David Willey4 (8b)
Shadab Khan 1/16 (15)
75
1
Shadab to Abell, 1 run

shovelled into the leg side, down to long-on

74
1lb
Shadab to Willey, 1 leg bye

struck on the pad and there's a half-hearted appeal as it skews away to short third. Pitched outside?

73
1
Shadab to Abell, 1 run

legbreak, worked down to long-on

72
4
Shadab to Abell, FOUR runs

gets down to reverse, and beats backward point! Abell gets in position early and times this brilliantly

71
Shadab to Abell, no run

wide legbreak, swings and misses

Shadab.

20 off 30. Should be an absolute cruise but this wicket is playing more like Nagpur Day 5 than Edgbaston Day-Night...

CHANGE OF END
70
1
Moeen Ali to Abell, 1 run

full outside off, looks to slog-sweep and doesn't get all of it... but Milne can't get around in time from long leg, and it dribbles into his hands on the second bounce

69
1
Moeen Ali to Willey, 1 run

full and straight, nudged into the leg side and they scramble through as Smith races round to field

68
Moeen Ali to Willey, no run

tossed up, edged short of slip with soft hands

67
Moeen Ali to Willey, no run

full, drifting in, defended back

66
2
Moeen Ali to Willey, 2 runs

full, sliding into the pads. Leading edge out to deep cover and Duckett is a little slow to get in off the rope, allowing them to scamper back for two

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
SS Eskinazi
43 runs (18)
6 fours2 sixes
Productive shot
flick
13 runs
1 four1 six
Control
74%
LS Livingstone
28 runs (20)
2 fours1 six
Productive shot
cut shot
8 runs
1 four0 six
Control
80%
Best performances - bowlers
DA Payne
B
15
0s
9
R
11
W
2
RPB
0.73
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
LEGOFF
LHB
1W
1W
Match details
Edgbaston, Birmingham
TossBirmingham Phoenix (Men), elected to bat first
Series
Season2023
Player Of The Match
Match days10 August 2023 - night (100-ball match)
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
PointsWelsh Fire (Men) 2, Birmingham Phoenix (Men) 0
Language
English
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