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!
Phoenix vs Fire, 14th Match at Birmingham, Men's Hundred, Aug 10 2023 - Match Result
Fire won by 6 wickets (with 15 balls remaining)
This is the lowest match aggregate (228) involving Fire & Phoenix in T20s
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
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.
yorker, poked to short cover
Scores are tied. Field up.
fast offbreak, leading edge skews out to point
legbreak, punched out to deep point
fast offbreak, punched down to long-off
Livingstone. He hasn't bowled competitively since July 7.
Great spell from Howell but too little, too late.
struck on the pad, optimistic appeal. Looked to have pitched outside leg stump
inside-edged into pad
monstered down the ground! Touching distance now for Fire. Floaty, in the slot. Down on one knee to loft it over mid-on
poked past short cover, out to the sweeper. These two are quick, and Willey scampers back for a second
back of a length, swung away to deep midwicket for a couple
Howell to finish up.
shovelled into the leg side, down to long-on
struck on the pad and there's a half-hearted appeal as it skews away to short third. Pitched outside?
legbreak, worked down to long-on
gets down to reverse, and beats backward point! Abell gets in position early and times this brilliantly
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...
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
full and straight, nudged into the leg side and they scramble through as Smith races round to field
tossed up, edged short of slip with soft hands
full, drifting in, defended back
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
1W | ||||
1W | ||||
Edgbaston, Birmingham | |
Toss | Birmingham Phoenix (Men), elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2023 |
Player Of The Match | |
Match days | 10 August 2023 - night (100-ball match) |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Welsh Fire (Men) 2, Birmingham Phoenix (Men) 0 |