Chris Benjamin's 37* seals Phoenix win after Moeen Ali, Will Smeed contributions
Hosts join Hundred front runners with six-wicket victory over Invincibles in Edgbaston run-fest
04/08Result
18th Match (N), The Hundred Men's Competition at Birmingham, Aug 4 2021
Player of the Match
04/08Result
18th Match (N), The Hundred Men's Competition at Birmingham, Aug 4 2021
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
CA Ingram
81(43) 8x4 - 4x6
Control %86%
- Productive Shot
- pull
- 21 runs
- 3x4 - 1x6
MM Ali
49(26) 3x4 - 4x6
Control %64%
- Productive Shot
- pull
- 20 runs
- 1x4 - 2x6
Best performances - Bowlers
PR Brown
- O4
- M0
- R34
- W2
- Eco8.50
| 2W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
S Mahmood
- O4
- M0
- R34
- W2
- Eco8.50
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | ||||
Match Details
Toss
Birmingham Phoenix (Men) , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
4 August 2021 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Birmingham Phoenix (Men) 2, Oval Invincibles (Men) 0
Balls per over
5
Scorecard Summary
OVAL INVINCIBLES (MEN) 172/3 (20 OVERS)
- Colin Ingram*81 (43)
- Jason Roy38 (22)
- Benny Howell1/28 (4)
- Pat Brown2/34 (4)
BIRMINGHAM PHOENIX (MEN) 174/4 (18.4 OVERS)
- Moeen Ali49 (26)
- Will Smeed45 (28)
- Tabraiz Shamsi1/36 (4)
- Saqib Mahmood2/34 (4)
Scorer: Venkat Raghav | Commentator: @PeterDellaPenna
9.39 pm Despite chasing a very very stiff target, the Phoenix canter to victory thanks to a rollicking knock from their captain Moeen Ali. Big assist to Smeed as well for the start he gave at the top of the order. Invincibles fielding left a lot to be desired.
Match Hero is Chris Benjamin: "It's always special to be in front of a full house. Special win tonight. It's been very exciting. It helped that Smeed got us off to the start and then Moeen in the middle for me to finish it at the end. We're just focusing game by game and the rest will take care of itself."
That's it from us tonight. On behalf of Varun Shetty, I'm Peter Della Penna. Come back tomorrow for more action from the Hundred. Take care!
18.4
4
Topley to Benjamin, FOUR, another attempted leg stump yorker, low full toss flicked through midwicket to seal the match.
18.3
6
Topley to Benjamin, SIX, Benjamin backs away, Topley follows him outside leg stump but gives him a half-volley that's flicked high over backward square. The crowd roars their approval.
18.2
1
Topley to Howell, 1 run, yorker on leg stump, dug out through square leg.
18.1
0
Topley to Howell, no run, length ball on sixth stump, shuffles across to heave to midwicket but scuffs this into the ground.
Topley back for his last five, if the match lasts that long.
END OF OVER:18 | 9 Runs | BP-M: 163/4 (10 runs required from 10 balls, RR: 9.05, RRR: 5.00)
- Benny Howell6 (8b)
- Chris Benjamin27 (14b)
- Sunil Narine3.5-0-41-1
- Tabraiz Shamsi3.5-0-36-1
17.5
1
Narine to Howell, 1 run, short and wide, slapped behind point for one.
17.5
1w
Narine to Howell, 1 wide, full and speared down leg. Wide called.
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