17/08Result
Eliminator (N), The Hundred Men's Competition at London, Aug 17 2024
Match tied (Brave won the Super Over)
Player of the Match
Jofra Archer
Jofra ArcherSouthern Brave (Men)
17/08Result
Eliminator (N), The Hundred Men's Competition at London, Aug 17 2024
Match tied (Brave won the Super Over)
Player of the Match
Jofra Archer
Jofra ArcherSouthern Brave (Men)

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

LS Livingstone
LS Livingstone
55(34) 3x4 - 4x6
Control %73%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 26 runs
  • 1x4 - 3x6
4 4 19 3 11 4 2 8
JM Vince
JM Vince
43(35) 6x4 - 0x6
Control %65%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 12 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
4 3 5 7 7 4 2 11

Best performances - Bowlers

AF Milne
AF Milne
O4
M0
R18
W3
Eco4.50
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
TS Mills
TS Mills
O4
M0
R23
W3
Eco5.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Scorer: Chandan Duorah | Commentator: Andrew Miller

9.18pm What a finish... The Meerkat Match Hero is Jofra Archer.

"Just relieved, thought I gave it away in the second-last over. Some days it happens, some days it doesn't. We've got 11 matchwinners, the team has so much talent. [Ahead of the final} put on compression boots, lots of physio and maybe some meds"

How Phoenix failed to win that, only they will know. They needed three runs from four balls, and blew it. That will haunt them for a while. But for now, it's Oval Invincibles versus Southern Brave for the Men's Hundred 2024. See you tomorrow!

0.4
4
Milne to Jordan, FOUR, blammed through midwicket and Brave are into the Hundred final! Milne hits the pitch, Jordan crushes his pull, there's no cutting that off, and having been on the brink of elimination after Akeal's no-ball six, the best bowling unit in the competitions will face it off on Sunday

Just a single needed from two balls... it's so close now

0.3
2
Milne to Jordan, 2 runs, solid contact on the drive through the line, more circumspect than the initial plan might have been. But Jordan's straight blade found space at long-on, and Pollard was hurtling back for the second
0.2
4
Milne to Jordan, FOUR, lovely bowling and so unlucky! Attacking the stumps at pace, Jordan fences down the line and inside-edges through the vacant fine leg!
0.1
1
Milne to Pollard, 1 run, fired in on a full length, 90mph, a lusty swing through the line, Duckett gathers at mid-on and chooses the wrong end! Jordan wasn't in the frame at the keeper's end!

9.08pm Out come the Phoenix fielders. I wonder if there'll be less confusion about the Brave batting options. And they've gone for the rawest power imaginable. Pollard and Jordan are the chosen pair, the logic being that between them, they'll connect with a couple out of five, surely!

9.04pm So, Brave require 8 for a place in the final. Adam Milne is the man with the ball for Phoenix

0.5
W
Archer to Bethell, 1 run, OUT, superb bowling from Archer! Right in at the blockhole from round the wicket, another swish to nothing from Bethell, they rush the single and though there's a review for the run-out, Brave's job for part one is done. Sure enough, Bethell is caught short on the second run. There wasn't much more he could do

JG Bethell run out

0.4
1
Archer to Smith, 1 run, lovely bowling, 88mph, wide yorker, hits his mark with pinpoint precision, the batter can only open the face and steal the single to point
0.3
1lb
Archer to Bethell, 1 leg bye, swings hard to the leg-side again, doesn't connect properly this time as midwicket swoops
0.2
4
Archer to Bethell, FOUR, wonderful strike! Full length from round the wicket, following the left-hander on a very full length, but Bethell lashed up into his stroke and beat wide long-on

Livingstone cannot believe it... and out comes Jacob Bethell, who we didn't even see as an option out there!

0.1
W
Archer to Livingstone, OUT, full length, wide line, clattered so hard to backward point! That is a vicious strike, almost blasting Leus du Plooy off his feet!

LS Livingstone c du Plooy b Archer

8.53pm So, we have our hitters, it's Moeen Ali and Liam Livingstone. Ben Duckett and, maybe, Jamie Smith are also padded up for options

Jofra Archer, inevitably, has the ball ... but there's a change in Phoenix's batters. Livingstone and Smith will be opening after all

A bit of a late switch, it seems. Everyone is making it up as they go along

END OF OVER:
20 | BP-M: 126/7 (1 run required, RR: 6.30)

8.53pm So, we have our hitters, it's Moeen Ali and Liam Livingstone. Ben Duckett and, maybe, Jamie Smith are also padded up for options

19.5
1lb
Hosein to Abbott, 1 leg bye, we're going to a super Set! Abbott gets in a tangle, looking to launch it, they rush through to square the scores, and somehow Akeal has rescued his team... for now!
19.4
1
Hosein to Milne, 1 run, clawed out to deep midwicket, another single, it's two from one!
19.3
0
Hosein to Milne, no run, makes room to leg, Akeal follows him with an arm-ball, swinging into his legs!
19.2
W
Hosein to Livingstone, OUT, holes out, another stinger to Evans! Flat length, following Livingstone as he makes room to leg, an absolute howitzer to square leg

LS Livingstone c Evans b Hosein 55 (53m 34b 3x4 4x6) SR: 161.76

19.1
0
Hosein to Livingstone, no run, Livingstone rolls across his pull shot, and this time he can't connect
19.1
8nb
Hosein to Livingstone, (no ball) SIX, an absolute pie from Akeal, and an over-step too, demolished into the stands! Yikes. It was swinging into Livingstone's arc, on a length, and slapped flat over square leg

Phoenix 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st9MM AliBM Duckett
2nd17MM AliJL Smith
3rd19MM AliLS Livingstone
4th48LS LivingstoneJG Bethell
5th9LS LivingstoneDR Mousley
6th9BAC HowellLS Livingstone
7th13SA AbbottLS Livingstone
8th2SA AbbottAF Milne