Livingstone leads from front to keep Birmingham Phoenix in hunt
Suffocating bowling performance trips up London Spirit as Phoenix claim second win of season
17/08Result
18th Match (D/N), The Hundred Men's Competition at Birmingham, Aug 17 2025
Player of the Match
17/08Result
18th Match (D/N), The Hundred Men's Competition at Birmingham, Aug 17 2025
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
JM Clarke
54(25) 9x4 - 2x6
Control %80%
- Productive Shot
- pull
- 24 runs
- 3x4 - 2x6
LS Livingstone
45(20) 1x4 - 5x6
Control %95%
- Productive Shot
- pull
- 15 runs
- 0x4 - 2x6
Best performances - Bowlers
TA Boult
- O4
- M0
- R20
- W2
- Eco5
| 2W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
LS Livingstone
- O4
- M0
- R26
- W2
- Eco6.5
| 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
Hours of play (local time)
18.00 start, First Session 18.00-19.05, Interval 19.05-19.20, Second Session 19.20-20.25
Match days
17 August 2025 - day/night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Birmingham Phoenix (Men) 4, London Spirit (Men) 0
Balls per over
5
Scorecard Summary
LONDON SPIRIT (MEN) 126/6 (20 OVERS)
- Kane Williamson33 (29)
- Ollie Pope23 (17)
- Trent Boult2/20 (4)
- Liam Livingstone2/26 (4)
BIRMINGHAM PHOENIX (MEN) 131/3 (13 OVERS)
- Liam Livingstone*45 (20)
- Joe Clarke54 (25)
- Liam Dawson1/10 (1.3)
- Luke Wood1/17 (2)
Scorer: K Vairavan | Commentator: Vithushan Ehantharajah
END OF OVER:13 | 20 Runs | BP-M: 131/3 | RR: 10.07
- Liam Livingstone45 (20b)
- Jacob Bethell18 (8b)
- Richard Gleeson2.5-0-44-0
- Olly Stone1.5-0-29-0
8:28pm Right then, what a way to finish. Not a close game, but fireworks nonetheless courtesy of LL. Phoenix move to sixth, improving their net run rate, though that is still at -0.425. They have a break now ahead of Welsh Fire on Friday. Spirit, meanwhile, will lick their wounds ahead of hosting Northern Superchargers at Lord's on Wednesday. That's all from us tonight, join us tomorrow for Southern Brave against Oval Invincibles.
8:24pm Liam Livingstone is the Meerkat Match Hero with his unbeaten 45 to go with 2 for 26: "Obviously we needed the win. The crowd are amazing, they get behind us every time we come out and play, so it's nice to get a win for them.
"On a pretty decent wicket, I don't think (our bowlers) missed a yorker at the end. They put us in a decent position and it was nice to finish it off with the bat."
8:20pm A second successive home win for Phoenix, a second successive captain's knock at Edgbaston from Livingstone to see his side over the line. He had help this time from Joe Clarke, who contributed 54 from 25 after Will Smeed was yorked second ball of the chase. They've knocked off a 127 target with 35 balls to spare!
12.5
6
Gleeson to Livingstone, SIX, What a way to win it! Huge cheers from Edgbaston as Gleeson takes pace off - 71mph - and Livingstone yet again launches him into the stands over square leg! Livingstone has made light work of that and shares a bit of a chuckle with Gleeson.
Two to win...
12.4
6
Gleeson to Livingstone, SIX, And another! Astonishing... Pace on, short, long-handled on the pull deep into the stands. In fact, it's right off the toe, as he and Bethell marvel at the base of his bat and how it's not cracked. His fourth six of the innings.
12.3
2
Gleeson to Livingstone, 2 runs, Tight to the stumps, swiped across the line and saved from the boundary with a solid left-hand from Dickson! Turner gets the ricochet and hurls it in. Two taken
12.2
6
Gleeson to Livingstone, SIX, Another huge strike! In the slot, straight, slammed over the bowler's head!
12.1
0
Gleeson to Livingstone, no run, Excellent yorker, 85mph arrowing into middle and off, clamps down on that
Just 16 needed off 40... no need to risk Dawson, who is now making his way back around to the dugout after his brief return to the field following that right little finger dislocation. Richard Gleeson with the next five. Will it be done in this set?
END OF OVER:12 | 17 Runs | BP-M: 111/3 (16 runs required from 40 balls, RR: 9.25, RRR: 2.00)
- Liam Livingstone25 (15b)
- Jacob Bethell18 (8b)
- Olly Stone1.5-0-29-0
- Daniel Worrall2.1-0-20-1
11.5
1
Stone to Livingstone, 1 run, Length, sits up outside off stump, lashed down the ground... and brilliantly saved by Worrall diving to his right at long off
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Suffocating bowling performance trips up London Spirit as Phoenix claim second win of season
