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Best performances - Batsmen

SPD Smith
SPD Smith
47(36) 3x4 - 2x6
Control %88%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 18 runs
  • 2x4 - 1x6
1 7 10 0 8 2 4 15
SS Eskinazi
42(29) 7x4 - 0x6
Control %75%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 10 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
2 4 1 14 5 0 4 12

Best performances - Bowlers

CJ Green
O4
M0
R27
W3
Eco6.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
BI Kellaway
O3
M0
R10
W2
Eco3.33
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Toss

Welsh Fire (Men) , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Season

Hours of play (local time)

18.30 start, First Session 18.30-19.35, Interval 19.35-19.50, Second Session 19.50-20.55

Match days

22 August 2025 - day/night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Welsh Fire (Men) 4, Birmingham Phoenix (Men) 0

Balls per over

5

Scorer: Chandan Duorah | Commentator: Matt Roller

9.02pm: That's your lot for tonight, but fear not: we have EIGHT more Hundred matches to bring you over the weekend, starting in about 14 hours' time at Headingley. See you then...

Ben Kellaway is Match Hero for two wickets, three catches and a run-out. "To make my debut was special enough. To contribute to a win was really nice. Results haven't gone our way but it's been good stuff... Keep playing hard cricket, keep doing the basics well. If we can win the last two games and see what the maths does, hopefully we'll get a [play-off] spot."

8.57pm: The Fire cruise home. That's a shocker for the Phoenix, losing at home to the bottom side, and both teams now need snookers to make it through to the play-offs. They both have two matches left and have only won two of their first six, so are both relying on results elsewhere. Clinical from the Fire, whose fingerspinners were excellent on a pitch that suited them. Eskinazi got them ahead of the rate as Smith dropped anchor, and Bairstow ensured there was no panic after the first wicket.

17.4
4
Southee to Abell, FOUR, dabbed away with soft hands to take Fire over the line! Lovely late nudge from Abell with an open face, playing under his eyes and beating deep third to his left
17.3
1
Southee to Smith, 1 run, on a length, dragged out towards deep square. Mistimes the pull this time
17.2
4
Southee to Smith, FOUR, pulled through cow corner for four! Smith picks the gap between midwicket and long-on, and the Fire are a hit away
17.1
1
Southee to Abell, 1 run, hard length, nudged to mid-on for a quick single

END OF OVER:
17 | 14 Runs 1 Wkt | WF-M: 130/2 (9 runs required from 15 balls, RR: 7.64, RRR: 3.00)

  • Steven Smith42 (34b)
  • Tom Abell1 (1b)
  • Adam Milne2.5-0-32-1
  • Tim Southee1.5-0-8-0
16.5
1
Milne to Smith, 1 run, whipped away again, but straight to deep square leg
16.4
6
Milne to Smith, SIX, steps across his stumps, hauls him over deep backward square leg! Deep in the crease, swung hard behind square to use the pace. Just 67 metres, but enough to clear the rope

Fire 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st72SPD SmithSS Eskinazi
2nd50SPD SmithJM Bairstow
3rd18SPD SmithTB Abell