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Best performances - Batsmen

BM Duckett
BM Duckett
49(38) 5x4 - 2x6
Control %82%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 15 runs
  • 1x4 - 1x6
1 0 5 9 18 2 10 4
JM Clarke
JM Clarke
40(21) 4x4 - 2x6
Control %80%
  • Productive Shot
  • off drive
  • 11 runs
  • 1x4 - 1x6
0 0 0 7 9 10 6 8

Best performances - Bowlers

LS Livingstone
LS Livingstone
O4
M0
R11
W2
Eco2.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
CP Wood
CP Wood
O3
M0
R11
W2
Eco3.66
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

Manchester Originals (Men) , elected to bat 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

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

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Birmingham Phoenix (Men) 4, Manchester Originals (Men) 0

Balls per over

5

Scorer: Thilak Ram | Commentator: Vithushan Ehantharajah

8:40pm Right, that's all she wrote. Catch you all tomorrow for the second round of the London Derby between Invincibles and Spirit!

8:35pm Birmingham Phoenix skipper Liam Livingstone, who plays his county cricket at Emirates Old Trafford, is not happy with tonight's surface, despite finishing on the winning side:

"It's a bit disappointing to be honest. When you look at the two teams on paper, the fans coming to watch are excited for the players batting out there, and the high pace on both sides.

"To play the four games on the same pitch, I'm not sure there would have been too many people in here who enjoyed watching that game of cricket. It was disappointing as a spectacle I think.

"I want to go out there and entertain kids. And I want people to come to grounds and like what they see in the middle. I don't think many people would have come in and enjoyed watching that game here today."

8:30pm No doubt about it, that might be the worst match of the tournament so far. Nothing on it because Trent Rockets had sewn up the final spot in the top three a few hours earlier, on a very tired surface. Joe Clarke is the Meerkat Match Hero, by the way, for his engaging 40 off 21 up top in Phoenix's pursuit of their 110 target. "I feel in good rhythm and good confidence. The pitch has been used a few times, so it was on the slower side. It helped having Ben at the other end who could knock it around and run hard."

16.3
4
Currie to Duckett, FOUR, Wins it with an extra cover drive! A comprehensive performance is capped off with 17 deliveries to spare as Phoenix seal victory by seven wickets! Duckett's had a tough tournament but he walks off unbeaten with 49, having managed just 54 from six previous innings....
16.2
1
Currie to Bethell, 1 run, Wide on the crease, worked into deep midwicket... Bethell was keen on the second but Duckett said no before apologising as the two fielders converging on the ball delay one another with a polite "after you, no I insist"
16.1
0
Currie to Bethell, no run, Full, angling into middle and off at 80mph, bunted into the ground and back to the bowler

2 needed from 20... Currie over the wicket to Bethell

END OF OVER:
16 | 8 Runs | BP-M: 108/3 (2 runs required from 20 balls, RR: 6.75, RRR: 0.50)

  • Ben Duckett45 (37b)
  • Jacob Bethell3 (4b)
  • Sonny Baker3.5-0-20-1
  • Josh Tongue3.5-0-34-2
15.5
0
Baker to Duckett, no run, "Oh my word" yelps Duckett as a short delivery zips threw off a length, only 85mph on the clock but that looked a heck of a lot more. Duckett certainly thought so
15.4
1lb
Baker to Bethell, 1 leg bye, Yorker on leg stump from wide of the crease, 86mph, worn by Bethell down to long leg for a bye
15.3
1
Baker to Duckett, 1 run, Pace off, short, flummoxes Duckett who ends up pulling around the corner with just one hand on the bat... but falls short of Hartley, who ends up wearing it on the shin

Phoenix 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st19BM DuckettWCF Smeed
2nd72BM DuckettJM Clarke
3rd6LS LivingstoneBM Duckett
4th16BM DuckettJG Bethell