- BATSMENRB4s6sSR0.4 skied... taken! 101 not out on Wednesday night, 0 on Sunday evening. A bit of extra bounce from a good length, Smeed looked to plonk one into the River Taff but it hit the splice, and Pretorius settled underneath it 0/16.3 dragged on, Fire on fire! Benjamin looks to slog-sweep across the line and gets a big bottom edge, chopping onto the base of his own stumps via his back leg. Cobb celebrates and the Welshies are on top 35/44.2 strangled down the leg side! On a length, just a hint of inswing, and Moeen was looking to flick off his pads. Just a hint of bat, Clarke made a smart, tumbling catch diving low to his right, and Scrimshaw gets a huge wicket! 22/24.5 bowled scooping, Scrimshaw gets Birmingham's Big Two in the same set! Fuller length, Livingstone saw fine leg up inside the ring and shuffled across looking to flick it over his head. But Scrimshaw was too quick, and ripped out his off stump! 27/315.3 picks out Ball on the rope! Another tossed-up googly, full length, sliced down long-off's throat. Wade felt he had to take Zampa down, but goes six-and-out 94/614.4 looks to go again, shuffling across, and is struck on the boot. Payne convinces Cobb to review. Might have been outside the line. Struck on the back foot in front of off stump by the yorker. This must be out if there's no bat involved. Ultra-Edge confirms there's no bat, impact is in line, and it's crashing into the base of middle-and-off! 87/518.3 slower ball, swung high into the air. Cobb runs around to his right from mid-off and settles underneath it, as Helm's cameo comes to an end 114/7Extras7 (lb 1, nb 2, w 4)TOTAL130/7 (20 Overs, RR: 6.5 per 6 ball)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Will Smeed, 0.4 ov), 2-22 (Moeen Ali, 4.2 ov), 3-27 (Liam Livingstone, 4.5 ov), 4-35 (Chris Benjamin, 6.3 ov), 5-87 (Miles Hammond, 14.4 ov), 6-94 (Matthew Wade, 15.3 ov), 7-114 (Tom Helm, 18.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB DA Payne 3 0 12 2 4.00 9 2 0 0 0 D Pretorius 3 0 26 0 8.66 5 3 1 2 0 JT Ball 4 0 29 1 7.25 6 0 1 1 0 GLS Scrimshaw 4 0 22 2 5.50 12 2 1 1 0 JJ Cobb 3 0 15 1 5.00 6 0 1 0 0 A Zampa 3 0 25 1 8.33 3 0 2 0 1
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR0.2 What a catch! It's a tad short, well outside off and Clarke swings at it, with Smeed plucking it out of the air at point with a diving effort. 0/113.5 Done him! Richardson strikes with a beauty of a yorker, with Banton having no answer to the pace and accuracy of the delivery as his stumps are uprooted. 85/44.2 Chopped on! Slower, outside off and Hain fails to pick it up - chopping it back onto his stumps after slight hesitation. 28/28.2 Got him! Castled! Looked slower out of his hands and Duckett swings wildly as the ball squeezes through and clips the off stump 53/319.1 It's out! Slow, back of a length, and he skies it straight to the fielder at long off. Miller crosses over, but it's irrelevant as the new batter has to face the ball. 120/5Extras4 (b 1, lb 1, w 2)TOTAL126/5 (20 Overs, RR: 6.3 per 6 ball)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Joe Clarke, 0.2 ov), 2-28 (Sam Hain, 4.2 ov), 3-53 (Ben Duckett, 8.2 ov), 4-85 (Tom Banton, 13.5 ov), 5-120 (Josh Cobb, 19.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB KW Richardson 4 1 15 2 3.75 11 1 0 0 0 TG Helm 4 0 35 2 8.75 7 3 2 1 0 HJH Brookes 3 0 23 0 7.66 5 3 0 0 0 BAC Howell 4 0 12 1 3.00 8 0 0 0 0 LS Livingstone 4 0 28 0 7.00 4 0 2 1 0 Imran Tahir 1 0 11 0 11.00 1 0 1 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Welsh Fire (Men) , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
13 August 2022 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Birmingham Phoenix (Men) 2, Welsh Fire (Men) 0
Balls per over
5
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Balls 1 - 25 (Mandatory - 27 runs, 3 wickets)
- Birmingham Phoenix (Men): 50 runs in 50 balls, Extras 1
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 37 balls (MS Wade 29, MAH Hammond 16, Ex 5)
- Balls 74: Review by Welsh Fire (Men) (Bowling), Umpire - PJ Hartley, Batter - MAH Hammond (Upheld)
- Birmingham Phoenix (Men): 100 runs in 86 balls, Extras 6
- Innings Break: Birmingham Phoenix (Men) - 130/7 in 100 balls (BAC Howell 21, HJH Brookes 2)
- Powerplay 1: Balls 1 - 25 (Mandatory - 40 runs, 2 wickets)
- Welsh Fire (Men): 50 runs in 37 balls, Extras 2
- Strategic Timeout: Welsh Fire (Men) - 85/4 in 70 balls (DA Miller 8)
- Welsh Fire (Men): 100 runs in 76 balls, Extras 3
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