• BATSMEN
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    7.5 picks out deep midwicket! On a length outside off, Smeed had got himself stuck and decided it was time for a release shot. Looks to drag him over the leg side from deep in the crease, but Kellaway hardly had to move 58/3
    2.3 knocks him over! Low full toss, angling across the left-hander, but Duckett plays too far away from his body and can only deflect it straight onto the base of his stumps via the inside edge! 90mph, the pace works its magic. Duckett trudges off 12/1
    6.2 loops up, and Kellaway settles underneath it! Another offbreak, speared in halfway down. Clarke shaped to pull him into the stands but got a fat top edge, and Kellaway ran forward to take a simple catch. What a start on Fire debut 51/2
    9.4 nicks him off, Singh Dale is pumped! Looks for a repeat dose, stepping across and looking to heave leg-side. But this is a much better length, outside off stump, and takes the outside edge. Bairstow pouches it, and Livingstone is out of here! 76/4
    19.1 picks out long-on! Green doesn't opt for the yorker, spearing this in on a good length, and Bethell looks to swing hard into the gap between long-on and midwicket. But he goes a little too straight, and Kellaway is in the action yet again, taking a straightforward chance just off the rope 130/8
    11.5 drops short, Kimber looks to swing him into Worcestershire but can only pick out deep midwicket! Offbreak speared in from around the wicket. Kimber was very deep in the crease looking to get underneath it, but couldn't get the distance on it. Simple enough catch for Green, and the Fire are burning hot 85/5
    18.1 full outside off, Howell shuffles across to scoop... and Payne scoops it up just before it hits the turf! Brilliant work at deep fine leg. Howell gets a decent piece of it, but Payne races across to his right, dives at full stretch, and makes sure that he holds onto it as his body hits the hard outfield. Top work in the deep from the big fast bowler! 124/6
    18.3 short ball, Milne pulls it straight back and Meredith can only parry it into the off side off his own bowling, one-handed. Kellaway is the quickest to reach as Milne tries to pinch a single, and dives a full-stretch, Jonty Rhodes-style, to remove the bails at the bowler's end 124/7
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    19.5 you miss, I hit. Green finishes with three wickets, going fast, full and flat. Boult has a big heave and is knocked over 138/9
    Extras
    6 (nb 2, w 4)
    TOTAL
    138/9 (20 Overs, RR: 6.9 per 6 ball)
    Did not bat: CP Wood
    Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Ben Duckett, 2.3 ov), 2-51 (Joe Clarke, 6.2 ov), 3-58 (Will Smeed, 7.5 ov), 4-76 (Liam Livingstone, 9.4 ov), 5-85 (Louis Kimber, 11.5 ov), 6-124 (Benny Howell, 18.1 ov), 7-124 (Adam Milne, 18.3 ov), 8-130 (Jacob Bethell, 19.1 ov), 9-138 (Trent Boult, 19.5 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    DA Payne403107.7583200
    RP Meredith402526.2583030
    AS Dale202611324100
    SA Zaib301906.3370210
    BI Kellaway301023.3380001
    CJ Green402736.7561200

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

Match Notes

Fire 2nd innings Partnerships

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