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BP vs LS, 18th 100B, The Hundred 2025 live
BP
131-365b
Birmingham Phoenix won by 7 wickets 🏆
LS
100b126-6
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P'ship : 63(25)
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So that is it from myself, Karthik Raj and my co-commentator, Ajay as we wrap up the coverage of this fixture. A note of thanks to our scorer, Paras Yadav as well. Do stay tuned and join us for a lot more cricketing action on Monday.
Biggest Wins for Birmingham Phoenix in Men's Hundred (by Balls Remaining)
61 vs Northern Superchargers, Birmingham, 2024
35 vs London Spirit, Birmingham, 2025, Tonight
26 vs Trent Rockets, Birmingham, 2021
26 vs Northern Superchargers, Leeds, 2021
14 vs Trent Rockets, Birmingham, 2022
61 vs Northern Superchargers, Birmingham, 2024
35 vs London Spirit, Birmingham, 2025, Tonight
26 vs Trent Rockets, Birmingham, 2021
26 vs Northern Superchargers, Leeds, 2021
14 vs Trent Rockets, Birmingham, 2022
Liam Livingstone (Hero of the Match & Birmingham Phoenix Captain): "Yeah, very nice. We needed a win. Had some confidence leading up to this game. Nice crowd, good to put on a show for them.
Yeah, they were phenomenal. Pretty decent wicket, I don't think they missed a yorker there. Full credit goes to them.
Especially, losing a wicket early on, it can be difficult to get the tempo right. Joe (Clarke) has been outstanding for us. He has been brought in to take on the bowlers at the number 3 spot and he has done well.
A big win for us, needed it. We are up against it in the tournament. We can only focus on winning games, improving our net run-rate and see where it goes."
Yeah, they were phenomenal. Pretty decent wicket, I don't think they missed a yorker there. Full credit goes to them.
Especially, losing a wicket early on, it can be difficult to get the tempo right. Joe (Clarke) has been outstanding for us. He has been brought in to take on the bowlers at the number 3 spot and he has done well.
A big win for us, needed it. We are up against it in the tournament. We can only focus on winning games, improving our net run-rate and see where it goes."
Hero of the Match: Liam Livingstone
12:48 AM IST, 08:18
PM Local Time: What a stunning all-round performance from the Birmingham
Phoenix as they register an 7-wicket win with 35 balls to spare. Liam
Livingstone and Jacob Bethell came up with a six-hitting frenzy in the end to
bring an icing on the cake for the home fans.
Chasing 127 for victory, Luke Wood struck Will Smeed's stumps off the second delivery itself but Joe Clarke came out all guns blazing as the Phoenix got to 41/1 at the end of the Powerplay even as Ben Duckett struggled. Duckett was soon put out of his misery as he struck a rank long-hop from Liam Dawson to Kane Williamson at extra-cover.
There was no stopping Clarke though as he reached his fifty off 23 balls. The keeper-batsman did get out soon off Daniel Worrall's bowling but the damage was done by then. At the half-way stage, the Phoenix need 40 more runs and Jacob Bethell signaled his intent with a couple of sixes off Worrall's bowling. After a slow start, Liam Livingstone also cut loose as smacked boundary after boundary with some big sixes included in that. Eventually, the Phoenix skipper struck three sixes in four balls off Gleeson to finish the match with 35 balls to spare.
Earlier in the match, Trent Boult castled Jamie Smith with a beautiful in-swinger in the very set. Then, David Warner struggled for a while before he was dismissed by Liam Livingstone. Skipper Kane Williamson batted steadily for a while with Ollie Pope for company. However, Williamson went back to the hut after failing to execute a scoop shot off Chris Wood just after the half-way mark of the innings. Livingstone also added another scalp as he induced a top-edge off Ollie Pope as Spirit's innings went nowhere.
On the other hand, the Phoenix put on a exhibition of death bowling as the duo of Trent Boult and Adam Milne nailed one yorker after another. Boult and Livingstone ended up with two scalps while Benny Howell and Chris Wood took a wicket apiece with the Spirit finishing up on 126/6 off their 100 balls.
13th Five
Birmingham Phoenix
131/3
Liam Livingstone
45(20)
Jacob Bethell
18(8)
Richard Gleeson
0-44(15 b)
65b R Gleeson to L Livingstone
6 SIX RUNS!!!! Livingstone finishes the game in style. A huge strike into the crowd and Phoenix absolutely crush the spirits of London Spirit. Back of a length, slower one, outside off. Sits up to be hit. Livingstone gets into the position to play the pull and heaves it over deep mid wicket for half-a-dozen runs to seal the deal for the Birmingham Phoenix. They win by 7 wickets and 35 balls to spare.
64b R Gleeson to L Livingstone
6 SIX MORE!!!! My goodness, Livingstone is seeing it like a beachball out there!!! Short ball on the off stump. Livingstone rocks onto the back foot and pulls it high over deep backward square leg for a maximum.
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