Get Ball by Ball Commentary of Birmingham Phoenix (Men) vs London Spirit (Men), The Hundred Men's Competition 2023, 32nd Match

Adam Milne is the Match Hero: "It's nice to get that new ball swinging and take a few wickets early. Bowling at night, it swung around against Invincibles too. Incredible batting from Smudger and the boys, and put them under pressure through the middle with the spinners. Disappointing season when you look at the team, but that's short-format cricket. Today we showed what we are capable of. Love the tournament, great to be a part of it."

So, that's that. The group stages are done. We've a day of build-up tomorrow, then it's the Eliminator coming up at the Oval on Friday. Join us then!

8.57pm Well, that was a Kiwi demolition job. Adam Milne's four wickets in the powerplay splattered Spirit's resolve, save for a counterattack from his countryman, Daryl Mitchell. And, not to be outdone, Tim Southee chipped in with 3 for 23 too, but either side of three massive displays with the bat from Jamie Smith, Ben Duckett and Moeen Ali. They came to the party to lift Phoenix from eighth to sixth in the table with their second win of the campaign. Handy!

17.4

Helm to Mitchell, OUT, full length, inside-edged onto the stumps. And that's the end of that!

DJ Mitchell b Helm 57 (43m 36b 4x4 3x6) SR: 158.33

17.3

Helm to Mitchell, no run, wide slower ball, under-edged on the pull to leg, past the stumps

17.3

Helm to Mitchell, 5 wides, speared in at leg stump, but misses his mark, and so does the keeper

17.2

Helm to Mitchell, no run, pace off, outside off, can't connect

17.1

Helm to Crane, 1 run, worked to the leg-side

END OF OVER:
17 | 4 Runs | LS-M: 102/9 (84 runs required from 15 balls, RR: 6.00, RRR: 28.00)

Daryl Mitchell57 (33b)
Mason Crane2 (2b)

Tanveer Sangha3.5-0-15-3
Liam Livingstone3.5-0-30-2

16.5

Sangha to Mitchell, 1 run, reverse-sweep, straight at short backward square

16.5

Sangha to Mitchell, 1 wide, wide line, too wide

16.4

Sangha to Crane, 1 run, big wallop, toe-ended out to cover

16.3

Sangha to Mitchell, 1 run, punched out to cover

16.2

Sangha to Mitchell, no run, launched to deep midwicket, and Duckett drops the winning catch! Made good ground but muffed the kill!

16.1

Sangha to Mitchell, no run, attempted reverse-sweep, can't connect

END OF OVER:
16 | 17 Runs | LS-M: 98/9 (88 runs required from 20 balls, RR: 6.12, RRR: 22.00)

Daryl Mitchell55 (29b)
Mason Crane1 (1b)

Liam Livingstone3.5-0-30-2
Adam Milne3.5-0-20-4

15.5

Livingstone to Mitchell, 1 run, dipping on leg stump, nudged to the on-side

15.4

Livingstone to Mitchell, SIX, another hoist through the line, high over long-on once more! A 28-ball fifty, in a futile cause maybe, but he's seen it pretty well!

15.3

Livingstone to Mitchell, 2 runs, back of a length, tucked to the leg side and back for the second

15.2

Livingstone to Mitchell, SIX, gallop, gallop, thwack! Mitchell mullahs this one hard and straight, 93 metres over long-on!

15.1

Livingstone to Mitchell, 2 runs, tossed up, on the legs, worked behind square

Spirit INNINGS		R	B
Z Crawley	bowled	2	4
DJ Bell-Drummond	stumped	23	14
MS Pepper	caught wk	0	1
MS Wade	bowled	0	4
DW Lawrence	caught	6	7
DJ Mitchell	bowled	57	36
MJJ Critchley	caught	6	9
TG Southee	stumped	3	4
LA Dawson	caught	1	5
JA Thompson	lbw	1	2
MS Crane	not out	3	3
EXTRAS	(w 6)
TOTAL	108 (all out; 17.4 ovs)

Phoenix BOWLING	O	R	W	Econ
AF Milne	4.0	20	4	5.00
KW Richardson	2.0	11	0	5.50
TG Helm	2.4	24	1	8.57	(1w)
T Sangha	4.0	15	3	3.75	(1w)
LS Livingstone	4.0	30	2	7.50
BAC Howell	1.0	8	0	8.00

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	2	DJ Bell-Drummond	Z Crawley
2nd	0	DJ Bell-Drummond	MS Pepper
3rd	0	MS Wade	DJ Bell-Drummond
4th	26	DJ Bell-Drummond	DW Lawrence
5th	10	DJ Mitchell	DJ Bell-Drummond
6th	24	DJ Mitchell	MJJ Critchley
7th	4	TG Southee	DJ Mitchell
8th	3	LA Dawson	DJ Mitchell
9th	2	DJ Mitchell	JA Thompson
10th	37	DJ Mitchell	MS Crane

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
OI-M	8	6	1	13	0.563
MO-M	8	4	3	9	0.521
SB-M	8	4	3	9	0.061
WF-M	8	4	3	9	-0.055
TR-M	8	3	4	7	0.184
BP-M	8	2	4	6	-0.087
LS-M	8	2	4	6	-0.658
NSC-M	8	2	5	5	-0.707

END OF OVER:
17 | 4 Runs | LS-M: 102/9 (84 runs required from 15 balls, RR: 6.00, RRR: 28.00)

END OF OVER:
16 | 17 Runs | LS-M: 98/9 (88 runs required from 20 balls, RR: 6.12, RRR: 22.00)

Match Coverage

Milne, Smith combine to crush London Spirit

Spirit 2nd innings Partnerships

The Hundred Men's Competition

END OF OVER:17 | 4 Runs | LS-M: 102/9 (84 runs required from 15 balls, RR: 6.00, RRR: 28.00)

END OF OVER:16 | 17 Runs | LS-M: 98/9 (88 runs required from 20 balls, RR: 6.12, RRR: 22.00)

Milne, Smith combine to crush London Spirit

END OF OVER:
17 | 4 Runs | LS-M: 102/9 (84 runs required from 15 balls, RR: 6.00, RRR: 28.00)

END OF OVER:
16 | 17 Runs | LS-M: 98/9 (88 runs required from 20 balls, RR: 6.12, RRR: 22.00)