Adam Milne proves too hot for Rockets as Will Smeed wins it at the double for Phoenix
Belligerent opening stand with Finn Allen turns a taxing chase into a saunter at Edgbaston
01/08Result
14th Match, The Hundred Men's Competition at Birmingham, Aug 1 2021
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![Trent Rockets (Men)]( "Trent Rockets (Men)")
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![Birmingham Phoenix (Men)]( "Birmingham Phoenix (Men)")
145/4 (14.4/20 ov)
Player of the Match
01/08Result
14th Match, The Hundred Men's Competition at Birmingham, Aug 1 2021
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![Trent Rockets (Men)]( "Trent Rockets (Men)")
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![Birmingham Phoenix (Men)]( "Birmingham Phoenix (Men)")
145/4 (14.4/20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
DJ Malan
51(41) 4x4 - 2x6
Control %82%
- Productive Shot
- cover drive
- 14 runs
- 2x4 - 0x6
Best performances - Bowlers
Rashid Khan
- O4
- M0
- R26
- W3
- Eco6.50
| 1W | ||||
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | ||||
AF Milne
- O4
- M0
- R13
- W2
- Eco3.25
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | ||||
Match Details
Toss
Birmingham Phoenix (Men) , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
1 August 2021 (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Birmingham Phoenix (Men) 2, Trent Rockets (Men) 0
Balls per over
5
Scorecard Summary
TRENT ROCKETS (MEN) 144/6 (20 OVERS)
- Dawid Malan51 (41)
- Alex Hales38 (22)
- Benny Howell1/23 (4)
- Adam Milne2/13 (4)
BIRMINGHAM PHOENIX (MEN) 145/4 (14.4 OVERS)
- Finn Allen43 (23)
- Will Smeed36 (13)
- Samit Patel1/35 (3.4)
- Rashid Khan3/26 (4)
Scorer: Ranjith P | Commentator: @saurabh_42
4.55 pm: Early finish to this chase, thanks to some marvelous big-hitting by Smeed, Allen and Livingstone. The Hundred is not yet done for the weekend however, so stick around for the other games. The Southern Brave Women's chase is on against London Spirit Women. And in about an hour, the Southern Brave Men will face off against the London Spirit Men.
Will Smeed: Got a call last night (that he would play) and I was buzzing. The biggest stage I've played on, got into it quickly. Bit of nerves. I thought me and Finn will go out there and just play freely. Every batter loves batting in the powerplay in white-ball cricket, it's the best time to bat. I've sort of batted everywhere at Somerset this year, due to injuries.
4.48 pm: Two valuable points for Phoenix and they're in the top four now. Significant improvement in NRR too. Rockets still top the table but their net run-rate has taken a hit.
14.4
1
Patel to Livingstone, 1 run, and Phoenix have completed a dominant, dominant win with a single to long-on. Win with 26 balls remaining. Whew. Unending stream of balls slammed into and over boundaries this innings.
14.3
0
Patel to Livingstone, no run, shorter outside off, slammed hard, but can't beat cover
scores level.
14.2
1
Patel to Benjamin, 1 run, length ball angling into him, turned to backward square leg
14.1
1
Patel to Livingstone, 1 run, short outside off, slapped through cover. There's protection in the deep
Just 3 needed now.
END OF OVER:14 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | BP-M: 142/4 (3 runs required from 30 balls, RR: 10.14, RRR: 0.50)
- Chris Benjamin8 (3b)
- Liam Livingstone21 (9b)
- Rashid Khan3.5-0-26-3
- D'Arcy Short0.5-0-15-0
13.5
4
Rashid Khan to Benjamin, FOUR, he's done it again! This time he gets a top edge but it's hit hard enough that it sails over slip and goes a bit finer than the last ball - same result though. Boundary
13.4
4
Rashid Khan to Benjamin, FOUR, shorter and Benjamin goes inventive. Reverse sweeps it to the third man boundary. There's a slip there but he swept wide of the man
Match Coverage
All Match NewsAdam Milne proves too hot for Rockets as Will Smeed wins it at the double for Phoenix
Belligerent opening stand with Finn Allen turns a taxing chase into a saunter at Edgbaston
