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Best performances - Batsmen

PR Stirling
PR Stirling
61(36) 2x4 - 6x6
Control %75%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 14 runs
  • 0x4 - 2x6
0 1 0 11 7 0 16 26
LS Livingstone
LS Livingstone
46(19) 4x4 - 4x6
Control %63%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 17 runs
  • 1x4 - 2x6
4 4 12 0 3 9 1 13

Best performances - Bowlers

AF Milne
AF Milne
O4
M1
R8
W2
Eco2.00
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
TS Mills
TS Mills
O4
M0
R13
W1
Eco3.25
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Scorer: Ranjith P | Commentator: @PeterDellaPenna

END OF OVER:
20 | 13 Runs | BP-M: 136/5 (33 runs required, RR: 6.80)

  • Benny Howell20 (14b)
  • Chris Benjamin23 (25b)
  • Chris Jordan3.5-0-38-0
  • Tymal Mills3.5-0-13-1

9.11 pm So the Brave Women fall short in the final, but the Brave Men make sure the south coast franchise doesn't go home emptyhanded today. Stirling, Whiteley, David, Garton, Jordan, Lintott, Mills... no shortage of heroes today in the winning side. A true team effort. Phoenix got off to a terribly slow start in the Powerplay but Livingstone was making up for it until David's sharp-thinking runout caught Livingstone with his head in the clouds and that just about sealed the final in favor of Southern Brave.

Here's Southern Brave captain James Vince: "Firstly I want to say well done to Birmingham Phoenix. They played really well and made it tough for us. Last night I said it was our most complete performance. We haven't batted first much in the competition to get a score like that was good and Paul Stirling got us off to a good start followed by Whiteley. It's been a different person in each game. Ross when he's got a chance has been terrific in the tournament and Stirlo, I told him to convert one of those quick starts he gets us off to and to get us a matchwinning innings was exceptional. Any way you can get Livy out at the moment, exceptional fielding and a bit of luck to get rid of him but it came at a crucial time. I think the squad has gelled together well in a short period of time and that's been a key to our success. To get the opportunity to play here in a full house tonight on a Saturday evening is amazing, the perfect end to a competition."

And now James Vince will raise the gold-plated H-shaped championship trophy. Brave squad has left the stage and is now soaking up the winning moments with the crowd.

Match Hero is Paul Stirling: "I think it was a brilliant team performance. Everyone chipped in since I've been involved. Another good day for the lads and we finished it off well in the end. I think it was a trickier start than we've had in the recent games. It was two-paced at the start and we saw that in both innings. We needed an injection in the second half of the innings and I'm glad I was able to do part of it before the boys finished it off. We try not to put too much pressure on ourselves playing in front of a full house at Lord's. I was watching the first half of it on the couch on TV but when you get here, it's magnificent."

Men's Hundred MVP decided by PCA MVP rankings formula is... Liam Livingstone: "Obviously very disappointed [we couldn't win] but to play in front of a packed house at Lord's is a great day. We were beaten by a great team. You don't play in finals every day so you want to soak it all in and we were beaten by a better team. I think it's been years of hard work traveling around the world to get better at my own game playing in different franchise tournaments and now it's great to have our own here. To see so many kids here today, it's been great. It's been brilliant. We didn't really know what to expect at the start of the tournament but it's gotten stronger and stronger. Selling out grounds is great and hopefully it can keep growing for the future. Ultimately we were beaten by the better team on the day but it doesn't take away that we played some really good cricket through the tournament."

Well that wraps up our coverage of the inaugural tournament of The Hundred. We hope you've enjoyed ESPNcricinfo's coverage of a daily barrage of women's/men's doubleheaders. For Matt Roller, Andrew Miller, Alan Gardner, Valkerie Baynes, Varun Shetty and the rest of the Hundred coverage team, I'm Peter Della Penna. Take care!

19.5
4
Jordan to Howell, FOUR, cosmetic adjustment to the scorecard as Howell slams a full length ball through wide mid-off for a boundary. But Southern Brave storm to the title rolling off a magnificent seven straight wins culminating in the inaugural Men's Hundred title!
19.4
0
Jordan to Howell, no run, wide yorker on sixth stump at 90 mph, too much heat and perfect placement to get bat on it.
19.3
4
Jordan to Howell, FOUR, full and wide outside off, another sliced drive this time placed behind point to beat the cover sweeper to the rope.
19.2
4
Jordan to Howell, FOUR, wide yorker at 85 mph, slices a drive off a thick edge through third man for four.
19.1
1
Jordan to Benjamin, 1 run, low full toss at shin height on sixth stump, punched to long-off.

Jordan to read the last rites to Phoenix.

END OF OVER:
19 | 4 Runs | BP-M: 123/5 (46 runs required from 5 balls, RR: 6.47, RRR: 46.00)

  • Chris Benjamin22 (24b)
  • Benny Howell8 (10b)
  • Tymal Mills3.5-0-13-1
  • Chris Jordan2.5-0-25-0

Mills has put on a yorker/death bowling clinic in that spell.

18.5
0
Mills to Benjamin, no run, wide yorker on fifth stump, play and miss at 88 mph.

Phoenix 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st0DG BedinghamWCF Smeed
2nd14MM AliWCF Smeed
3rd56MM AliLS Livingstone
4th13MM AliMAH Hammond
5th14MM AliCG Benjamin
6th39BAC HowellCG Benjamin