- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR11.3 yorker on middle stump at 91 mph, major heat knocking back the stumps as he misses a heave and leg stump is rattled. 95/22.3 tries to back away from leg but Carter follows him short on the hips, it climbs on him trying to flick flat through midwicket but he can't keep the ball down and Mullaney takes a sharp catch diving to his right in the ring. 24/113.1 Harlem Globetrotters stuff from Mullaney at long-off! Livingstone charges a full ball on fifth stump and slams a drive flat down the ground. Mullaney runs 10 yards to his right and does a bunny hop to take a catch at neck height, then casually flicks the ball over his head, almost behind the back style, before hopping over the rope and hopping back into play to take his self relay. Mullaney does it in stylish fashion to make Meadowlark Lemon proud. 102/315.4 slower ball lands full on middle at 69 mph, tries to heave this over long-on but instead skies this over square leg in the ring. Keeper shuffles forward and to his left to take a simple catch. 120/418.4 slower ball on the stumps at 67 mph, Howell's timing is thrown off and skies a heave to cow corner. Simple catch three yards inside the rope for Short. He barely had to move. 160/519.5 speared into the legs, mistimed swat off the pads caroms back down the middle of the pitch. De Lange fields in his follow-through, then turns to whip a throw from 10 yards into the non-striker's stumps off a bounce to deny a run off the final ball. 166/6Extras8 (b 2, lb 2, nb 2, w 2)TOTAL166/6 (20 Overs, RR: 8.3 per 6 ball)Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Will Smeed, 2.3 ov), 2-95 (Finn Allen, 11.3 ov), 3-102 (Liam Livingstone, 13.1 ov), 4-120 (Chris Benjamin, 15.4 ov), 5-160 (Benny Howell, 18.4 ov), 6-166 (Chris Cooke, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB SJ Cook 4 0 32 2 8.00 7 6 0 1 0 SR Patel 4 0 28 1 7.00 4 3 0 0 0 M Carter 4 0 33 1 8.25 7 3 2 0 0 Rashid Khan 4 0 34 0 8.50 6 2 2 1 0 M de Lange 4 0 35 1 8.75 8 4 1 0 1
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.3 scooped straight to deep backward square leg! Not entirely sure how Short got that there, the ball was full, pace on but maybe gripped a little, he was flicking across it and seemed to get a massive leading edge that ended up dollying to the only man out there 28/32.1 bowled him, top of off! First wicket in the Hundred and it's a big one for Pennington... Length ball, pace on and Hales is cleaned up as he backs away and tries to baseball bat it back down the ground 20/12.4 tickles an edge through to Cooke! Pennington gets two in four balls, Malan just looking to run it down off the face and gets a audible feather through. Big breakthrough, it's Dill-on Penningt-on for Phoenix! 20/217.3 chipped leg side... but Helm does the balancing act business on the rope! Walked across and flicked this towards the shorter boundary at deep backward square, almost gets enough on it. But Helm leans back and swallows it, checks his feet and lobs it up before stepping outside the rope and back in to complete the dismissal 129/87.1 googly woogly woogly! Patel's cleaned up! Tossed up and sneaking between bat and pad to hit the timbers... Tahir is off and running! Samit Patel is off and wondering, should I just whacked it rather than looking for one. Lively cameo but Rockets need something substantial 57/412.4 tossed up wide, invites the big shot... top-edged to short third! Another key strike from Tahir, throws this out wide and Gregory tries to fetch it to leg. Loops over the head of the keeper but Pennington runs around to his left for a straightforward take 99/516.1 Moores plinks a seven iron to long-off! Huge wind up and swing but no pace on the ball for him to work with and it goes very high, but not very far... well taken by Hammond, steadying himself a few yards in from the rope 124/617.1 Rashid spoons a massive wipe to deep point! Pace off wide of the stumps from Brown, went for the Budgie the helicopter wallop over the off side but wasn't in control and could barely have picked out the man better 128/719.4 yorks him! Full, fast and rearranging the timbers as Carter winds up for a big one 149/9Extras5 (lb 1, nb 2, w 2)TOTAL150/9 (20 Overs, RR: 7.5 per 6 ball)Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Alex Hales, 2.1 ov), 2-20 (Dawid Malan, 2.4 ov), 3-28 (D'Arcy Short, 4.3 ov), 4-57 (Samit Patel, 7.1 ov), 5-99 (Lewis Gregory, 12.4 ov), 6-124 (Tom Moores, 16.1 ov), 7-128 (Rashid Khan, 17.1 ov), 8-129 (Steven Mullaney, 17.3 ov), 9-149 (Matthew Carter, 19.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB DY Pennington 3 1 11 2 3.66 10 2 0 0 0 TG Helm 3 0 32 1 10.66 3 3 1 1 1 PR Brown 4 0 27 3 6.75 6 3 0 0 0 Imran Tahir 4 0 26 2 6.50 5 2 1 0 0 BAC Howell 4 0 31 1 7.75 2 2 1 0 0 LS Livingstone 2 0 22 0 11.00 3 1 2 1 0
Match Details
Toss
Trent Rockets (Men) , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
13 August 2021 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Birmingham Phoenix (Men) 2, Trent Rockets (Men) 0
Balls per over
5
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Balls 1 - 25 (Mandatory - 41 runs, 1 wicket)
- Birmingham Phoenix (Men): 50 runs in 34 balls, Extras 1
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 35 balls (FH Allen 19, LS Livingstone 30, Ex 1)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 38 balls (FH Allen 17, LS Livingstone 36, Ex 1)
- Birmingham Phoenix (Men): 100 runs in 64 balls, Extras 4
- LS Livingstone: 50 off 30 balls (4 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Birmingham Phoenix (Men): 150 runs in 91 balls, Extras 7
- Innings Break: Birmingham Phoenix (Men) - 166/6 in 100 balls (MAH Hammond 38)
- Powerplay 1: Balls 1 - 25 (Mandatory - 36 runs, 3 wickets)
- Trent Rockets (Men): 50 runs in 32 balls, Extras 3
- Trent Rockets (Men): 100 runs in 66 balls, Extras 4
- Trent Rockets (Men): 150 runs in 101 balls, Extras 5
Match Coverage
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