Match Details

BP vs TR assets, The Hundred 2021

150-9100b

Birmingham Phoenix won by 16 runs

100b166-6

Match info

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Scorecard

Player of the Match

TR - 2nd Innings

Session	Open	PASS
25 Balls	41	36
50 Balls	73	75
75 Balls	112	121

BP - 1st Innings

Session	Open	PASS
25 Balls	36	41
50 Balls	74	73
75 Balls	111	113
100 Balls	158	166

Commentary

So that's goodbye from me, Anurag, and my partner Arijit Kundu from the comm box. Do join us tomorrow for The Hundred fixtures in the evening and the third day of the Test between, England and India. Good night and take care!!

Liam Livingstone: Amazing victory and a great team effort, everyone did their part quite well and the bowlers were fantastic. Brown bowling ten at the end, I owe them one. Always difficult taking over from Mo, he's so chilled. I enjoyed it, a great group of lads, and we're playing well at the right time. We useTahir to get wickets and we needed to break that stand. Just gut instinct and it paid off. I was a bit disappointed at the timing of my dismissal and had to stay out there for some more time. Hopefully, we can make it to the finals at Lord's.

Liam Livingstone is the Hero of the Match.

Time for the post-match presentation.

Earlier in the day, Finn Allen and Will Smeed started well, stand-in skipper, Liam Livingstone gelled up quite well with the Kiwi youngster and jolted a 71 runs partnership. He went off to score a magnificent fifty, striking star-studded bowlers like Rashid Khan out of the park for sixes and fours. Miles Hammonds' 20-ball unbeaten 38 helped them go past the 160-run mark. The bowling was decent and they used the slower ones to good effect. Phoenix accelerated in the top gear and sprayed sixes and fours all around the park and took the total to 166.

The Phoenix started the first 10 brilliantly but Short and Malan departed in just a single set and Hales soon followed him. Samit Patel and built a solid partnership and reignited the run chase. Wickets kept tumbling from one end and the main culprit was the veteran Imran Tahir. Mullaney kept the Phoenix in the run chase with a valiant knock of 49 off 33 balls. Moores joined the party with a six but soon threw his wicket away to Howell. With the tail-enders exposed, the chase got out of control and the Rockets fell short of the target by 16 runs.

And with that, Trent Rockets fail to chase the challenging total and fall short by 15 runs. With this victory, Birmingham Phoenix climb to the top of the table. A well deserved victory for Livingstone and co after Moeen's departure.

20th Five

Trent Rockets

150/9

Marchant de Lange

7(3)

Samuel James Cook

1(1)

Tom Helm

1-32(15 b)

100b T Helm to Cook

1 Slower on from the bowler, the batsman goes for a big whack and ends up top edging it down to Tom Helm. Helm almost catches onto it but the ball somehow manages to slip through his palm. The duo grabs a single.

Out

Matthew Carter

14(9)

b T Helm

4s/6s

1/0

155.56

99b T Helm to M Carter

W Full and quick, and the bowler crucnhes onto the stumps this time. The batsman goes for the big whack, but he is completely beaten by the extra bit of pace this time.

98b T Helm to M Carter

0 Much quicker from the bowler this time. The batsman swings and missses.

97b T Helm to M Carter

4 Full and slow, the batter was ready for ti this time. He waited and slammed it through cow corner for a boundary. Fin Allen with the chase but the outfield is much quicker than Allen this time.

96b T Helm to M Carter

2 No Allen NO! LOvely effort from Fin Allen at long on but in the end he dropped the catch after almost grasping it. Slower one on the full and the batsman looks to heave over the ropes. He top edges it straight down the throat of fin Allen.

19th Five

Trent Rockets

143/8

Matthew Carter

8(5)

Marchant de Lange

7(3)

Patrick Brown

3-27(20 b)

95b P Brown to M Carter

2 Full and quicker on the woods and the batsman slams it down deep mid wicket for a double.

94b P Brown to M Carter

2 LIttle width and the batsman looks to free his hands over the covers region this time. The fielder at deep covers runs hard and dives forward to save a two. Double taken.

93b P Brown to M Carter

2 Smashes hard through the ground and gets away with a couple of runs. Full, flat and quick from the bowler and the batsman slashes this past deep covers. The fielder at the deep does a superb job to save a couple.

92b P Brown to Lange

1 Full and wide this time and the batsman drags the bat in right time to nudge a single down point.