The Hundred males’s competitors, Utilita Bowl
Southern Brave 128-8 (100 balls): Stoinis 34 (26); Rehan 3-25
Birmingham Phoenix 116-9 (100 balls): Smeed 35 (28); Wood 3-24
Southern Brave gained by 12 runs
Wickets from three consecutive deliveries helped Southern Brave shut out a primary win of the season in The Hundred, beating Birmingham Phoenix by 12 runs on the Utilita Bowl.
With Phoenix needing 14 to win, Luke Wood had Ben Dwarshuis and Scott Currie caught off the primary two balls of the ultimate set.
Saqib Mahmood was then run out by Adil Rashid’s direct hit and Brave conceded only one single off the subsequent two balls as Phoenix closed on 116-9, nicely brief of their goal of 129.
Will Smeed top-scored for Phoenix, reaching 35 earlier than he turned Wood’s first sufferer, the left-arm seamer ending with figures of 3-24.
Marcus Stoinis took 2-16, eradicating Joe Clarke and Laurie Evans, whereas the England duo of Rashid (1-18) and Jofra Archer (1-21) saved it tight.
Having been put into bat, Brave misplaced Jamie Smith, caught by Mitch Owen off Dwarshuis, after seven balls of their innings.
They failed to placed on a partnership higher than 33, with Ben McKinney (18), Tom Abell (22), Stoinis (34) and David Miller (24) all chipping in earlier than getting out, whereas Rehan Ahmed was the decide of the Phoenix bowlers with 3-25.
Brave misplaced 4 middle-order wickets for 12 runs because the innings moved in the direction of its conclusion, earlier than a five-ball 10 from Wood, batting at quantity 10, helped them to a successful rating of 128-8.
The win permits Brave to leapfrog Phoenix and rise off the underside of the table, shifting into seventh on internet run-rate.
