Match Details

BP vs NS 31st Match, The Hundred 2021

147-274b

Birmingham Phoenix won by 8 wickets

100b143-8

Match info

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Scorecard

Player of the Match

BP - 2nd Innings

Session	Open	PASS
25 Balls	39	60
50 Balls	93	109

NS - 1st Innings

Session	Open	PASS
25 Balls	38	65
50 Balls	100	88
75 Balls	128	121
100 Balls	161	143

Commentary

Okay then, fellas. This equation is simple. Men's eliminator will be played between Southern Brave and Trent Rockets on Friday. The winner of the eliminator bout will lock horn against Phoenix in the Finale. But before that, we have last league of the Hundred to be played. Do join us tomorrow for London Spirit vs Welsh Fire. Till then, good night. This was me, Arjun Bhalla alongside my co-commentator Sourya Chowdhury. Merci beaucoup!

Livingstone: I've really enjoyed playing cricket with these boys, we've got a young and fearless line-up and we've seen some great talent come through. You play cricket to make finals and we've done that. Whatever happens, we've proved a lot of people wrong in this comp. Immy's been a hero, Milne at the death showed why he's one of the best. Benny [Howell] does the ugly work, never goes for runs, they've done well all tournament. We brought it back really well and nice to knock them off. Like I said, I've worked hard on being more consistent, there's been a glimpse over the years. Working hard to keep winning games for my team. Crowds have been unbelievable.

Guess what? Livingstone is Hero of the Match.

Willey: At the halfway stage, we hoped to get a few more. With the ball, we weren't good either. Fair play to Livingstone, he struck the ball exceptionally. We were outplayed tonight. It was a decent wicket. The competition has been outstanding.

Milne: It was nice to win today, a special feeling. (On Livingstone) He bowled really well. The whole country knows what he can do. He batted really nicely. With the yorkers, it's all about practice. Today, I tried to nail those yorkers and use the odd change-ups. they batted beautifully at the top, took us down in the powerplay. Out strength has been the bowling in the middle overs. It makes our job easier bowling in the death.

Arjun: The Cumberland lad shared an astonishing 106 run partnership with the Allen, where the Kiwi was just a mere second fiddle. Allen's contribution, you ask? Was just 37 runs. Livingstone broke several records in his knock, which I think was one of the finest of all-time. And one of the records, apart from windowpanes, was most maximums in a Hundred innings. Liam hit 10 towering sixes, alongside three fours in his masterclass of 92. And in the end, Phoenix got home, with 26 deliveries still to spare, by eight wickets.

Arjun: They lost their in-form opener, Smeed on a golden duck tonight, but so what? Then came the show-stopper, in at number 3. Allen lit the chase by smashing first boundary of the chase, but the skipper smashed the first maximum of the innings. One came after another and Liam didn't even lost a single breathe. In the battle of Captain vs Captain, the man from Birmingham had the upper hand over David Willey, as Liam smashed three sixes off his counterpart's second set, and that laid the foundation.

Arjun: What an innings. What a player. What a match. Phoenix are through to the final of The Hundred. And it is their skipper, Liam Livingstone, who have sealed the deal tonight for them. A target of 144 runs were never good enough against a batting line-up like Birmingham's, Livingstone and company proved their mantle yet again.

Sourya: Perfect way to finish this. Livingstone was beyond brilliant today. 10 sixes, a strike-rate of 230. We are going to hear his name even more am telling you.

74b M Fisher to L Livingstone

6 Cracked that!!!! Livingstone ends the game with massive maximummmm!!! His tenth of the night. Short of a length into the batter who stands still and hammers it over deep square leg. Birmingham Phoenix are through to THE FINAL OF THE HUNDRED!!!!

73b M Fisher to L Livingstone

0 A rare dot ball. Play and a miss as the ball zips past the blade.

Sourya: There cannot be an easier call for a man of the match than this. Livingstone has toyed with the bowling with the bat today, but let us not forget that he turned the game around with this bowling today.

72b M Fisher to L Livingstone

4 Four number three for the skipper. Fuller in length outside off. Goes deep and hammers it downtown.

71b M Fisher to L Livingstone

4 FOUR!!!! A rare boundary off Liam's blade. Actually, he is just dealing in maximums tonight. Length outside off. The batter walks across and scopes it over the keeper for a boundary.

14th Five

Birmingham Phoenix

133/2

Tom Abell

8(7)

Liam Livingstone

78(36)

Adil Rashid

0-30(15 b)

70b A Rashid to L Livingstone

1 Another pull to cow corner. This one through the carpet and a single to Livingstone

69b A Rashid to L Livingstone

6 MAXIMUM NUMBER NINE!!!! Rocks back to a length ball and drags it in the leg side as he pulls it over deep mid wicket for another mighty blow.

68b A Rashid to L Livingstone

2 Rocks back and cuts the back of a length ball through covers. Brace.

67b A Rashid to L Livingstone

0 Back of a length around off. Wrong'un and he gets a leading edge as he goes to pull it.

66b A Rashid to T Abell

1 Length outside. Tom late guides it to thirdman. Single.