Birmingham Phoenix 185 for five (Smith 52, Duckett 47) beat London Spirit 108 (Mitchell 57, Milne 4-20, Sangha 3-15) by 77 runs
Birmingham Phoenix blazed belatedly into type within the Males’s Hundred, signing off their marketing campaign with a 77-run win over London Spirit at Edgbaston.
Phoenix’s victory prevented them ending up with the wood spoon which now rests with Northern Superchargers.
After selecting to area, Spirit took a wicket first ball when Will Smeed chopped Tim Southee to brief third, however their subsequent successes had been lengthy coming. Smith and Duckett added 94 in 54 balls after which Duckett and Moeen Ali crashed 51 in 21.
Smith timed the ball fantastically in a 30-ball half-century whereas Moeen smote 4 sixes in a violent cameo earlier than sending up a skier off the regular Southee. Moeen departed with simply 88 runs in six innings on this 12 months’s Hundred behind him.
4 balls later, Duckett top-edged a easy catch to wicketkeeper Matthew Wade however much less pleasurable for Southee, who ended with 3 for 23, was the sight of Benny Howell planting him miles over mid-wicket. Howell’s ten-ball 23 rounded off Phoenix’s finest batting show of the match.
Milne then delivered a superb opening burst through which he eliminated Zak Crawley, performed on, Michael Pepper, caught behind, and Wade, bowled by a magnificence. 9 balls into their reply, Spirit had been damaged.
Milne added a fourth sufferer when Dan Lawrence chipped to mid on. Daniel Bell-Drummond made it into double figures, the one top-five batter to take action, however then charged at Sangha and missed.
