Emma Lamb of Birmingham Phoenix poses for a photo with the Meerkat Match Hero cap
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Runs from the in-form Emma Lamb and impressive bowling from wrist-spinners Hannah Baker and Millie Taylor saw Birmingham Phoenix to an 11-run win over Trent Rockets despite a defiant 64 from Nat Sciver-Brunt.
Birmingham Phoenix posted 148-5 from their 100 balls, a fine half-century from Lamb (55 from 32) leading the way at the top of the order.
Electing to bat first, Phoenix started slowly, reaching 16-0 from their first 15 balls. They were 36-0 after the 25-ball power play and by the halfway mark, in front of a growing Edgbaston crowd, the home side were 78-1, having lost Georgia Voll (19) bowled by Australia leg-spinner Alana King.
Lamb brought up her half-century from 28 balls with eight boundaries, eventually falling with the score on 89, flat-batting Ash Gardner’s off-spin into the hands of King at deep midwicket.
In reply, economical bowling from the home side then stifled the Rockets’ run chase throughout, Ellyse Perry’s 20 balls conceding just 17 runs as the Phoenix captain led from the front.
A lofted drive off Baker saw Sciver-Brunt reach 1,000 career runs in The Hundred, becoming the first woman or man to reach the milestone, reaching the landmark at an average of exactly 50.
She brought up her half-century with a violent six off Em Arlott over midwicket and followed it up with a straight four to see the equation to 37 required from 15 balls. Another boundary off Megan Schutt’s final ball then made the equation 27 from 10 balls.
Left-arm wrist-spinner Taylor (1-22) bowled the penultimate five, conceding just seven to leave 20 runs for Arlott to defend from the final set, and then pulled off a stunning one-handed catch at short fine-leg to see the back of Sciver-Brunt.
Arlott finished with figures of 2-38 and Baker 2-18 from 15 balls as the Rockets closed on 137-6.
Marie Kelly of Birmingham Phoenix is congratulated by team mates
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Meerkat Match Hero Emma Lamb, said: “Buzzing that we won and got over the line today. Very happy with our performance.
“It’s really good, first game with a win here, I’m just happy we’ve got off to the start that we have.”
On Phoenix’s fielding, she added: “It’s just a bit of mentality. You’re looking to go at everything and try and catch everything and attack everything and cut down the twos in the field. I think we did that today and our energy was great.”
Looking forward to the clash with the Brave on Sunday, she said: “[We’ll] rest up as we’ve only got one day in between, and we go again.”
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