A brilliant unbeaten 69 from Liam Livingstone saw Birmingham Phoenix chase down Oval Invincibles’ total of 180-8 with two balls to spare in a tense finish in the men’s Hundred competition at Edgbaston.
Match Analysis
South African Donovan Ferreira blazed a spectacular 63 from 29 balls for the Invincibles but was upstaged by the Phoenix skipper who hit five sixes in his match-winning 27-ball innings.
Inserted by the home side, Invincibles lost Will Jacks second ball and reached 31-2 after the 25-ball powerplay.
The score quickly became 34-3 after the loss of Sam Curran before the Invincibles recovered through Jordan Cox and Sam Billings to reach 70-3 at halfway, losing Billings soon after.
Enter Ferreira, who started positively, depositing Tim Southee for a maximum over wide long-on to bring up the Invincibles’ 100 after 65 balls.
Cox fell for 44, but Ferreira continued unperturbed, reaching his half-century off 24 deliveries with another huge six.
The Invincibles finished strong, the penultimate set from Mousley conceding 25, including two sixes and two lots of five wides, while Rashid Khan (16) contributed two maximums of his own as the Invincibles closed on 180-8.
The Phoenix run chase started slowly, Aussie left-armer Jason Behrendorff bowling the first 10 balls straight through and conceding just five.
Saqib Mahmood then took the big wicket of Ben Duckett with his third ball, but Will Smeed wrestled some of the initiative back with back-to-back sixes.
Smeed (51 off 29) was bowled by Nathan Sower one ball after reaching his fifty to see the score 91-3, Jacob Bethell then went 20 runs later.
Livingstone responded by smashing Khan for 26 in five balls and combined with Mousley to leave three needed from five.
Mahmood then removed Mousley and Louis Kimber with successive balls, but Benny Howell drove the hat-trick ball through cover to secure the win.
Meerkat Match Hero Liam Livingstone said: “We needed it, it’s been a bit of a disappointing start to the tournament.
“It’s nice to lead from the front and hopefully that gives the boys a bit of momentum and a bit of confidence.
“I was trying to be there at the end, it’s something I haven’t done a lot of in my career, so it was in the back of my mind, but we still needed to take some risks.
“It’s massive. There’s no hiding in this competition. If you lose a couple of games, you’re right up against it. Hopefully this gives us a bit of confidence going forward, it’s an incredible win from where we were. It’s nice to be on the board and get that first win.”
Match Summary
Birmingham Phoenix (Men) vs Oval Invincibles (Men), Match 10
Birmingham Phoenix (Men) 182/6 (98 balls)
Oval Invincibles (Men) 180/8 (100 balls)
Birmingham Phoenix (Men) won by 4 wickets
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Match Stats
Oval Invincibles (Men) Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Will Jacks – 0.2 ov), 2-12 (Tawanda Muyeye – 2.5 ov), 3-34 (Sam Curran – 5.4 ov), 4-77 (Sam Billings – 10.3 ov), 5-114 (Jordan Cox – 14.3 ov), 6-129 (Tom Curran – 16.2 ov), 7-177 (Donovan Ferreira – 19.2 ov), 8-180 (Rashid Khan – 19.5 ov)
Birmingham Phoenix (Men) Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Ben Duckett – 2.3 ov), 2-73 (Joe Clarke – 8.5 ov), 3-91 (Will Smeed – 10.4 ov), 4-111 (Jacob Bethell – 13.2 ov), 5-178 (Dan Mousley – 19.1 ov), 6-178 (Louis Kimber – 19.2 ov)
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Match Details:
Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2025 18:30
Venue: Edgbaston, Birmingham
Toss: Birmingham Phoenix (Men) elected to bowl
Umpires: Mike Burns (England) Russell Warren (England)Sue Redfern (England TV)
Match Referee: Phil Whitticase (England)
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