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Best performances - Batsmen

DR Sams
DR Sams
55(25) 5x4 - 3x6
Control %48%
  • Productive Shot
  • slog shot
  • 20 runs
  • 1x4 - 2x6
8 23 3 0 4 9 2 6
MM Ali
MM Ali
52(28) 3x4 - 5x6
Control %50%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 18 runs
  • 0x4 - 3x6
0 8 6 1 26 2 3 6

Best performances - Bowlers

L Wood
L Wood
O4
M0
R17
W3
Eco4.25
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W
BAC Howell
BAC Howell
O4
M0
R28
W3
Eco7.00
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH

Scorer: @Thilak_Rama | Commentator: Andrew Miller

9.19pm Right, that's a wrap. Phoenix draw level with the vanquished Rockets on six points, two adrift of the high-flying London Spirit. From Miller, Gardner and Thilak, good night! Let's do this all again tomorrow.

Liam Livingstone: "We knew it would be hard to defend a total but shows the value of taking wickets up front, nice to get over the line. We've both got confidence in our hitting ability, so we backed ourselves to play strong shots. That Lewis Gregory over was the turning point. In a pressure situation it's a big thing for Mo to stand there and say I'll take it on. I found seam tough to hit, Mo found it easy to hit. I missed two or three in my wheelhouse, nice to spend some time at the crease, nice to get my rhythm back. But we won the game in the first 20-25 balls, getting Hales and Mala."

Moeen Ali, the Cazoo Match Hero: "It felt horrible and ugly, but entertaining from myself. The match was set up by the bowlers, for sure. The wicket felt like timing was difficult, so we decided to slog a few and see how we'd go. They got a score but we've got some good players, a small boundary on one side. We're doing the basics quite well. Nice to win, unbeaten at home so not an easy place to come and play."

9.08pm So, victory with oodles to spare. Two mighty fifties from the Phoenix kingpins, Moeen and Livingstone. Kudos to Daniel Sams, a star for Rockets with bat and ball, and to Luke Wood, who was exceptional with the ball to give his side hope. But after collapsing to Benny Howell's allsorts, not even a spirited 92-run stand from Sams and Gregory could rescue their hopes.

17.1
6
Gregory to Livingstone, SIX, full toss, clubbed over square leg, fifty and victory! Comprehensive from Livingstone, and Phoenix, they bossed that from start to finish, via a mid-match fightback

END OF OVER:
17 | 8 Runs | BP-M: 143/3 (3 runs required from 15 balls, RR: 8.41, RRR: 1.00)

  • Liam Livingstone45 (31b)
  • Matthew Wade14 (10b)
  • Daniel Sams3.5-0-35-0
  • Sam Cook3.5-0-22-0
16.5
0
Sams to Livingstone, no run, smashed to the off side, could be a run-out if the shy is true... but it isn't
16.4
2
Sams to Livingstone, 2 runs, high, high, high in the air, and dropped! Gregory can't judge it out of the floodlights, ends up groping with his hands in front of the body, and they run two!
16.3
0
Sams to Livingstone, no run, looking to finish it in style, but hit on the pad as he aims to leg
16.2
6
Sams to Livingstone, SIX, moshed down the ground! Power and levers, clean out of the arc as Sams over-pitched, solid base and dismissed for an 85 metre straight six
16.1
0
Sams to Livingstone, no run, pace off again, pushed across the right-hander, who swishes with flat feet

Phoenix 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st2MAH HammondWCF Smeed
2nd23MM AliMAH Hammond
3rd85MM AliLS Livingstone
4th39MS WadeLS Livingstone