The Hundred 2023: Stevie Eskinazi steers Welsh Fire to victory over Birmingham Phoenix at Edgbaston

Stevie Eskinazi deed a classy 43 from 18 balls arsenic Welsh Fire claimed a comfy six-wicket triumph implicit Birmingham Phoenix successful The Hundred.

The Fire, led by Eskinazi, knocked disconnected the runs with 15 balls to spare.

They determination level connected points with leaders Oval Invincibles successful the men's table, portion Phoenix enactment winless.

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• Even astatine 38, Van der Merwe remains a superb competitor. The Fire all-rounder dismissed some Phoenix openers and besides recovered to instrumentality a fantastic instinctive drawback conscionable erstwhile it looked arsenic though helium had dropped Moeen Ali.
• Shaheen Afridi has taken the headlines successful erstwhile games for the Fire but it was his chap Pakistan accelerated bowler Rauf who shone successful Birmingham, bowling Jamie Smith with an 89mph delivering past castling Liam Livingstone - who earlier deed a 102m six - with a slower ball.
• While Eskinazi's sound ensured Fire were ever successful control, they did endure a flimsy wobble erstwhile Benny Howell removed him and Joe Clarke 4 balls apart. The Phoenix bowler impressed taking 2-16 from his 20 balls.
• Moeen besides played his portion with the ball, making the astir of a slow, turning pitch, and slowed Fire down for a time. Good signs for England up of the 50-over World Cup.
• There is further bully quality for the Fire with England prima Jonny Bairstow acceptable to instrumentality successful clip for their lucifer against Southern Brave astatine Sophia Gardens connected Saturday.

Roelof van der Merwe took a spectacular drawback to disregard Moeen Ali astatine Edgbaston

And finally...

England spinner Jack Leach was connected commentary for the lucifer and betwixt innings, helium gave a wide-ranging interrogation successful which helium discussed the accent fracture that ruled him retired of the Ashes, a imaginable instrumentality for the circuit of India, playing nether Ben Stokes' captaincy and adjacent penning a poem for his team-mates.

You tin work much connected what helium had to accidental here.

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