The Hundred: Southern Brave beat Birmingham Phoenix by four wickets in low-scoring encounter

Birmingham Phoenix person won conscionable 1 crippled from six successful The Hundred truthful far

Southern Brave stuttered to a four-wicket triumph implicit struggling Birmingham Phoenix successful The Hundred men's contention astatine the Ageas Bowl.

Brave were good connected apical successful the pursuit earlier faltering precocious on, losing 2 wickets with conscionable 1 tally needed.

But Phoenix's Dan Mousley bowled a wide to manus Brave victory.

England spinner Ahmed took 3-22 and seamer Mills 3-20 successful a ascendant bowling show from the Brave.

George Garton past top-scored with a counter-attacking 28 from 18 balls, portion England all-rounder Moeen Ali took 1-17 for Phoenix.

The triumph takes Southern Brave to 2nd successful the table, portion Phoenix stay bottommost but are not mathematically retired of contention to qualify.

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• Phoenix openers Ben Duckett and Will Smeed started positively, scoring 40 from 23 balls earlier Smeed fell to Mills for 23 from conscionable 14.
• Duckett was bowled by Ahmed for 27 from 17 balls arsenic the Phoenix mislaid 4 wickets for 16 runs aft the powerplay.
• England bowler Chris Jordan made his instrumentality for Brave aft suffering an wounded earlier successful the tournament, and took 1-20.
• Liam Livingstone deed 2 sixes successful his 25 arsenic helium tried to steer Phoenix retired of occupation but was dismissed by Mills with 10 balls remaining to contradict his broadside a large finish.
• Brave opener Devon Conway sensibly started their pursuit with 24 from 25 balls, portion opening spouse Finn Allen crashed 22 from 14.
• Victory seemed definite for Brave with 1 tally needed to triumph from 10 balls, but Tim David tried to decorativeness the crippled with a six and was caught connected the long-on boundary, earlier Leus du Plooy fell lbw aft facing 3 dot balls.

'10-15 much runs would person been nice' - what they said

Southern Brave spinner Rehan Ahmed connected BBC Two: "That archetypal wicket of Jamie Smith was my favourite. He is specified a bully subordinate truthful it was bully to get 1 sliding nether his bat.

"Sometimes erstwhile you cognize you've got a spinning wicket, you enactment much unit connected yourself due to the fact that you're expected to instrumentality wickets. But I tried to unbend due to the fact that I knew the wicket would assistance maine out."

Birmingham Phoenix skipper Moeen Ali connected BBC Two: "It was 1 of those wherever the wicket wasn't perfect but we had to adapt.

"It would've been bully to get different 10 oregon 15 runs. All the games person been close, each the teams are beardown present and it's bully for the competition."

Match Hero, Southern Brave's Tymal Mills connected BBC Two: "That went a small spot person than we would person liked but I was assured that yet we would get 1 away.

"We started dilatory but that was the lawsuit successful the archetypal twelvemonth and we went connected to triumph the full thing."

• Brave bushed winless Phoenix to reclaim apical spot

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