Phoenix vs Fire, 23rd Match at Birmingham, Men's Hundred, Aug 09 2021 - Match Result

HAT-TRICK!! Bowled 'im neck and crop! Googly through the gate of No. 11, finishes the game in style and then sets off on a victory lap for the ages! Tahir bags a five-for as Fire are doused for 91. Phoenix win by 93 runs, and boy have the home crowd have been treated to a special show tonight!

skids on a straight one, hits the front pad! Tim Robinson's fingers goes straight up! Milnes is gone first ball, trapped lbw attempting to paddle his first ball... Tahir goes off on a lap of Birmingham City Centre, he's got four and is now on a hat-trick!

big old yahoo and it plops into the hands of mid-off! Tahir claims a third, he's having a good night out there - and why not, when you've got that many on the board to defend? Tossed up, tempts the big shot from his legspinner confrere, straight to Smeed on the edge of the circle

sidles in and lobs the ball up on middle and leg, Fletcher works it for one

length ball, skidding through at 68mph wide of off, Qais throws the bat and misses again

flicked out full in the channel, Qais nearly whirls himself off his feet trying to connect

full length, 67mph outside off, Fletcher stands still and clubs it malevolently down to long-off

fires one into the pads, probably heading down, O'Shaughnessy not interested... but Phoenix review, presumably feeling like this is their night to spin the wheel come what may. Struck him in line, but missing leg stump. Has Lady Luck deserted them at the last??

swung to leg, finds a fielder in the deep! Everything coming up Butterkist for Phoenix tonight... pace off outside off and White sends a big top edge towards deep square leg, Milne plunging forward to take it just above the ground

fullish on the stumps, nudged through midwicket

sliced to backward point! Brown gets in on the wicket-taking act, Neesham attempting to put pace on a delivery in the channel, nothing there for him to work with and it plops gently into Milne's hands off the outside half of the bat

length, another slower delivery, White pulls to deep midwicket without timing, bottom hand coming off the bat

slower ball to White, 70mph wide of the stumps, heaves hard but fails to connect

round the wicket, length ball in the channel, chopped for one into the covers

tossed up and White has an unsuccessful hack once again

hangs back and swings hard, gets a thick inside edge that ricochets past the stumps

hoicked into the leg side, this will run away! Not fully got hold of his slog-sweep but sends it behind square

sweetly struck, sails all the way over cow corner! White metes out some of the treatment that he suffered in the Phoenix innings, uses the feet well and this came right out of the screws

slogged leg side, doesn't quite carry to Milne! Excellent diving effort from the fast man, coming in off the rope at deep square

pushed through and nudged for one