Phoenix vs Brave, 22nd Match at Southampton, Men's Hundred, Aug 16 2023 - Match Result

And Brave win it with a wide! What an absurdly daft finish to a deeply spurious match!

six more dots needed! Du Plooy attempts the reverse-sweep and up goes the finger! There's a review... but it's academic. Off he trots...

seven more dots needed! This is officially getting silly. Attempted reverse

eight more dots needed! Oh, the jeopardy! Play and miss

nine more dots needed! Swing and a miss!

huge hack, and David holes out! Smeed at wide long-on steadies himself well in the deep and pockets the chance! Ten more dots needed!

punched off the back foot.. a dot! 11 more needed

Pulled away through midwicket! Brave are one run away now! Too short from Sangha, and dumped through the leg side

nudges the single off the pads

dragged back well at extra cover. Smeed cuts off the boundary as du Plooy punches off the back foot

sharp turn, pushed with an open face into the off side, another single

hacked off the back foot, a slip in place now.

takes the leading edge, another thrash across the line, and Garton is gone... is it too little too late? Almost certainly, but that helps. A looping catch to point

panned down the ground! Garton is killing this now! Rocks back and launched high over long-off, sitting deep in his crease

tapped for another single, off the legs, to chip down the requirement

driven into space in the on-side, they rush back for the second to keep the pressure firmly on

another precious dot, lumped at point

another wild swing, no contact on that one

Pulled hard and flat, out through midwicket! Up comes the 100, and this one is all but cooked

Free hit. Swing and a miss, they scamper the bye as the keeper gathers