Brave vs Phoenix, Eliminator at London, Men's Hundred, Aug 17 2024 - Match Result

blammed through midwicket and Brave are into the Hundred final! Milne hits the pitch, Jordan crushes his pull, there's no cutting that off, and having been on the brink of elimination after Akeal's no-ball six, the best bowling unit in the competitions will face it off on Sunday

solid contact on the drive through the line, more circumspect than the initial plan might have been. But Jordan's straight blade found space at long-on, and Pollard was hurtling back for the second

lovely bowling and so unlucky! Attacking the stumps at pace, Jordan fences down the line and inside-edges through the vacant fine leg!

fired in on a full length, 90mph, a lusty swing through the line, Duckett gathers at mid-on and chooses the wrong end! Jordan wasn't in the frame at the keeper's end!

superb bowling from Archer! Right in at the blockhole from round the wicket, another swish to nothing from Bethell, they rush the single and though there's a review for the run-out, Brave's job for part one is done. Sure enough, Bethell is caught short on the second run. There wasn't much more he could do

lovely bowling, 88mph, wide yorker, hits his mark with pinpoint precision, the batter can only open the face and steal the single to point

swings hard to the leg-side again, doesn't connect properly this time as midwicket swoops

wonderful strike! Full length from round the wicket, following the left-hander on a very full length, but Bethell lashed up into his stroke and beat wide long-on

full length, wide line, clattered so hard to backward point! That is a vicious strike, almost blasting Leus du Plooy off his feet!

we're going to a super Set! Abbott gets in a tangle, looking to launch it, they rush through to square the scores, and somehow Akeal has rescued his team... for now!

clawed out to deep midwicket, another single, it's two from one!

makes room to leg, Akeal follows him with an arm-ball, swinging into his legs!

holes out, another stinger to Evans! Flat length, following Livingstone as he makes room to leg, an absolute howitzer to square leg

Livingstone rolls across his pull shot, and this time he can't connect

an absolute pie from Akeal, and an over-step too, demolished into the stands! Yikes. It was swinging into Livingstone's arc, on a length, and slapped flat over square leg

belted hard and fast through long-off! Priceless blow from Livingstone, stepping into the wide line and crashing it past the infield!

sits up from back of a length, thumped across the line, there's a single on offer at long-on, but he turns it down.

slower ball, outside off, a loose waft finds thin air but Livingstone burgles the bye! Crucial run

pace off, Howell has a massive swing, and doesn't get enough of it! It was so nearly perfect, but it's the longest boundary out there, and Evans steadied himself well, timing his leap to claw it down, three yards from the rope

hits the pitch, back of a length from over the wicket, opens the face to run the ball through deep third but sharp hands intercept the ball

attempted yorker, low full-toss on a very wide line, more or less ideal. Squeezed to backward point. A big ball to finish his night's work

width, and battered past du Plooy in the deep! Jordan is hiding the ball from the huge leg-side launch, but that sat up, just back of a length, to allow the power through the cut shot!

bump-ball into the covers, the crowd think it's a catch, but it would have been so close to a run-out has Vince's shy hit! Big dive from Livingstone!

reaches into the wide line on the full length, trying to lever his wrists up into the stroke, but can't quite nail the connection

nudged to midwicket for a first-ball single

goes for the ramp, Archer has the breakthrough! It's a poor choice of shot from the last ball of his set. Falling across to the off-side like a left-handed Jos Buttler, flubbing his connection like a left-handed Alzarri Joseph

round the wicket, another sharp yorker, huge appeal from Archer but that's missing leg, and they've no reviews left. The deflection off the pad dribbles at the perfect pace for them to rush back for two

back of a length, onto the bat too quick as Livingstone wellies his pull, high on the blade. Pollard sprawls, can't reach the catch but nearly pulls off the run-out instead. Scenes all round

misses his length a fraction on that wide line, Livingstone connects well with a crack of the blade to wide long-off, into the pocket for the second run