Wins it with an extra cover drive! A comprehensive performance is capped off with 17 deliveries to spare as Phoenix seal victory by seven wickets! Duckett's had a tough tournament but he walks off unbeaten with 49, having managed just 54 from six previous innings....
Originals vs Phoenix, 28th Match at Manchester, Men's Hundred, Aug 24 2025 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
28th Match (D/N), Manchester, August 24, 2025, The Hundred Men's Competition
109/7
(83/100 balls, T:110) 113/3
Phoenix won by 7 wickets (with 17 balls remaining)
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8:40pm Right, that's all she wrote. Catch you all tomorrow for the second round of the London Derby between Invincibles and Spirit!
8:35pm Birmingham Phoenix skipper Liam Livingstone, who plays his county cricket at Emirates Old Trafford, is not happy with tonight's surface, despite finishing on the winning side:
"It's a bit disappointing to be honest. When you look at the two teams on paper, the fans coming to watch are excited for the players batting out there, and the high pace on both sides.
"To play the four games on the same pitch, I'm not sure there would have been too many people in here who enjoyed watching that game of cricket. It was disappointing as a spectacle I think.
"I want to go out there and entertain kids. And I want people to come to grounds and like what they see in the middle. I don't think many people would have come in and enjoyed watching that game here today."
8:30pm No doubt about it, that might be the worst match of the tournament so far. Nothing on it because Trent Rockets had sewn up the final spot in the top three a few hours earlier, on a very tired surface. Joe Clarke is the Meerkat Match Hero, by the way, for his engaging 40 off 21 up top in Phoenix's pursuit of their 110 target. "I feel in good rhythm and good confidence. The pitch has been used a few times, so it was on the slower side. It helped having Ben at the other end who could knock it around and run hard."
83
4
Currie to Duckett, FOUR runs
82
1
Currie to Bethell, 1 run
Wide on the crease, worked into deep midwicket... Bethell was keen on the second but Duckett said no before apologising as the two fielders converging on the ball delay one another with a polite "after you, no I insist"
81
•
Currie to Bethell, no run
Full, angling into middle and off at 80mph, bunted into the ground and back to the bowler
2 needed from 20... Currie over the wicket to Bethell
CHANGE OF END
after 80 balls8 runs
BP-M: 108/3Need 2 from 20 balls
Ben Duckett45 (37b 4x4 2x6)
Jacob Bethell3 (4b)
Sonny Baker 1/20 (20)
80
•
Baker to Duckett, no run
"Oh my word" yelps Duckett as a short delivery zips threw off a length, only 85mph on the clock but that looked a heck of a lot more. Duckett certainly thought so
79
1lb
Baker to Bethell, 1 leg bye
Yorker on leg stump from wide of the crease, 86mph, worn by Bethell down to long leg for a bye
78
1
Baker to Duckett, 1 run
Pace off, short, flummoxes Duckett who ends up pulling around the corner with just one hand on the bat... but falls short of Hartley, who ends up wearing it on the shin
77
6
Baker to Duckett, SIX runs
Nailed! Dug in, good pace, but the angle allows Ducket to swivel into the shot and clear Hartley at long leg. Was only a 55m six, too
76
•
Baker to Duckett, no run
Wide on the crease, Duckett goes to pull around the corner but ends up hitting it down towards Buttler
Baker, 1 for 13 from his first 15, in for his final 5...
after 75 balls5 runs • 1 wicket
BP-M: 100/3Need 10 from 25 balls
Jacob Bethell3 (3b)
Ben Duckett38 (33b 4x4 1x6)
Josh Tongue 2/34 (20)
75
1
Tongue to Bethell, 1 run
Wide on the crease, short, hurries Bethell into a pull shot, but there's no one in the ring to profit from the fact that was tamely played in the air
74
•
Tongue to Bethell, no run
Angled into middle, bit of nip away, Bethell just about covers that with the full face
73
2
Tongue to Bethell, 2 runs
Darted into the hip, stump height, worked away behind square nicely, and good pace on the first run means Bethell can scamper back for a second to keep the strike
Bethell is the new man. Tongue around the wicket
72
W
Tongue to Livingstone, OUT
Taken this time! Another duffed hoik across the line, high up again... but grabbed well by Hurst who was circling at deep midwicket
Liam Livingstone c Hurst b Tongue 4 (6b 0x4 0x6 6m) SR: 66.66
71
2
Tongue to Livingstone, 2 runs
Tight to the stumps, skied in the air... and put down by Currie! Five catches down today... and four of them from the team who are walking this
Tongue with his last five
CHANGE OF END
after 70 balls3 runs
BP-M: 95/2Need 15 from 30 balls
Liam Livingstone2 (4b)
Ben Duckett38 (33b 4x4 1x6)
Scott Currie 0/14 (10)
70
1
Currie to Livingstone, 1 run
Pace on again, 83mph, into the top of middle, bus-wheeled out to deep midwicket
69
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Currie to Livingstone, no run
Wide on the crease, pace on bouncer catches Livingstone a little by surprise, who decides to leave instead of having a thrash
68
1
Currie to Duckett, 1 run
Full, on leg stump, driven out to deep midwicket
67
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Currie to Duckett, no run
Wide on the crease, yorker just outside off, dug out to backward point
66
1
Currie to Livingstone, 1 run
pace on, 81mph, into the armpit, worked on top of the bounce down to long on
Here's Scott Currie
after 65 balls9 runs • 1 wicket
BP-M: 92/2Need 18 from 35 balls
Liam Livingstone0 (1b)
Ben Duckett37 (31b 4x4 1x6)
Josh Tongue 1/29 (15)
65
•
Tongue to Livingstone, no run
Play and a miss outside off! Length, Livingstone attempts to drive on the up but misses
65
1w
Tongue to Livingstone, 1 wide
Cutter into the surface, Livingstone thinks about pulling it but decides to leave it alone and bank the wide down the leg side
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