The Hundred 2024 LIVE: Birmingham Phoenix vs Southern Brave eliminator - cricket score & radio commentary

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The Hundred men's Eliminator: Phoenix v Brave, The Oval
Brave beat Phoenix in Super Five after match is tied
Phoenix make 126-7 after Brave post 126-6
Phoenix then make 7-2 off Super Five and Brave pass target of eight in four balls
Brave will face defending champions Invincibles in Sunday's final at Lord's - live on BBC TV & iPlayer

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by Ffion Wynne & Jonty Colman

Goodbyepublished at 21:35 British Summer Time 17 August
And breathe!
That was fun, and we get to do it all again tomorrow. The women's final takes place at 14:15 BST between Welsh Fire and London Spirit, before the men's final at 18:00 BST between Oval Invincibles and Southern Brave.
Both games are live on BBC Two, BBC 5 Sports Extra and BBC Sounds, and we'll have live text coverage for you here on the BBC Sport website and app.
If you missed any of today's action, Sam Drury has got you covered from The Oval. Read the report from the women's Eliminator here, and the men's Eliminator here.
Join us then - we're in for another cracking day!
Postpublished at 21:32 British Summer Time 17 August
Jofra Archer speaking to Sky Sports on tonight's victory: "Just relief to be honest. I thought I gave it away, second last over against Livi."
On clarity during super five: "Yeah, I feel you just got to commit to it. Some days it happens for you and some days it doesn’t and I’m just glad that today was one of those days it worked for me."
Any energy left?: Yeah, absolutely, I think we got 11 match winners and the guys that are not in the 11, they are match winners themselves, so the team has so much talent it doesn’t matter what team we put out there, I back the guys all the way.
Plans tonight?: Probably the compression boots, lots of physio and maybe some meds.
Postpublished at 21:27 British Summer Time 17 August
Jofra Archer is named Match Hero for his bowling heroics.
He took 1-29 in the main game, and then only conceded seven in the Super Five.
Postpublished at 21:24 British Summer Time 17 August
Melissa Story
Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
It was pretty thrilling in the end!
Southern Brave will be breathing a deep sigh of relief there because, at some stages, they really didn't deserve to be progressing through to this final. They will know they can take on the Oval Invincibles with their line-up and star power.
Postpublished at 21:21 British Summer Time 17 August
It had everything!
Throughout Phoenix's chase of 127, the momentum shifted throughout as both teams went through phases of domination.
Southern Brave squeezed in the middle, Liam Livingstone then dragged things back for Phoenix with his half-century before a baffling final five balls from Akeal Hosein.
With 11 needed, his first ball conceded eight (no-ball, six) but then he removed Livingstone, and defended three from three balls to take it to the Super Five!
Phoenix will be gutted. They threw that away.
Postpublished at 21:18 British Summer Time 17 August
Steven Finn
Former England fast bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
It is quite remarkable, isn't it? The fact that Birmingham Phoenix have thrown it away, from the position they found themselves in, will have been a devastating blow towards the end of the normal game.
It looks as though they had carried that through onto the Super 5. They played well in this tournament but they faltered at the final hurdle.
SOUTHERN BRAVE WIN THE ELIMINATORpublished at 21:15 British Summer Time 17 August
Breaking
Clubbed for four!
Chris Jordan steers Southern Brave home in style. They will meet the Oval Invincibles in tomorrow's final at Lord's.
What a game! It came right down to the wire.
Postpublished at 21:15 British Summer Time 17 August
Steven Finn
Former England fast bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
It's Southern Brave's to lose now...
Scores levelpublished at 2 balls left
Good running!
Kieron Pollard sprints home for two, and Brave need one from two balls.
Brave 5-0published at 3 balls left
Target 8
Oh!
Just edged past the stumps for four. Chris Jordan gets lucky and Adam Milne grimaces.
Brave are nearly there.
Brave 1-0published at 4 balls left
Yorker, scampered single, hesitation... and Duckett throws to the wrong end!
Chaos.
That should've been out.
Postpublished at 21:09 British Summer Time 17 August
Here we go, then!
Kieron Pollard and Chris Jordan are in the middle for Southern Brave.
Eight is their target. Adam Milne is the man tasked with defending it for Phoenix.
Postpublished at 21:03 British Summer Time 17 August
Steven Finn
Former England fast bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
There is still a long way to go but Birmingham Phoenix had it in their hands.
They needed three runs from five deliveries and they tied the game - remarkable.
Phoenix 7-2published at 5 balls
Jacob Bethell is run out coming back for the second.
An exhibition in death bowling from Jofra Archer there.
Southern Brave need eight runs from five balls to reach the final.
Phoenix 6-1published at 4 balls
Jofra Archer nails the wide yorker.
Another single.
Class.
Phoenix 5-1published at 3 balls
Just the single.
Phoenix 4-1published at 2 balls
Jacob Bethell starts well, clubbing four runs through the leg side.
WICKETpublished at 1 ball
Livingstone c Du Plooy b Archer 0 (Phoenix 0-1)
Well!
Liam Livingstone slashes it to Leus du Plooy at point and that's a spectacular effort.
It was going so quickly off Archer's pace, and he does so well to stay still.
Remember, Du Plooy dropped Livingstone on seven earlier on...
Postpublished at 20:57 British Summer Time 17 August
Jofra Archer has the ball in hand.
I think he's been in a situation like this before, right...?
Postpublished at 20:56 British Summer Time 17 August
Well, Liam Livingstone is back out there for Phoenix, unsurprisingly. He's got Jamie Smith for company.
Livingstone was seeing it pretty well in his 55 earlier. He got out with just three runs needed to win, so he'll be itching to put things right now.

Birmingham Phoenix Men v Southern Brave Men

Southern Brave Men Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Davies,caught Howell, bowled Milne Davies, caught Howell, bowled Milne	0	2	0	0	1	0.00
Vince,caught Abbott, bowled Howell Vince, caught Abbott, bowled Howell	43	35	6	0	51	122.86
du Plooy,caught Smith, bowled Milne du Plooy, caught Smith, bowled Milne	39	32	5	0	41	121.88
Evans,caught Livingstone, bowled Milne Evans, caught Livingstone, bowled Milne	14	10	1	1	18	140.00
Pollard,caught Mousley, bowled Wood Pollard, caught Mousley, bowled Wood	2	5	0	0	5	40.00
Jordan,not out Jordan, not out	20	9	0	2	14	222.22
Coles,caught Bethell, bowled Abbott Coles, caught Bethell, bowled Abbott	4	6	0	0	7	66.67
Archer,not out Archer, not out	1	1	0	0	2	100.00
Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 3, total 3 Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 3, total 3
Total,126 for 6 100 balls Total,126 for 6 100 balls

Bowler	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy rate
Milne	20	0	18	3	5.40
Southee	20	0	18	0	5.40
Wood	20	1	25	1	7.50
Abbott	20	0	32	1	9.60
Ali	10	0	16	0	9.60
Howell	10	0	14	1	8.40

Fall of wicket	Batter
0 for 1 (2 balls)	Davies
76 for 2 (64 balls)	du Plooy
90 for 3 (74 balls)	Vince
95 for 4 (81 balls)	Pollard
104 for 5 (86 balls)	Evans
111 for 6 (96 balls)	Coles

Birmingham Phoenix Men Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Duckett,caught Pollard, bowled Overton Duckett, caught Pollard, bowled Overton	7	8	0	1	8	87.50
Ali,caught Evans, bowled Hosein Ali, caught Evans, bowled Hosein	24	25	2	0	34	96.00
Smith,caught Overton, bowled Mills Smith, caught Overton, bowled Mills	10	9	2	0	11	111.11
Livingstone,caught Evans, bowled Hosein Livingstone, caught Evans, bowled Hosein	55	34	3	4	53	161.76
Bethell,caught Pollard, bowled Mills Bethell, caught Pollard, bowled Mills	17	14	1	1	17	121.43
Mousley,bowled Archer Mousley, bowled Archer	2	4	0	0	7	50.00
Howell,caught Evans, bowled Mills Howell, caught Evans, bowled Mills	2	3	0	0	6	66.67
Abbott,not out Abbott, not out	1	2	0	0	9	50.00
Milne,not out Milne, not out	1	2	0	0	2	50.00
Extras, no balls 2, wides 1, byes 1, leg byes 3, total 7 Extras, no balls 2, wides 1, byes 1, leg byes 3, total 7
Total,126 for 7 100 balls Total,126 for 7 100 balls

Bowler	Balls	Runs	Wickets	Economy rate
Overton	20	15	1	4.50
Archer	20	29	1	8.70
Mills	20	23	3	6.90
Jordan	20	25	0	7.50
Hosein	20	30	2	9.00

Fall of wicket	Batter
9 for 1 (13 balls)	Duckett
26 for 2 (28 balls)	Smith
45 for 3 (50 balls)	Ali
93 for 4 (75 balls)	Bethell
102 for 5 (85 balls)	Mousley
111 for 6 (92 balls)	Howell
124 for 7 (97 balls)	Livingstone

Birmingham Phoenix Men SO Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Livingstone,caught du Plooy, bowled Archer Livingstone, caught du Plooy, bowled Archer	0	1	0	0	1	0.00
Smith,not out Smith, not out	1	1	0	0	5	100.00
Bethell,run out du Plooy Bethell, run out du Plooy	5	3	1	0	3	166.67
Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 1, total 1 Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 1, total 1
Total,7 all out 5 balls Total,7 all out 5 balls

Bowler	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy rate
Archer	5	0	6	1	7.20

Fall of wicket	Batter
0 for 1 (1 balls)	Livingstone
7 for 2 (5 balls)	Bethell

Southern Brave Men SO Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Pollard,not out Pollard, not out	1	1	0	0	4	100.00
Jordan,not out Jordan, not out	10	3	2	0	4	333.33
Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 0, total 0 Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 0, total 0
Total,11 for 0 4 balls Total,11 for 0 4 balls

Bowler	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy rate
Milne	4	0	11	0	16.50

home team, Birmingham Phoenix Men

Ben Duckett
Moeen Ali , Captain
Jamie Smith , Wicket Keeper
Liam Livingstone
Dan Mousley
Jacob Bethell
Benny Howell
Sean Abbott
Adam Milne
Tim Southee
Chris Wood

away team, Southern Brave Men

James Vince , Captain
Alex Davies , Wicket Keeper
Leus du Plooy
James Coles
Laurie Evans
Kieron Pollard
Chris Jordan
Akeal Hosein
Craig Overton
Jofra Archer
Tymal Mills

Start Time:: 18:00
Toss:: Birmingham Phoenix Men won the toss and decided to field
Venue:: The Kia Oval, Kennington
Officials:: Mike Burns, James Middlebrook, Neil Bainton, Peter Such, Mark Newell