Summary

  • Livingstone clubs unbeaten 69 off 27 balls to lead Phoenix to first win - report

  • Rashid Khan concedes 59 off 20 balls - a men's Hundred record

  • Smeed hammers quickfire half-century for Phoenix

  • Invincibles post 180-8 - Ferreira hits 63 off 29 balls

Listen to Liam Livingstone mic'd up in the field

Live Reporting

by Mike Peter, Matthew Henry & Millie Sian

  1. Phoenix 106-3

    75 runs needed

    Pow!

    Liam Livingstone, off one leg, smacks Sam Curran through the covers with a tennis forehand shot.

    Rashid Khan runs round the ropes but the racing ball breaks through him and goes for four.

  2. How's stat?!

    Kieran Parmley
    Cricviz analyst

    Liam Livingstone vs Rashid Khan before today:

    • 15 innings
    • 168 runs
    • 94 balls
    • 4 dismissals
    • 42 average
    • 179 strike-rate

  3. Phoenix 100-3

    81 runs needed

    Four for Liam Livingstone, sending Rashid Khan's first ball away fine past Sam Billings.

    Four more singles from the rest of the set, the last bringing up the Phoenix hundred.

  4. Phoenix 92-3

    89 runs needed

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    Jacob Bethell comes in to join Liam Livingstone at the crease.

    He immediately takes a single into the covers.

  5. Ravi Bopara
    Former England all-rounder on BBC Two

    A massive wicket - and it is that underrated man Nathan Sowter!

    That's the really difficult to get underneath length that we talk about and he just skids it through. It is quality bowling, just tucking up the batsman with a little bit drift and skid. That's what he is known for.

  6. wicket

    WICKET

    Smeed b Sowter 51 (Phoenix 91-3)

    Will SmeedPA Media

    50 and out!

    Nathan Sowter strikes bat, breaking the stumps of Will Smeed via the pads.

    The opener was cramped for room and couldn't get his bat on it.

    A vital wicket for Invincibles - Smeed was flying.

  7. 50 runs

    50 for Will Smeed

    Phoenix 91-2

    Lifted away square - that's 50 for Will Smeed off 28 balls.

    His shot off Nathan Sowter landed just short of the rope and then scudded over.

  8. We mentioned earlier how Liam Livingstone gave a fascinating sight into captaincy while on the player mic earlier as he talked through his bowling changes and tactics.

    Here it is...

    Listen to Liam Livingstone mic'd up in the field

  9. The worm is still in Phoenix's favour at the halfway mark...

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  10. Phoenix 82-2

    99 runs needed

    Nicely timed by Will Smeed, easing Tom Curran through the covers for four.

    He's displayed plenty of powerful shots tonight but was all finesse.

    He adds four more, skewing Curran's last ball over third with a thick edge, and is now on 47 from 27 balls.

  11. Sir Alastair Cook
    Ex-England captain on BBC Two

    That is an absolutely brilliant catch from Rashid Khan!

    The pace he has moved to the deep point boundary and how low he has caught it - that is absolutely superb.

    He might not have had the best 10 balls bowling, but you can make a difference anywhere in this game. That catch could be a gamechanger.

  12. wicket

    WICKET

    Clarke c Rashid Khan b S Curran 27 (Phoenix 73-2)

    Stunning catch!

    Joe Clarke flails Sam Curran out into the off side and Rashid Khan is sprinting round from cover.

    He dives forward while still running hard and takes the grab just above the turf.

  13. Sir Alastair Cook
    Ex-England captain on BBC Two

    Oval Invincibles have so many options with the ball.

    Rashid Khan didn't maybe get it quite right for his 10 balls, but they have the option of turning to either Sam Curran or Tom Curran. They have decided to turn to Sam here, with his left-arm variations.

  14. 6 runs

    Phoenix 72-1

    109 runs needed

    Slower ball, Will Smeed saw it coming and sends it flying for six with a slog sweep.

    46mph from Sam Curran, nailed by the Phoenix opener.

  15. Sir Alastair Cook
    Ex-England captain on BBC Two

    Rashid Khan's main strength is bowling at the stumps and bringing everything into play, but he hasn't quite found the perfect line or length yet today.

  16. Phoenix 65-1

    116 runs needed

    Will Smeed adds four more, heaving square - just wide of the fielder.

    Phoenix are ahead on the worm...

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  17. 6 runs

    Phoenix 60-1

    121 runs needed

    Same sort of delivery, same sort of result.

    This partnership are cracking on now - the fifty partnership is up.

  18. 6 runs

    Phoenix 54-1

    127 runs needed

    Big drag-down from Rashid Khan and Joe Clarke dispatches him over mid-wicket for his first six!

    Fifty up for Phoenix.

  19. Phoenix 48-1

    133 runs needed

    Another spinner now as Nathan Sowter comes on.

    It's a tight first five from the leggie, conceding just two singles.

  20. Ravi Bopara
    Former England all-rounder on BBC Two

    This is where Will Smeed is really going to be tested. Rashid Khan is really difficult to pick because he is one of the best bowlers in the world.

    Trying to score two runs per ball off him will be a tough task for anyone.