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. wicket

    WICKET

    Rashid c Smeed b Howell 16 (Invincibles 180-8)

    Rashid Khan is caught off the last ball. It started well for the Phoenix but this feels like a very good score from Oval Invincibles.

  2. Invincibles 180-7

    One ball to go...

  3. wicket

    WICKET

    Ferreira c Bethell b Howell 63 (Invincibles 177-7)

    Donovan Ferreira goes but he may have already won this game for the Invincibles. Trying to clear the ropes one more time he is caught at deep mid-wicket but he departs having made 63 from 29 balls.

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

    This is a special innings for Donovan Ferreira. He is showcasing the power that he possesses.

    It just shows that if you have that size and strength as a cricket, plus the swing to go along with it, you can really cause damage.

  5. 6 runs

    Invincibles 177-6

    This lad isn't even a regular in South Africa's best team.

    Six more to Donovan Ferreira.

  6. Benny Howell to bowl the final five...

  7. Invincibles 171-6

    Ferreira 57, Rashid 14

    Five more wides from Dan Mousley. He's given Joe Clarke no chance in firing it down the leg side. The Phoenix are falling apart at the crucial moment.

  8. Invincibles 165-6

    Brilliant work on the boundary from Will Smeed denies Rashid Khan a no-look six. He leapt back like a wrong-footed 'keeper tipping one over the bar.

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

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    This is a massive problem for Birmingham Phoenix because they still have to find five deliveries from someone else.

    The way this over has started, I'm not sure they can continue with Dan Mousley for the final five balls. I think it's going to have to be Benny Howell to see this out.

  10. 6 runs

    Invincibles 164-6

    Even bigger! This has been caught halfway back in the stand.

    Donovan Ferreira is turning this game the Invincibles' way.

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  11. 6 runs

    50 for Donovan Ferreira

    Smacked for six over mid-wicket to bring up fifty in just 24 balls.

  12. Invincibles 151-6

    Mousley starts with a damaging five wides down the leg side.

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

    Well executed from Rashid Khan!

    That's exactly where he wanted the ball, somewhere near his front pad so he could clip it over to the leg side.

  14. 10 to go. Dan Mousley continues...

  15. 6 runs

    Invincibles 146-6

    Ferreira 44, Rashid 13

    Extraordinary shot!

    Rashid Khan played his trademark wristy helicopter a few balls ago and now he's just flicked the ball off his toes with his head bowed to clear the square-leg boundary.

    I don't think that shot even has a name.

  16. Invincibles 139-6

    Tim Southee and Joe Clarke are going to fall out.

    Clarke dropped that catch off the New Zealander's bowling earlier and now he's let through byes in successive deliveries.

  17. 6 runs

    Invincibles 136-6

    But this one is swung away by Rashid Khan!

    Livingstone groans.

  18. Invincibles 130-6

    Liam Livingstone has been great value on the player mic. It's a real insight into his tactics and how he's chatting them through with his bowlers.

    Two dots to Rashid Khan...

  19. Alana King
    Trent Rockets leg-spinner on BBC Two

    Liam Livingstone did tell his bowler to use the change of pace on the pitch.

    I think there is enough in this wicket for those variations.

  20. wicket

    WICKET

    T Curran c Clarke b Milne 2 (Invincibles 129-6)

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    Gone! Liam Livingstone knows his stuff. The ball is thudded in by big Adam Milne, Tom Curran swings but only gets a thin edge through to the keeper.