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. Invincibles 121-5

    Ferreira looks like he could be in the second row for the Springboks. He has a huge chest and shoulders. He towers over batting partner Tom Curran.

    Liam Livingstone reckons banging the ball into the pitch is the way to go.

  2. Invincibles 128-5

    Ferreira 42, T Curran 2

    A bouncer from Dan Mousley! That has taken Donovan Ferreira by surprise.

  3. 6 runs

    Invincibles 127-5

    Drilled for six by the big South African. He has 42 from 18 balls.

  4. Invincibles 121-5

    Ah. This one is a freebie from Dan Mousley that's put away for four by Ferreira.

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

    Jordan Cox isn't so lucky the second time around.

    It was a very good catch. It was up in the blue sky and it would have been really difficult to judge on its way down, hence why he took a little dive to cushion it.

    Birmingham Phoenix needed that. The score is teetering on the edge, I'm not sure which way things are going to go here.

  6. Invincibles 116-5

    Mousley is going to continue, having conceded only three from those five balls. This fast spin is really tricky to hit.

  7. wicket

    WICKET

    Cox c Bethell b Mousley 44 (Invincibles 114-5)

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    And the change to Dan Mousley works! Jordan Cox attempts a slog sweep but gets far too much air. Jacob Bethell has to make a lot of ground at deep mid-wicket and dive at the end - a far more difficult catch than the one Joe Clarke just put down. Bethell loses his trousers but takes the catch.

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  8. Dan Mousley is on, firing in his trademark darts.

  9. How stat?!

    Kieran Parmley
    Cricviz analyst

    Donovan Ferreira has hit a six every 6.5 deliveries in the Hundred, the best rate for any batter with at least 10 sixes.

  10. Invincibles 113-4

    Cox 44, Ferreira 30

    I think this is all friendly enough but there's a little moment here where Trent Boult and Jordan Cox bump into each other mid-pitch and Boult gives the batter a shove. Boult holds his hands up to the umpire. Cox isn't getting involved.

  11. 6 runs

    Invincibles 105-3

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    And the one after that is belted for six by Donovan Ferreira. Tim Southee needs to go and spend five minutes in a quiet room.

    He should have had a wicket. Instead he was smacked for 10 runs.

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

    Jordan Cox was walking off! He had turned, he had given up the ghost, he thought he was done.

    That's a catch you just have to take as a wicketkeeper.

  13. Invincibles 99-4

    And the next ball is driven for four to deepen Tim Southee's grump...

  14. dropped catch

    Cox dropped on 42

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    This is one of the worst dropped catches I have seen.

    Wicketkeeper Joe Clarke, with the gloves on, spills a regulation skier off Jordan Cox. Cox was already walking off it seemed that certain he'd be dismissed.

    Bowler Tim Southee is fuming.

  15. 6 runs

    Invincibles 92-4

    Cox 42, Ferreira 13

    New man Ferreira responds to seamer Benny Howell's box of canny tricks by heaving him across the line for four. He follows up with a monster hit down the ground which clears the sightscreen.

    It's a quick start from the big South African.

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

    Sam Billings wasn't trying to hit that for six at all, he was trying to hit it for one and it just got the top edge. He will be cross with that.

    Liam Livingstone definitely had the last word there. Just as that partnership was building, Birmingham Phoenix found a way.

  17. Invincibles 79-4

    Donovan Ferreria is in at number six. The Phoenix will be into the bowlers if they can get one of these two out.

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

    Part-timer! Liam Livingstone comes on a takes the wicket of Sam Billings.

    It got the toe-end of his bat, went straight up and it was safe as houses from Jacob Bethell.

  19. wicket

    WICKET

    Billings c Bethell b Livingstone 17 (Invincibles 77-3)

    But now Sam Billings is out. He goes for the conventional sweep this time but gets a top edge which results in an easy catch for deep mid-wicket.

    Liam Livingstone has a wicket with his third delivery.

  20. 6 runs

    Invincibles 77-2

    Ah this is so good from Sam Billings. A reverse sweep for six over backward point.