Summary

  • Benjamin hits 24 off 15 to see Birmingham home

  • 22-year-old only made professional debut five days ago

  • Crawley strokes 64 off 40 balls in London's 144-6

  • Two wickets apiece for Milne, Helm & Howell

Live Reporting

Kal Sajad and Ffion Wynne

  1. Opening batters: Finn Allen and Miles Hammond

    Finn AllenBBC Sport
    Miles HammondBBC Sport

  2. Captain Eoin Morgan leads his side out. Former Pakistan bowler Mohammad Amir looks like he'll be opening the bowling. He may have retired from international cricket but he is world class.

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    MagpiePaul: This first innings score c.145 seems par...

  4. England's World Cup winning big hitters haven't been able to score big in their first Hundred matches.

    After Jason Roy and Jos Buttler failed yesterday, Eoin Morgan followed suit this evening...

  5. Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport at Edgbaston

    A small group of fans are singing "Shane Warne's Barmy Warne".

    And they said The Hundred wouldn't catch on...

  6. Zak Crawley, who has starred for England in Test cricket, is showing us his quality in the shorter formats.

  7. Nice one, Ffion.

    Losing early wickets and then recovering to post a solid score is becoming quite the theme of The Hundred.

    I'm also still getting to grips with Imran Tahir's hair - Bjorn Borg meets Hulk Hogan.

  8. And that's me done - to take you through Birmingham Phoenix's chase is Kal Sajad. Let's hope it's a good one!

  9. Zak Crawley's half-century was the key to London Spirit's total. He batted for 99 balls of Spirit's 100! Just look how dominant he was on the leg side.

    Zak Crawley's run mapBBC Sport

  10. Oval Invincibles posted 145 yesterday - one run more than Spirit tonight - and they managed to defend it with the Manchester Originals falling nine runs short.

    This could be an interesting chase!

  11. Spirit 144-6

    The batters scamper a bye from the last ball as van der Merwe went for a big swing and a miss.

    145 to win for Birmingham Phoenix, then.

  12. New batter: Roelof van der Merwe

    New batter: Roelof van der MerweBBC / The Hundred
  13. wicket

    WICKET

    Crawley c Benjamin b Helm 64 (Spirit 143-6)

    A fine innings comes to an end! Crawley tried to repeat the shot, going for the slog sweep but picks out the boundary fielder. One ball left!

  14. Charlie Taylor
    BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Great shot from Crawley, he's having some fun out there!

  15. 6 runs

    Spirit 143-5

    He's got six more, that's what! He didn't time it perfectly but it's in the stands nonetheless. Fair play.

  16. Spirit 137-5

    Good bowling from Tom Helm - just two runs from his first two balls. What have you got, Zak Crawley?

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  18. Spirit 135-4

    Crawley goes for the sweep, it goes straight in the air but no fielder can reach it. He's on strike for the last five, which is good for Spirit.

  19. Spirit 132-5

    Shot!! Mohammad Nabi drills his first four. Eight balls left, what can Spirit get from here?

  20. Next batter: Mohammad Nabi

    Next batter: Mohammad NabiBBC Sport