Summary

  • Moeen's rapid 49 sets up win, with Benjamin finishing with 37

  • Roy hits 38 before Ingram blasts 81 in Invincibles' 172

  • Win takes Phoenix to top of table, level on six points with Rockets

  • Invincibles a point worse off in fifth place

  1. Postpublished at 21:35 British Summer Time 4 August 2021

    Harry Gurney
    Ex-England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    I would probably have gone for Tom Curran here. He is a real competitor and one of the best death bowlers in the world.

    He can get the bit between the teeth.

  2. Phoenix 163-4published at 9 balls left

    10 runs needed

    No run from the first ball...

  3. Postpublished at 21:34 British Summer Time 4 August 2021

    Alison Mitchell
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    I wonder how Reece Topley is feeling.

    You can't hide at 6ft 7in.

  4. Postpublished at 21:34 British Summer Time 4 August 2021

    Reece Topley will bowl his final five.

    He, er, hasn't had the best night...

  5. Postpublished at 21:33 British Summer Time 4 August 2021

    10 balls to go graphicImage source, BBC Sport
  6. Phoenix 163-4published at 10 balls left

    10 runs needed

    A run a ball, is it?

  7. Phoenix 162-4published at 11 balls left

    11 runs needed

    A slightly less well-timed sweep but Chris Benjamin gets it away for a single, before Sunil Narine spears a wide down the leg side.

  8. Postpublished at 21:32 British Summer Time 4 August 2021

    Harry Gurney
    Ex-England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Birmingham Phoenix should be winning from here.

  9. Phoenix 160-4published at 12 balls

    13 runs needed

    Dot ball...

  10. Postpublished at 21:31 British Summer Time 4 August 2021

    Alison Mitchell
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Chris Benjamin is doing it again!

  11. Phoenix 160-4published at 13 balls left

    13 runs needed

    Sunil Narine starts his last set of five and gets swept powerfully for four by Chris Benjamin!

    This massive target is down to a run a ball!

  12. Postpublished at 21:31 British Summer Time 4 August 2021

    Harry Gurney
    Ex-England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Oval Invincibles will have to hope that the batters make a mess of it. You've got to get your fielders in the ring slightly tighter, stop some singles, and build some pressure that way.

  13. Phoenix 154-4published at 15 balls left

    19 runs needed

    An appeal for lbw against Benny Howell, but the umpire isn't even vaguely interested.

  14. Postpublished at 21:29 British Summer Time 4 August 2021

    Harry Gurney
    Ex-England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Chris Benjamin is clearly not phased by the big stage.

  15. Phoenix 152-4published at 17 balls left

    21 runs needed

    Chris Benjamin stumbles mid-pitch but, because Sam Billings has gone chasing miles after the ball, he's able to recover and ensure another two to the total

    Billings is now getting booed as he re-ties his shoes.

  16. Postpublished at 21:28 British Summer Time 4 August 2021

    Alison Mitchell
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    That's woke the ground up again! That's relieved some of the tension that has been building up since Moeen Ali got out.

  17. Postpublished at 21:28 British Summer Time 4 August 2021

    Harry Gurney
    Ex-England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    It is edgy out there all of a sudden. That is the amazing thing about this tournament, you are never quite out of it until the end.

  18. Phoenix 150-4published at 18 balls left

    23 runs needed

    Tabraiz Shamsi is back, and Chris Benjamin pierces the field beautifully to pick up a welcome four.

  19. Postpublished at 21:26 British Summer Time 4 August 2021

    Is this innings from Moeen Ali the one that has set up Phoenix for a stunning victory?

    Moeen Ali run mapImage source, BBC Sport
  20. Postpublished at 21:26 British Summer Time 4 August 2021

    Harry Gurney
    Ex-England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Tom Curran is ticking here. He's taken some tap, but that's the beauty about this format, he can still be a hero.