Summary

  • Phoenix win in front of sell-out crowd to go top of the table

  • Tahir - oldest player in tournament - takes hat-trick with final three deliveries of the match

  • Moeen hammers 23-ball half-century; competition's second fastest

  • Smeed - the youngest player in men's Hundred - also strikes fast half-century

  • Phoenix skipper takes 26 runs off one set of five by White

Live Reporting

Matthew Henry and Timothy Abraham

  1. Lauren Winfield-Hill
    Northern Superchargers' women's captain on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Moeen certainly looks in the mood against spin tonight.

  2. 6 runs

    Phoenix 57-1

    Moeen Ali heaves Qais Ahmad back over his head for six down the ground. Perhaps not the most elegant shot of Moeen's career, but certainly a very effective one.

  3. Lauren Winfield-Hill
    Northern Superchargers' women's captain on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    With the left and right-hand partnership certain batters will target certain bowlers. It is a huge luxury having that combination.

  4. Phoenix 49-1

    A ball later and Moeen Ali drills it to Ben Duckett who stops it at mid-off but they scamper a single. Phoenix finish with a few more singles. If these two stay here for a while they are looking good for 150 plus.

  5. Lauren Winfield-Hill
    Northern Superchargers' women's captain on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    I can't tell if Fletcher was trying to bowl quickly or a slower ball. Moeen was really quickly onto that.

  6. 6 runs

    Phoenix 45-1

    Moeen Ali smashes a six, pulled into the baying crowd inside the Eric Hollies stand, after Luke Fletcher drops it a little short on to the Phoenix batter's hips.

    A fine catch by a spectacled gentlemen in the crowd who caught it on the rebound from a plastic seat.

  7. Lauren Winfield-Hill
    Northern Superchargers' women's captain on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    The Phoenix would have liked to have been five or 10 runs further on than they are. When the spinners are on they might find it more difficult.

  8. Phoenix 37-1

    Tidy stuff from Qais Ahmad as Phoenix manage to take four runs from his first set of five.

  9. Afghanistan spinner Qais Ahmad, with his trademark red headband, into the attack for Welsh Fire.

  10. 75 balls to go graphicBBC Sport

  11. Phoenix 35-1

    Matt Milnes continues for Welsh Fire, and bangs one in short but Moeen Ali is too good. The England all-rounder had started to come down the wicket but is quick enough to react and pulls Milnes through mid-wicket.

  12. Henry Moeran
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    There is a great atmosphere. It is really lively.

  13. Olly Stone
    England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    Not a bad start from the Phoenix. Will Smeed looks very settled.

  14. Phoenix 27-1

    Will Smeed unconcerned what is happening at the other end, as he smears David Payne over mid-off for four. A ball later he punches it through the covers for four, although Qais Ahmad didn't fancy getting his kit wet and diving for it

  15. Phoenix 18-1

    A good set of five from Matt Milnes with just one run and a wicket from it.

  16. How's stat?!

    Birmingham Phoenix have a batting dot-ball percentage of 37 in powerplay overs in the men’s edition of The Hundred, the best among all teams in the tournament.

    By way of comparison, Welsh Fire are at 47% in this category.

  17. Olly Stone
    England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

    When Allen first hit that I thought it was six. It is a massive hit out there.

  18. New batter: Moeen Ali

    Moeen Ali
  19. wicket

    WICKET

    Allen c Phillips b Milnes 2

    Finn Allen a little too eager to get into the action, perhaps. It's a straight half volley from Matt Milnes and he whips it across the line but he hasn't quite timed it and Glenn Phillips is able to pouch the catch.

  20. 6 runs

    Phoenix 17-0

    Great team-work on the boundary from Welsh Fire as Glenn Phillips and Adam Milne both slide to prevent a four off the bat of Will Smeed from the first ball.

    The end of the set ends in a maximum, though. David Payne drops it fraction short on the leg side and Smeed swivels on to the back foot and whips it for six behind square.