Birmingham Phoenix vs Manchester Originals (Match 28) – Highlights
Yesterday, Birmingham Phoenix and Manchester Originals faced off in the 28th match of The Hundred 2022. Where Manchester Originals batted first and set up a great target for Birmingham Phoenix. But Birmingham Phoenix lost all their wickets before the scheduled 100 balls were over to chase that target. As a result, Birmingham Phoenix had to leave the field with a loss. At the end of this match, Birmingham Phoenix is in 5th place in the points table and Manchester Originals is in 3rd place in the points table after winning the match. On the other hand, Tom Hartley won the man of the match award by bowling brilliantly.
Manchester Originals won the toss, chose to bat first, and sent off the Birmingham Phoenix to bowl. Batting first, the two openers Laurie Evans and Philip Salt were playing very well. Both of them put up a partnership of 36 runs. But Laurie Evans was caught out on the 23rd ball and returned to the dressing room. He scored 12 runs off 10 balls with 2 fours before getting out.
Wayne Madsen then joined Salt on the field. Both of them were playing well but Wayne Madsen left the field after being caught out at the team’s 75 runs. He scored 20 runs off 19 balls with 2 fours. Then Tristan Stubbs and Paul Walter left the field one by one. Tristan Stubbs scored 16 runs off 11 balls with 1 four and 1 six. Tristan Stubbs got some runs but Paul Walter left the field with only 1 run from 2 balls.
Phillip Salt had to return to the dressing room after being trapped lbw in the 82nd ball. He scored the most runs for them. He played the beautiful innings of 56 runs from 38 balls. His innings of 56 runs had 5 fours and 2 sixes. Then Ashton Turner was run out in the last ball. He scored 14 runs off 9 balls with the help of 2 fours.
Besides, Tom Lammonby was unbeaten on 26 runs. His brilliant innings of 26 off 12 balls had 4 fours and 1 six. In the end, Manchester Originals made 154 runs after losing 6 wickets with 9 extra runs.
Benny Howell took 3 wickets for 18 runs from 20 balls and Kane Richardson took 2 wickets for 27 runs from 20 balls for Birmingham Phoenix.
The target was 155 runs but Birmingham Phoenix was bowled out for just 75 runs in reply. As a result, Manchester Originals won by 79 runs. For the Birmingham Phoenix, no one had crossed 10 runs except for two. Will Smeed scored the most runs for them. He played the beautiful innings of 31 runs off 17 balls. His innings had 3 fours and 2 sixes. Chris Benjamin scored 13 runs off 15 balls with 1 four.
Besides, no one can do special runs. All the players together scored 29 runs. Miles Hammond 4, Moeen Ali 4, Matthew Wade 7, Brett DOliveira 2, Ben Dwrshuis 0, Tom Helm 8, Benny Howell 2, Kane Richardson 0 were out too quickly. Henry Brooks was unbeaten on 2 runs.
Tom Hartley took 4 wickets for 22 runs off 20 balls for Manchester Originals. Joshua Little took 2 wickets for 12 runs off 9 balls. Besides, Paul Walter and Matthew Parkinson took one wicket each.
Birmingham Phoenix vs Manchester Originals Scoreboard
Birmingham Phoenix – 75/10 (74)
Manchester Originals – 154/6 (100)
Result – Manchester Originals won by 79 runs
Player of the match – Tom Hartley
Birmingham Phoenix vs Manchester Originals Playing XIs
| Birmingham Phoenix | Moeen Ali (c), Matthew Wade (wk), Will Smeed, Miles Hammond, Brett DOliveira, Chris Benjamin, Ben Dwarshuis, Benny Howell, Henry Brookes, Tom Helm, Kane Richardson |
| Manchester Originals | Laurie Evans (c), Philip Salt (wk), Tristan Stubbs, Wayne Madsen, Tom Lammonby, Paul Walter, Ashton Turner, Tom Hartley, Matthew Parkinson, Fred Klaassen, Joshua Little |