4s
6s
Total 4's :
0
Total 6's :
0
Wickets :
4
all
fours
sixes
wickets
4
0.3
Saqib Mahmood to Finn Allen, FOUR! First boundary of the innings! Shortish on off, Allen shuffles inside his stumps and swivels it through backward square leg for a boundary.
4
0.4
Saqib Mahmood to Finn Allen, FOUR! Birmingham Phoenix and Finn Allen have started off flyingly! Full around off, Allen smokes it over mid on for a boundary!
4
1.5
Reece Topley to Finn Allen, FOUR! Allen is on a roll here. Full on middle and leg, Allen swivels it and flicks it over short fine leg for a boundary.
4
2.2
Saqib Mahmood to Finn Allen, FOUR! Allen continues his fly! Full on middle and off, it is in the slot for Allen. He drives it through mid off for a boundary.
4
2.5
Saqib Mahmood to Finn Allen, FOUR! Through covers! Full around off, Allen creams his drive through covers for a boundary.
W
3.1
Sunil Narine to Finn Allen, OUT! HIT WICKET! A very unlucky dismissal and Finn Allen's fabulous innings comes to an anticlimactic end! Short on middle, Allen gets on his back foot and looks to flicks. he gets too far behind and his back foot hits the stumps. Allen had to walk back and Oval Invincibles finally have the breakthrough they were looking for.
4
3.3
Sunil Narine to Will Smeed, FOUR! CRUNCHED! Shorter around off, Smeed gets on his back foot and punches it through covers for a boundary.
4
4.1
Reece Topley to Will Smeed, FOUR! SMEED continues from where Allen left off! Overpitched on off, Smeed drives it through extra cover for a boundary.
6
4.5
Reece Topley to Liam Livingstone, SIX! Just over! Shortish ball around off, Livingstone pulls it over square leg. He does not time it well but the power of Livingstone is such that it goes over the fielder in the deep.
W
5.1
Tabraiz Shamsi to Liam Livingstone, OUT! CAUGHT! Shamsi comes into the attack and the big man Livingstone has to depart on a low score. Loopy ball and on off. Liam Livingstone stays back and pulls it towards deep mid-wicket. He does not get the distance on it, which he was looking for. Laurie Evans gets under it and takes an easy catch. There is a pin-drop silence inside the ground.
6
6.2
Sunil Narine to Will Smeed, SIX! SMOKED! Short around off, Smeed gets on his back foot and pulls it with power over mid-wicket for a biggie.
6
6.3
Sunil Narine to Will Smeed, SIX! Now the slog sweep! Tossed up on middle, Smeed gets down on his knee and sweeps it over square leg for another biggie.
6
8.1
Tabraiz Shamsi to Will Smeed, SIX! Will Smeed is on a roll. Short, on off. Will Smeed stays back and pulls it over the mid-wikcet fence for a biggie.
4
9.2
Tabraiz Shamsi to Moeen Ali, FOUR! That is a terrific shot. Floated full and on off. Ali hangs back and lifts it over the bowler's head for a boundary.
6
9.3
Tabraiz Shamsi to Moeen Ali, SIX! This one is out of here. Full and on off. Ali gets on one knee and slog sweeps it over the mid-wicket fence for a maximum. Consecutive boundaries now for Ali.
W
11.1
Saqib Mahmood to Will Smeed, OUT! CAUGHT! Oval Invincibles finally get a breakthrough they were looking for. Saqib Mahmood comes back and he strikes in no time. He delivers every single time. A length ball, on off. Smeed throws his bat at it. The ball hits the toe end of the bat and goes miles up in the air, but only towards cover. Sunil Narine settles under it and gulps it cleanly.
4
11.5
Saqib Mahmood to Chris Benjamin, FOUR! What a shot. A length ball, on off. Benjamin works it through mid off for a boundary.
4
12.3
Tom Curran to Moeen Ali, FOUR! Connects this time! A length ball, on off. Ali swivels and pulls it towards fine leg. The ball races away to the boundary.
6
12.4
Tom Curran to Moeen Ali, SIX! Such a clean strike. A touch short, outside off. Ali sits back and smokes it over the mid-wicket for a maximum.
6
12.5
Tom Curran to Moeen Ali, SIX! He has gone again. Moeen Ali is seeing the ball as a football. Back of a length ball, outside off. Ali rocks back and powers it over the square leg fence for another maximum.
6
13.1
Sunil Narine to Moeen Ali, SIX! Three biggies in a row and all of them on the leg side. Loopy ball, on off. Ali stays back and just hammers it over the mid-wicket fence for a maximum. Moeen Ali is a man on a mission tonight.
4
13.3
Sunil Narine to Chris Benjamin, FOUR! Chris Benjamin takes the charge now. Floated and on off, Benjamin reverse sweeps it through covers for a boundary. Nice use of the wrists.
4
14.1
Saqib Mahmood to Moeen Ali, FOUR! Ali is in a hurry to end things here. A length ball, on off. Ali rocks back and lifts it over the bowler's head for a boundary at long on.
W
14.2
Saqib Mahmood to Moeen Ali, OUT! CAUGHT! Moeen Ali has surely led the team from the front. He departs after an incredible knock. A length ball, on off. Ali looks to pull it away but does not connect well this time. Tom Curran comes running in, puts in a forward dive and takes a sharp low catch. The spectators are on their feet, as Ali walks back to the shed.
4
16.2
Tabraiz Shamsi to Chris Benjamin, FOUR! Perfectly dissected! Tossed up on middle, it is in the slot for Chris Benjamin! He lifts it between long on and deep mid-wicket and gets a boundary.
4
17.2
Sunil Narine to Chris Benjamin, FOUR! The sweep this time and this time gets a boundary! Flighted delivery on middle, Chris Benjamin sweeps it behind square on the leg side. Jacks runs and puts a slide but he cannot hold onto it. He ends up parring it to the fence. The fielding has been very poor tonight once again from the Invincibles.
6
18.3
Reece Topley to Chris Benjamin, SIX! Its gone all the way for six. A full length ball, on the pads. Chris Benjamin stays back and flicks it over the square leg fence for a biggie. How can he be so calm at this moment? Just brillaint.
4
18.4
Reece Topley to Chris Benjamin, FOUR! Timed to perfection. Chris Benjamin hits the winning runs and the crowd at Edgbaston is bouncing, A full length ball, on the pads. Chris Benjamin clips it through mid-wicket and into the gap for a boundary. Birmingham Phoenix WIN BY 6 WICKETS.