Milne, Smith mix to crush London Spirit
Birmingham Phoenix 185 for five (Smith 52, Duckett 47) beat London Spirit 108 (Mitchell 57, Milne 4-20, Sangha 3-15) by 77 runs
Birmingham Phoenix blazed belatedly into kind within the Men’s Hundred, signing off their marketing campaign with a 77-run win over London Spirit at Edgbaston.
Phoenix eventually delivered the collective batting energy show which has eluded them till the final recreation, piling up 185 for five, led by Jamie Smith‘s 52 off 31 balls and Ben Duckett with 47 from 33.
Spirit had been then sentenced to their fifth defeat of a disappointing marketing campaign by a sensational opening burst from Adam Milne. The Black Caps fast took 3 for two together with his first 9 balls on his approach to figures of 4 for 20 and Tanveer Sangha added 3 for 15 as Spirit folded for 108 all out in 89 balls.
Phoenix’s victory prevented them ending up with the picket spoon which now rests with Northern Superchargers.
After selecting to subject, Spirit took a wicket first ball when Will Smeed chopped Tim Southee to quick third, however their subsequent successes had been lengthy coming. Smith and Duckett added 94 in 54 balls after which Duckett and Moeen Ali crashed 51 in 21.
Smith timed the ball superbly in a 30-ball half-century whereas Moeen smote 4 sixes in a violent cameo earlier than sending up a skier off the regular Southee. Moeen departed with simply 88 runs in six innings on this 12 months’s Hundred behind him.
Four balls later, Duckett top-edged a easy catch to wicketkeeper Matthew Wade however much less pleasant for Southee, who ended with 3 for 23, was the sight of Benny Howell planting him miles over mid-wicket. Howell’s ten-ball 23 rounded off Phoenix’s greatest batting show of the event.
Milne then delivered a superb opening burst wherein he eliminated Zak Crawley, performed on, Michael Pepper, caught behind, and Wade, bowled by a magnificence. Nine balls into their reply, Spirit had been damaged.
Milne added a fourth sufferer when Dan Lawrence chipped to mid on. Daniel Bell-Drummond made it into double figures, the one top-five batter to take action, however then charged at Sangha and missed.
Daryl Mitchell averted whole embarrassment for his aspect with a beefy 57 off 35 balls however the truth that 9 Spirit batters scored 22 between them mentioned all the things about their feeble show.