01/08Result

15th Match, The Hundred Men's Competition at Birmingham, Aug 1 2026

Birmingham Phoenix (Men)Birmingham Phoenix (Men)BP-M
137/9
Welsh Fire (Men)Welsh Fire (Men)WF-M
138/3 (19.1/20 ov)

Fire won by 7 wkts (4b rem)

Player of the Match

Joe RootWelsh Fire (Men)

01/08Result

15th Match, The Hundred Men's Competition at Birmingham, Aug 1 2026

Birmingham Phoenix (Men)Birmingham Phoenix (Men)BP-M
137/9
Welsh Fire (Men)Welsh Fire (Men)WF-M
138/3 (19.1/20 ov)

Fire won by 7 wkts (4b rem)

Player of the Match

Joe RootWelsh Fire (Men)

Match Day

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Fire INNINGS		R	B
PD Salt	lbw	46	36
JE Root	not out	58	40
R Ravindra	lbw	7	7
JM Cox	bowled	20	14
T Kohler-Cadmore	not out	1	1
AM Tribe
BI Kellaway
M Jansen
CR Woakes
LH Ferguson
SJ Cook
EXTRAS	(lb 1, w 3, nb 2)
TOTAL	138 (3 wkts; 19.1 ovs)

Phoenix BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
S Mahmood	4.0	0	32	1	8	(1nb)
CP Wood	4.0	0	21	1	5.25
SW Currie	3.1	0	24	0	7.5	(1nb)
Rehan Ahmed	2.0	0	17	0	8.5
Usman Tariq	4.0	0	23	0	5.75	(1w)
MJ Owen	1.0	0	9	1	9
D Ferreira	1.0	0	11	0	11

Fire 2nd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	77	JE Root	PD Salt
2nd	19	JE Root	R Ravindra
3rd	36	JE Root	JM Cox
4th	6	JE Root	T Kohler-Cadmore

The Hundred Men's Competition

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
TR-M	8	6	2	24	0.74
MSG-M	8	5	3	20	0.791
SRL-M	8	5	3	20	0.603
MIL-M	8	5	3	20	0.241
WF-M	8	4	4	16	-0.9
SB-M	8	3	5	12	-0.015
LS-M	8	3	5	12	-0.098
BP-M	8	1	7	4	-1.318