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Best performances - Batsmen

EA Perry
62(39) 7x4 - 2x6
Control %84%
  • Productive Shot
  • on drive
  • 19 runs
  • 1x4 - 2x6
0 4 5 1 12 10 20 10
CA Henry
CA Henry
42(33) 4x4 - 1x6
Control %75%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 9 runs
  • 0x4 - 1x6
0 0 11 2 5 6 10 8

Best performances - Bowlers

KL Gordon
KL Gordon
O4
M1
R20
W2
Eco5
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
E Gray
E Gray
O4
M0
R29
W2
Eco7.25
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Scorer: K Vairavan | Commentator: Abhijato (@ob_jato)

That's that from us, then! These two teams now head home, but there's the Eliminator and Final for both the women's Hundred here, and the men's tournament too. For now, though, from Abhimanyu and me, Abhijato, goodbye.

Our Player of the Match, of course, is Ellyse Perry: "Yeah, nice to finish on a high. I thought we bowled especially well today. Yeah, look, I can't fault our effort the whole way through this tournament. Like, we've given it absolutely everything we can. It just hasn't come off on the field, for the most part... Just seemed to hold up a bit for the spinners. I thought Brett coming to the side today bowled especially well, along with Alana King, who's been great for us all season. So I think we kind of got a blueprint from watching that, and then it was nice to go out and chase it down.[On Fatima Sana's knock from the other end] Yeah, she's a world-class player. It's been wonderful to play with her this season. The first time I've got a chance to do that in franchise cricket. She hits a clean ball with the bat. She's obviously a handy bowler up front for us as well. So it's been great to see her come along, and hopefully she's really enjoyed it., executing when you need to under pressure. And yeah, this season, it just hasn't worked out for us. But as I said, the effort's been there the whole time and no one's put their head down... I actually popped home in between the World Cup and, and this, so, it's been nice to come back. It's been a wonderful summer. The weather's been great. The crowd's been amazing. I think women's cricket has absolutely shone in England over summer, so it's been a huge privilege to be a part of that. I'm gonna head home. Our summer starts pretty soon, so that'll be nice too."

5.40pm Ellyse Perry was just too good today, as she often is in this sport. Was a tricky pitch, surely, but her unbeaten fifty was by far the difference between the two sides today. If it's any consolation, Phoenix end only second last on the table. Their celebrations are muted, and the camraderie between the two sides far more evident. You love it when the sport brings a smile to faces, even if it's because of the spirit of the game here, rather than a decisive result in the context of this competition!

18.4
1
Matthews to Perry, 1 run, And appropriately, Perry shuffles into the offside once more as she looks for the innovative option, scooping this. She doesn't quite middle it, but it still dribbles out to fine leg, and she has a smile on her face as she runs to the other end. Birmingham Phoenix have secured a consolation five-wicket win here.
18.3
4
Matthews to Perry, FOUR, Well, that should ease the nerves, if there were any for the Phoenix in the first place. Perry, the match winner that she is, plays a rather brilliant lofted drive over mid-off to the vacant boundary behind her. Phoenix are almost home now.
18.2
0
Matthews to Perry, no run, Dances down the track as she has done so often today, but she can only drive this back to the bowler. Another dot ball.
18.1
1
Matthews to Dercksen, 1 run, It's on the pads. She sends it out to backward square leg to knock another run off the target here

Just six needed off these last two sets. Surely Perry's done enough to seal the W here?Matthews is back. She has given 10 runs from 10 balls so far. They are taking some time setting up the field right now.

END OF OVER:
18 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | BP-W: 115/5 (6 runs required from 10 balls, RR: 6.38, RRR: 3.00)

  • Ellyse Perry57 (36b)
  • Annerie Dercksen1 (2b)
  • Nicola Carey3.5-0-28-1
  • Kirstie Gordon3.5-0-20-2
17.5
0
Carey to Perry, no run, Perry stepped down the track, but she only middles this drive to extra cover.
17.4
1
Carey to Dercksen, 1 run, Bowled full on the pads. The batter gets off the mark by flicking this out to deep mid-wicket.

Phoenix 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st3D PerrinJ Spence
2nd13A CapseyD Perrin
3rd29EA PerryA Capsey
4th3EA PerryEL Lamb
5th66EA PerryFatima Sana
6th7EA PerryA Dercksen