Birmingham Phoenix beats Welsh Fire by 4 runs in 12th match of The Hundred Men's Competition 2022.
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The 12th Match of The Hundred Men's Competition 2022 was played yesterday bitween Birmingham Phoenix vs Welsh Fire at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, in which Birmingham Phoenix won the match by 4 runs.
Welsh Fire won the toss and invited Birmingham Phoenix to bat first, Birmingham Phoenix batted first and started the inning not very well, Matthew Wade scored 38 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 1 boundary in just 30 balls, and Benny Howell played an unbeaten inning of 21 runs in 11 balls, Chris Benjamin scored 18 runs in 15 balls, Miles 17 runs in 19 balls, Tom Helm 13 runs in 10 balls, Moeen Ali 10 runs in 7 balls, apart from this, Liam Livingstone 4 runs, Henry Brooks remains unbeaten for 2 runs, and Will Smeed dismissed without scoring, in this way Birmingham Phoenix scored 130 runs after losing 7 wickets in 100 balls and set a target of 131 runs in front of Welsh Fire.
Welsh Fire bowlers David Payne took 2 wickets for 12 runs in 15 balls, George Scrimshaw took 2 wickets for 22 runs in 20 balls, Jake Ball, Josh Cobb, and Adam Zampa got 1-1 wicket.
Welsh Fire chasing 131 runs in the second inning they could manage just 126 runs after losing 5 wickets in 100 balls, Welsh Fire also started the inning not very well, Tom Banton played a very brilliant inning of 44 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 2 boundaries in just 32 balls, David Miller played a brilliant unbeaten inning of 35 runs with the help of 2 sixes in 30 balls, Sam Hain scored 23 runs in just 15 balls, apart from this, no any batsman could play well and stay in the crease, Josh Cobb dismissed just for 9 runs, Ben Duckett 7 runs, Dwaine Pretorius remains unbeaten for 4 runs, and Joe Clarke dismissed without scoring, in this way, Welsh Fire could manage just 126 runs for losing 5 wickets in 100 balls and lost the match by just 4 runs.
Birmingham Phoenix bowlers Kane Richardson took 2 wickets for 15 runs in 20 balls, Tom Helm took 2 wickets for 35 runs in 20 balls, and Benny Howell got 1 wicket for 12 runs in 20 balls.
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