One Hundred: Southern Brave Defeated Birmingham in the Phoenix Lord Final as Paul Stirling’s Top Score | Cricket news

The brave men of the South did what their women’s teams couldn’t do earlier in the day by winning The Hundred, and James Vince’s team crossed Birmingham in Phoenix’s Lord’s on Saturday night …

The story of the match

Southern Brave became the first men’s champion in a hundred after Paul Stirling’s rapid fire 61 and, thanks to a typically strong bowling performance, they won at the Lord of Birmingham – Liam Livingstone shot too short-sighted for the winning team.

Stirling hit six of six players in their 36-ball ball turn at the Lord, while Ross Whiteley (44 out of 19) hits four of his own highs as Brave gathered for the early layoffs of Quinton de Kock (7) and skipper James Vincen (4). 38-2 out of 35 balls will send 168-5 out of 100 balls, and 138 runs will come in the 65 final delivery.

Brave seamstresses Craig Overton and George Garton limited Phoenix to 14-2 out of their first 20 balls to maintain the initiative – only Livingstone (46 out of 19) then threatened to turn the game in Phoenix’s favor.

However, Tim David made a spectacular save. Tim David got the ball on a plate for him and instead of hitting it with his right foot it cannoned of his left shin wide of the goal.

Skipper Moeen (36 out of 30), Chris Benjamin (23 out of 25) and Benny Howell (20 out of 14) tried their best, but Brave eventually ran out of convincing winners to make sure at least one franchise team tasted victory in Cricket, Brave’s women’s team crashed to win the Oval Invincibles on Saturday in the previous final.

Phoenix still had very weak hopes as 54 were required for 20 balls – but senior death penalty experts Chris Jordan and Tymal Mills conceded only 21 runs out of a total of the last 20 deliveries, of which Mills delivered only five.

Phoenix’s loss was particularly severe for New Zealand’s fast Adam Milne, who recorded significant numbers from 2 to 8 out of 20 balls — where he conceded just three shots out of 15 balls in a 25-point winning game.

Milne’s return was the second most economical hit in the tournament, after the bowler had played his 20 balls, just against the 2-6 London Spirit of the northern Superchargers puck Mujeeb Ur Rahman, including Lord.

DAVID CUTS LIGHTNING LIVINGSTONE

We looked like Livingstone produced a new match-winning inning similar to his fast 90-odd against the Northern Superchargers earlier in the week and England’s record of a 42-ball T20I hundred against Pakistan this summer.

The 28-year-old nailed the third and fourth legal deliveries he faced, in front of George Garton, for six consecutive football seasons and had anointed two maximums and four fours when he reached 45 of 18 balls and became what Shane Warne called “ Beast Mode ”.

Then, however, he paid the price for not running at full load when David smashed the stumps deep. Brave needed 99,99 balls at the time and their most destructive dough in the case. It proved to be a crucial moment.

SUPERB CATCH

The brave field player David took the cap back and Garton swung the catch nicely into the deep midwife, while the fan in the take-off shirt claimed the violence of the crowd!

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