BP-M 136/5 (100 balls, Benny Howell 20 *, Chris Benjamin 23 *, Chris Jordan 0/38)

21.11 So the brave women will make it to the finals, but the brave men will make sure the South Coast franchise doesn’t go home empty-handed today. Stirling, Whiteley, David, Garton, Jordan, Lintott, Mills … today there is no shortage of heroes on the winning side. Real teamwork. Phoenix started the Powerplay game terribly slowly, but Livingstone corrected it until David’s sharp poetry got Livingstone’s head in the clouds and almost closed the final in favor of Southern Brave.

Here is Southern Brave Captain James Vince: “First of all, I want to say a good job to Birmingham Phoenix. They played really well and made it difficult for us. Last night I said it was our most complete performance. followed by Whiteley.It’s been a different person in every game.Ross, when he has a chance, has been great in the tournament and Stirlo, I told him that he converted one of these quick initiatives he makes us leave and get us the winning innings was exceptional. Livyn out at the moment, an exceptional field and a little luck to get rid of him, but it came at a crucial time.I think the team has coagulated well together in a short time and it has been the key to success.Getting a chance to play here in full house this Saturday night is awesome, perfect decision on competition. “

And now James Vince raises the gilded H-shaped championship. The brave team has left the stage and is now enjoying moments of victory with the audience.

Match Hero on Paul Stirling: “I think it was a great team performance. Everyone came back in because I’ve been involved. Another good day for the boys and we finally got it off well. I thought it was a harder start than we had in the latest games. in the second half of the day and I’m glad I was able to do some of it before the boys decided on it. We try not to put too much pressure on ourselves by playing in front of the Lord’s full house.

The men’s 100 MVPs decided the PCA’s MVP ranking formula is … Liam Livingstone: “Obviously very disappointed [we couldn’t win] but with the Lord in front of a house full of play is a great day. We were won by a great team. You don’t play in the finals every day, so you want to soak everything in and a better team beat us. I think it’s been years of hard work traveling around the world to improve my own game in various franchise tournaments and now it’s great that we have our own. It’s been great to see so many kids here today. It’s been great. We didn’t know what to expect at the start of the tournament, but it’s got stronger and stronger. Selling the plot is great and hopefully it can grow in the future. In the end, the better team beat us during the day, but that doesn’t take away from the fact that we played really good cricket throughout the tournament. “

This concludes our review of The Hundred’s inaugural tournament. We hope you enjoy the daily flood of double-headed women / men covered by ESPNcricinfo. Matt Roller, Andrew Miller, Alan Gardner, Valkerie Baynes, Varun Shetty and the other members of the 100 coverage team I am Peter Della Penna. To take care!