Birmingham Phoenix (Men) v Welsh Fire (Men), Live Cricket Score and Commentary, Match 24, The Hundred Mens, 2025

The Hundred Mens Match 24: Birmingham Phoenix (Men) v Welsh Fire (Men) at Birmingham, August 22, 2025

Birmingham Phoenix (Men)

138/9 (100 balls)

Welsh Fire (Men)

140/2 (89 balls)

Finished

WF won by 8 wickets

Birmingham Phoenix (Men) InningBP Inning138/9 (20 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Will Smeed	c B Kellaway b CJ Green	23	17	3	0	135.29
c B Kellaway b CJ Green
Ben Duckett	b RP Meredith	5	7	1	0	71.43
b RP Meredith
Joe Clarke(WK)	c & b B Kellaway	24	12	3	1	200.00
c & b B Kellaway
Liam Livingstone(C)	c J Bairstow b Ajeet Singh Dale	16	9	0	2	177.78
c J Bairstow b Ajeet Singh Dale
Jacob Bethell	c B Kellaway b CJ Green	38	28	2	3	135.71
c B Kellaway b CJ Green
Louis Kimber	c CJ Green b B Kellaway	6	7	1	0	85.71
c CJ Green b B Kellaway
Benny Howell	c DA Payne b RP Meredith	12	15	1	0	80.00
c DA Payne b RP Meredith
Adam Milne	runout (B Kellaway / RP Meredith)	0	2	0	0	0.00
runout (B Kellaway / RP Meredith)
Tim Southee	Not out	1	1	0	0	100.00
Not out
Trent Boult	b CJ Green	7	3	0	1	233.33
b CJ Green
Extra	6 (b 0, w 4, nb 2, lb 0)
Total	138/9 (20)

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
David Payne	3.2	31	0	9.30
Riley Meredith	3.2	25	2	7.50
Ajeet Singh Dale	1.4	26	1	15.60
Saif Zaib	2.3	19	0	7.60
Benjamin Kellaway	2.3	10	2	3.60
Chris Green	3.2	27	3	8.10

Fall of wickets: 1-12 (BM Duckett - 2.3 ov), 2-51 (JM Clarke - 6.2 ov), 3-58 (W Smeed - 7.5 ov), 4-76 (L Livingstone - 9.4 ov), 5-85 (LPJ Kimber - 11.5 ov), 6-124 (BAC Howell - 18.1 ov), 7-124 (A Milne - 18.3 ov), 8-130 (J Bethell - 19.1 ov), 9-138 (T Boult - 19.5 ov)

Welsh Fire (Men) InningWF Inning140/2 (17.4 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Stephen Eskinazi	c & b BAC Howell	42	29	7	0	144.83
c & b BAC Howell
Steven Smith	Not out	47	36	3	2	130.56
Not out
Jonny Bairstow(WK)	b A Milne	35	21	3	2	166.67
b A Milne
Tom Abell(C)	Not out	6	3	1	0	200.00
Not out
Extra	10 (b 5, w 0, nb 0, lb 5)
Total	140/2 (17.4)

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Trent Boult	2.3	28	0	11.20
Adam Milne	2.3	32	1	12.80
Chris Wood	1.4	13	0	7.80
Benny Howell	3.2	17	1	5.10
Liam Livingstone	2.3	22	0	8.80
Tim Southee	2.2	18	0	7.71

Fall of wickets: 1-72 (S Eskinazi - 9.1 ov), 2-122 (J Bairstow - 16.2 ov)

Man of the Match

Benjamin Kellaway

Date

2025-08-22 23:00 PM

Venue

Edgbaston, Birmingham

Toss

Welsh Fire (Men) elected to bowl

Umpires

Tv Umpires

Match Referee