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The Hundred men's competition, Sophia Gardens
Welsh Fire 146-8 (100 balls): Kohler-Cadmore 54 (32); Abbott 4-16
Birmingham Phoenix 149-5 (93 balls): Moeen 60 (46); Rauf 2-24
Birmingham Phoenix won by 5 wickets
Scorecard Table
Birmingham Phoenix survived a chaotic illness to separator past Welsh Fire pinch a five-wicket triumph astatine Sophia Gardens.
Phoenix were cruising successful pursuit of 147, adding an opening guidelines of 114 betwixt Moeen Ali and Ben Duckett - earlier slipping from 133-1 to 138-5.
With conscionable 15 needed from 20 balls and 9 wickets successful hand, Phoenix mislaid 3 wickets successful 5 balls to ignite hopes of nan astir improbable Fire victory.
Jamie Smith was bowled by Pakistan seamer Haris Rauf, Liam Livingstone was tally retired by David Willey and Dan Mousley was pinned lbw first ball.
But England Test opener Ben Duckett, who watched nan play unfold from nan non-striker's end, held his nervus to decorativeness 54 not retired and spot Phoenix complete nan statement pinch 7 balls to spare.
Moeen's sublime 60 from 46 balls group Phoenix up for nan win, ensuring nan consequence was ever weighted successful their favour contempt nan madness successful nan last stages.
Earlier, Tom Kohler-Cadmore's 54 from 32 balls group up Fire's 146-8, but they mislaid wickets regularly and struggled to build capable partnerships to station a threatening score.
Fast bowler Sean Abbott was named Match Hero for his 4-16.
The triumph takes Phoenix to 3rd successful nan table, and they request to triumph their remaining 2 games to support their qualification hopes successful their ain hands.
Fire are not mathematically eliminated but their hopes of finishing successful nan apical 3 are very slim, needing to triumph their past crippled against Southern Brave and for nan teams supra them to suffer their remaining games.
Welsh Fire were well-placed for a competitory people astatine 119-4, earlier Glenn Phillips' dismissal saw nan location broadside gaffe to 134-8.
Phoenix past produced a good effort astatine nan decease arsenic Fire only managed 27 runs from nan past 20 balls.
Moeen and Duckett added a chanceless 114 for nan first wicket, arsenic Fire took 73 balls to make nan first breakthrough.
The Phoenix mislaid 4 wickets for 5 runs successful 7 balls successful a calamitous decorativeness earlier Benny Howell calmed nan nerves pinch nan winning boundary.
There are 2 much double-headers taking spot connected Sunday, pinch Oval Invincibles taking connected London Spirit (women's crippled astatine 11:00 BST and nan men's astatine 14:30) and Manchester Originals facing Northern Superchargers (women's crippled astatine 14:30 BST and nan men's astatine 18:00).
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