2023 BP-M vs WF-M highlights: Moeen Ali-led Birmingham Phoenix is scheduled to play on the 14th match of the Hundred Men’s Competition 2023, against Tom Abell-led Welsh Fire.
| Match No | The Hundred Men’s Competition 2023, 14th match |
| Match | Birmingham Phoenix vs Welsh Fire |
| Date | August 10, 2023 |
| Toss | Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and opt to bat |
| venue | Edgbaston, Birmingham |
| Result | Welsh Fire won by 6 wickets |
2023 BP-M vs WF-M Playing 11
Birmingham Phoenix Squad
Will Smeed, Ben Duckett, Moeen Ali (c), Liam Livingstone, Jamie Smith (wk), Dan Mousley, Shadab Khan, Benny Howell, Adam Milne, Tom Helm, Kane Richardson
Welsh Fire Squad
Joe Clarke (wk), Luke Wells, Stephen Eskinazi, Tom Abell (c), Glenn Phillips, David Willey, Ben Green, Shaheen Afridi, Roelof van der Merwe, Haris Rauf, David Payne
2023 BP-M vs WF-M Scoreboard
| Team | Scoreboard |
| Birmingham Phoenix | 112/7 |
| Welsh Fire | 116/4 |
2023 BP-M vs WF-M Highlights
Birmingham Phoenix innings
Will Smeed was sent out with 10 runs by Van der Merwe and the other opener Duckett scored 25 runs before being sent out by Van der Merwe.
Jamie Smith was sent out with 11 runs and Moeen had scored 17 runs before being sent out by Payne. Van der Merwe, Haris Rauf, and Payne had scalped two wickets each. Birmingham Phoenix had scored 112 runs losing 7 wickets.
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Will Smeed | c †Clarke b van der Merwe | 10 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 76.92 |
| Ben Duckett | c Haris Rauf b van der Merwe | 25 | 20 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 125 |
| Jamie Smith † | b Haris Rauf | 11 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| Moeen Ali (c) | c van der Merwe b Payne | 17 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 130.76 |
| Liam Livingstone | b Haris Rauf | 28 | 20 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 140 |
| Dan Mousley | c Green b Payne | 10 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 76.92 |
| Shadab Khan | c & b Shaheen Shah Afridi | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Benny Howell | not out | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Adam Milne | not out | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| BOWLING | B | 0s | R | W | RPB | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
| Shaheen Shah Afridi | 20 | 6 | 26 | 1 | 1.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Willey | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Haris Rauf | 20 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Payne | 15 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0.73 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roelof van der Merwe | 15 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 1.06 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Wells | 15 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 1.4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ben Green | 10 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Welsh Fire innings
Stephen Eskinazi had scored 43 runs on 18 deliveries by Howell. Joe Clarke had scored 16 runs on 17 deliveries and was sent out by Howell.
Howell had scalped two wickets while Moeen and Shadab Khan had scalped one wicket each. By the end, Welsh Fire had scored 116 runs losing 4 wickets.
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Stephen Eskinazi | c Mousley b Howell | 43 | 18 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 238.88 |
| Joe Clarke † | st †Smith b Howell | 16 | 17 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 94.11 |
| Luke Wells | lbw b Ali | 2 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Tom Abell (c) | not out | 23 | 18 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 127.77 |
| Glenn Phillips | c & b Shadab Khan | 6 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| David Willey | not out | 15 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 100 |
Bowling
| BOWLING | B | 0s | R | W | RPB | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
| Adam Milne | 10 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kane Richardson | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tom Helm | 5 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Mousley | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shadab Khan | 15 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 1.06 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Benny Howell | 20 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 0.8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Moeen Ali | 20 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 0.75 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Liam Livingstone | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Player of the Match
Stephen Eskinazi | Welsh Fire
Outstanding, we played some really good cricket and it’s really exciting. Watching the women’s game before, we knew the pitch was drier and the new ball was the best time to bat, we did see that taking pace off the ball was making batting tough.
I’m enjoying my batting, we don’t have points to prove, but we didn’t have a couple of great years before. He’s very relaxed (on coach Mike Hussey), had a good chat, has a lot of self-confidence and that shows in the way he makes the team play.
