Southern Brave triumphed over Birmingham Phoenix at Edgbaston to go top of the table in The Hundred men's competition.
Southern Brave triumphed over Birmingham Phoenix at Edgbaston to go top of the table in The Hundred men's competition, while Jonny Bairstow edged out his long-time team-mate Joe Root in the battle of the England stars. Brave posted 169-2, the second highest score of the season to date, and that ended up being enough to win the match despite an electric innings from Phoenix's Ben Duckett, who scored more than two thirds of his side's runs.
David Payne and Haris Rauf then delivered a nerveless final set to clinch the win by four runs. The spectacular finale saw four wickets fall in the final 10 balls, with Rashid Khan - the first of the four to fall - becoming the second Rockets batter to be run out after Root had earlier been dismissed in slapstick fashion for 17, via a brilliant throw from Joe Clarke at backward point.
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