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'Unbelievable' - Fans thrilled as Birmingham Phoenix beat Southern Brave in the Hundred 2022

The Twitter users also heaped their praise on the Birmingham Phoenix and also appreciated the way Will executed his innings against Braves...

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Birmingham Phoenix and Southern Braves crossed their swords in the eighth match of The Hundred 2022. The visitors’ skipper James Vince won the toss and elected to field first against the Phoenix. Batting first, Moeen Ali & co posted a decent total of 176 runs for the loss of four wickets in the allotted 100 balls.

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Later on, Southern Braves fell short of the target by 53 runs and Phoenix’s bowling attack bundled them only on the score of 123 in just 85 balls. The Cambridge-based young batting sensation Will Smeed made it to the headline with his stunning batting performance against the Braves.

The Twitter users also heaped their praise on the Birmingham Phoenix and also appreciated the way Will executed his innings in a short span of time.

Will Smeed guided the Birmingham Phoenix to a handsome win against the Southern Braves

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Batting first, Phoenix lost their two wickets on the score of 57 runs in the form of opener Chris Benjamin and skipper Moeen Ali. It was the time when young opener Will Smeed took the charge and smashed a blistering century-knock of 101 runs off just 50 balls with eight boundaries and six sixes to his name.

It’s quite strange but the second highest scorer for Phoenix in the match other than Will was Liam Livingstone who scored 21 runs off 20 balls. With the help of the 20-year-old’s century, Phoenix ended their inning on 176 runs for the loss of five wickets.

While chasing the target, Southern Braves had a horrible start and they lost their two wickets only on the score of 21 runs. Later on, half of the team of Braves went back to Pavilion before the total score of 100 runs for the team. Eventually, the middle-order collapse for the visitors resulted in their bundling at the score of 123 runs in just 85 balls of the second innings.

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Alex Davies remained the only high-scorer for Braves as he played a struggling knock of 33 runs off 24 balls with two boundaries and a six to his name.

Here’s how Twitter reacted to the win of Birmingham Phoenix:

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