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6 days ago
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9.11pm BST
There it is. The club lost the women’s final earlier today, but will take home a big H trophy for the men. They had what you need in this format: several contributors with the bat. Stirling, Davies, David and the turbocharge at the end from Whiteley got them to a big score.
Then it was over to a very good, varied, disciplined bowling attack to defend 169. Three left-armers, high pace and slower balls, wrist spin, lots of tricks in the bag.
9.11pm BST
100 balls: Birmingham Phoenix 136-5 (Benjamin 23, Howell 20) All a bit meandering in the final over, but Jordan at least is still has the good grace to look annoyed: Benny Howell slices away four off an outside edge, then opens the face and drives nicely through backward point for another, and finishes the innings with a third through cover.
