2021 Birmingham Phoenix season

Birmingham Phoenix
2021 season
Coach	Ben Sawyer (women); Daniel Vettori (men);
Captain	Amy Jones (women); Moeen Ali (men);
Overseas player	Erin Burns; Katie Mack; Shafali Verma; (women); Finn Allen; David Bedingham; Imran Tahir; Adam Milne; (men);
Ground(s)	Edgbaston
Women	3rd
Men	2nd
Most runs	Evelyn Jones: 233 (women); Liam Livingstone: 348 (men);
Most wickets	Kirstie Gordon: 15 (women); Adam Milne: 12 (men);
Most catches	Kirstie Gordon: 4 (women); Will Smeed & Imran Tahir: 5 (men);
	2022 →

The 2021 season was Birmingham Phoenix's first season in the newly established competition The Hundred. Both the men's and women's teams performed well in the competition, qualifying for the knockout stages. Both teams, however, lost their knockout games, the women's team losing in the eliminator match and finishing 3rd overall, while the men's team lost in the final, finishing as runners-up.

Players[edit]

Bold denotes players with international caps
Ages given as of 21 August 2021, the date of the first match played in the tournament

Women's side[edit]

No.	Name	Nationality	Date of birth (age)	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
2	Katie Mack	Australia	(1993-09-14)14 September 1993 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Overseas player
10	Phoebe Franklin	England	(1998-02-18)18 February 1998 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
11	Evelyn Jones	England	(1992-08-08)8 August 1992 (aged 28)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium
17	Shafali Verma	India	(2004-01-28)28 January 2004 (aged 17)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas player
54	Marie Kelly	England	(1996-02-09)9 February 1996 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
—	Ria Fackrell	England	(1999-09-16)16 September 1999 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
All-rounders
29	Erin Burns	Australia	(1988-06-22)22 June 1988 (aged 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas player
34	Georgia Elwiss	England	(1991-05-31)31 May 1991 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
—	Thea Brookes	England	(1993-02-15)15 February 1993 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Wicket-keepers
40	Amy Jones	England	(1993-06-13)13 June 1993 (aged 28)	Right-handed	—	Captain; Centrally contracted player
79	Gwenan Davies	Wales	(1994-05-12)12 May 1994 (aged 27)	Left-handed	—
Pace bowlers
37	Emily Arlott	England	(1998-02-23)23 February 1998 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
95	Issy Wong	England	(2002-05-15)15 May 2002 (aged 19)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast
Spin bowlers
9	Abtaha Maqsood	Scotland	(1999-06-11)11 June 1999 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
48	Kirstie Gordon	England	(1997-10-20)20 October 1997 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox

Men's side[edit]

No.	Name	Nationality	Date of birth (age)	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
8	Miles Hammond	England	(1996-01-11)11 January 1996 (aged 25)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
26	Will Smeed	England	(2001-10-26)26 October 2001 (aged 19)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
32	Finn Allen	New Zealand	(1999-04-22)22 April 1999 (aged 22)	Right-handed	—	Overseas player
45	Daniel Bell-Drummond	England	(1993-08-04)4 August 1993 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
—	David Bedingham	South Africa	(1994-04-22)22 April 1994 (aged 27)	Right-handed	—	Overseas player; Replacement player
—	Adam Hose	England	(1992-10-25)25 October 1992 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
—	Dom Sibley	England	(1995-09-05)5 September 1995 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Centrally contracted player
All-rounders
13	Benny Howell	England	(1988-10-05)5 October 1988 (aged 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
18	Moeen Ali	England	(1987-06-18)18 June 1987 (aged 34)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Captain; Local Icon player
23	Liam Livingstone	England	(1993-08-04)4 August 1993 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
28	Tom Abell	England	(1994-03-05)5 March 1994 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
12	Chris Benjamin	South Africa	(1999-04-29)29 April 1999 (aged 22)	Right-handed	—	Replacement player; UK passport
46	Chris Cooke	South Africa	(1986-05-30)30 May 1986 (aged 35)	Right-handed	—	UK passport
Pace bowlers
7	Tom Helm	England	(1994-05-07)7 May 1994 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
20	Adam Milne	New Zealand	(1992-04-13)13 April 1992 (aged 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Overseas player
22	Dillon Pennington	England	(1999-02-26)26 February 1999 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Wildcard pick
36	Pat Brown	England	(1998-08-23)23 August 1998 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Local Icon player
—	Chris Woakes	England	(1989-03-02)2 March 1989 (aged 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Centrally contracted player
Spin bowlers
99	Imran Tahir	South Africa	(1979-03-27)27 March 1979 (aged 42)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Overseas player

Standings[edit]

advanced to the Final
advanced to the Eliminator

Women[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Southern Brave	8	7	1	0	14	1.056
2	Oval Invincibles	8	4	3	1	9	0.015
3	Birmingham Phoenix	8	4	4	0	8	0.186
4	London Spirit	8	4	4	0	8	0.046
5	Manchester Originals	8	3	4	1	7	0.016
6	Northern Superchargers	8	3	4	1	7	−0.041
7	Trent Rockets	8	3	4	1	7	−0.293
8	Welsh Fire	8	2	6	0	4	−1.017

Source: ESPN Cricinfo,^[1] Sky Sports^[2]

Men[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Birmingham Phoenix	8	6	2	0	12	1.087
2	Southern Brave	8	5	2	1	11	0.034
3	Trent Rockets	8	5	3	0	10	0.035
4	Oval Invincibles	8	4	3	1	9	0.123
5	Northern Superchargers	8	3	4	1	7	0.510
6	Manchester Originals	8	2	4	2	6	−0.361
7	Welsh Fire	8	3	5	0	6	−0.827
8	London Spirit	8	1	6	1	3	−0.641

Source: ESPN Cricinfo,^[3] Sky Sports^[4]

League stage[edit]

Women's fixtures[edit]

July[edit]

23 July 2021	Birmingham Phoenix 128/6 (100 balls)	v	London Spirit 132/7 (96 balls)	London Spirit won by 3 wickets
15:00 Scorecard	Birmingham Phoenix 128/6 (100 balls)	v	London Spirit 132/7 (96 balls)	Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Rob Bailey and Jasmine Naeem Player of the match: Evelyn Jones (Birmingham Phoenix)
15:00 Scorecard	Evelyn Jones 47 (41) Deandra Dottin 2/28 (20 balls)		Naomi Dattani 34 (19) Erin Burns 2/15 (20 balls)
London Spirit won the toss and elected to field. Points: London Spirit 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.

25 July 2021	Birmingham Phoenix 113/9 (100 balls)	v	Manchester Originals 93/8 (100 balls)	Birmingham Phoenix won by 20 runs
14:30 Scorecard	Birmingham Phoenix 113/9 (100 balls)	v	Manchester Originals 93/8 (100 balls)	Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: Neil Mallender and Jasmine Naeem Player of the match: Kirstie Gordon (Birmingham Phoenix)
14:30 Scorecard	Amy Jones 31 (17) Emma Lamb 3/16 (20 balls)		Harmanpreet Kaur 49* (47) Kirstie Gordon 3/14 (20 balls)
Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to bat. Points: Birmingham Phoenix 2, Manchester Originals 0.

30 July 2021	Birmingham Phoenix 140/4 (100 balls)	v	Southern Brave 141/2 (82 balls)	Southern Brave won by 8 wickets
15:00 Scorecard	Birmingham Phoenix 140/4 (100 balls)	v	Southern Brave 141/2 (82 balls)	Rose Bowl, Southampton Umpires: Jasmine Naeem and Russell Warren Player of the match: Danni Wyatt (Southern Brave)
15:00 Scorecard	Amy Jones 42* (26) Amanda-Jade Wellington 2/16 (20 balls)		Danni Wyatt 69* (40) Erin Burns 1/28 (15 balls)
Southern Brave won the toss and elected to field. Points: Southern Brave 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.

August[edit]

1 August 2021	Trent Rockets 145/5 (100 balls)	v	Birmingham Phoenix 134/9 (100 balls)	Trent Rockets won by 11 runs
11:00 Scorecard	Trent Rockets 145/5 (100 balls)	v	Birmingham Phoenix 134/9 (100 balls)	Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Rob Bailey and Jasmine Naeem Player of the match: Heather Graham (Trent Rockets)
11:00 Scorecard	Heather Graham 44 (21) Kirstie Gordon 1/20 (20 balls)		Issy Wong 27 (11) Sammy-Jo Johnson 3/28 (20 balls)
Trent Rockets won the toss and elected to bat. Points: Trent Rockets 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.

4 August 2021	Birmingham Phoenix 129/9 (100 balls)	v	Oval Invincibles 133/2 (97 balls)	Oval Invincibles won by 8 wickets
15:30 Scorecard	Birmingham Phoenix 129/9 (100 balls)	v	Oval Invincibles 133/2 (97 balls)	Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Jasmine Naeem and Martin Saggers Player of the match: Tash Farrant (Oval Invincibles)
15:30 Scorecard	Erin Burns 45 (28) Tash Farrant 3/23 (20 balls)		Dane van Niekerk 67* (51) Kirstie Gordon 2/20 (20 balls)
Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to bat. Points: Oval Invincibles 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.

9 August 2021	Welsh Fire 127/9 (100 balls)	v	Birmingham Phoenix 131/0 (76 balls)	Birmingham Phoenix won by 10 wickets
15:00 Scorecard	Welsh Fire 127/9 (100 balls)	v	Birmingham Phoenix 131/0 (76 balls)	Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Sarah Bartlett and Russell Warren Player of the match: Shafali Verma (Birmingham Phoenix)
15:00 Scorecard	Bryony Smith 38 (36) Kirstie Gordon 2/30 (20 balls)		Shafali Verma 76* (42)
Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to field. Points: Birmingham Phoenix 2, Welsh Fire 0.

13 August 2021	Trent Rockets 125/7 (100 balls)	v	Birmingham Phoenix 129/7 (94 balls)	Birmingham Phoenix won by 3 wickets
15:30 Scorecard	Trent Rockets 125/7 (100 balls)	v	Birmingham Phoenix 129/7 (94 balls)	Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: Rob Bailey and Jasmine Naeem Player of the match: Erin Burns (Birmingham Phoenix)
15:30 Scorecard	Abigail Freeborn 30 (23) Kirstie Gordon 3/26 (20 balls)		Erin Burns 38 (26) Sammy-Jo Johnson 3/22 (19 balls)
Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to field. Points: Birmingham Phoenix 2, Trent Rockets 0.

17 August 2021	Birmingham Phoenix 147/4 (100 balls)	v	Northern Superchargers 133/6 (100 balls)	Birmingham Phoenix won by 14 runs
15:00 Scorecard	Birmingham Phoenix 147/4 (100 balls)	v	Northern Superchargers 133/6 (100 balls)	Headingley, Leeds Umpires: Anna Harris and Steve O'Shaughnessy Player of the match: Evelyn Jones (Birmingham Phoenix)
15:00 Scorecard	Evelyn Jones 64 (47) Katie Levick 2/23 (20 balls)		Lauren Winfield-Hill 64 (38) Issy Wong 2/23 (20 balls)
Northern Superchargers won the toss and elected to field. Points: Birmingham Phoenix 2, Northern Superchargers 0.

Men's fixtures[edit]

July[edit]

23 July 2021	London Spirit 144/6 (100 balls)	v	Birmingham Phoenix 148/7 (97 balls)	Birmingham Phoenix won by 3 wickets
18:30 Scorecard	London Spirit 144/6 (100 balls)	v	Birmingham Phoenix 148/7 (97 balls)	Edgbaston, Birmingham Attendance: 12,137^[5] Umpires: Graham Lloyd and Tim Robinson Player of the match: Zak Crawley (London Spirit)
18:30 Scorecard	Zak Crawley 64 (40) Adam Milne 2/18 (20 balls)		Moeen Ali 40 (30) Mohammad Amir 2/34 (17 balls)
Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to field. Points: Birmingham Phoenix 2, London Spirit 0.

25 July 2021	Birmingham Phoenix 87 (84 balls)	v	Manchester Originals 89/4 (73 balls)	Manchester Originals won by 6 wickets
18:00 Scorecard	Birmingham Phoenix 87 (84 balls)	v	Manchester Originals 89/4 (73 balls)	Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 7,855^[6] Umpires: Steve O'Shaughnessy and Alex Wharf Player of the match: Matt Parkinson (Manchester Originals)
18:00 Scorecard	Moeen Ali 15 (18) Matt Parkinson 4/9 (19 balls)		Jos Buttler 30 (31) Moeen Ali 1/15 (20 balls)
Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to bat. Points: Manchester Originals 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.

30 July 2021	Birmingham Phoenix 151/3 (100 balls)	v	Southern Brave 152/6 (97 balls)	Southern Brave won by 4 wickets
18:30 Scorecard	Birmingham Phoenix 151/3 (100 balls)	v	Southern Brave 152/6 (97 balls)	Rose Bowl, Southampton Umpires: David Millns and Martin Saggers Player of the match: James Vince (Southern Brave)
18:30 Scorecard	Liam Livingstone 68* (44) Jake Lintott 2/13 (15 balls)		James Vince 60 (38) Adam Milne 3/15 (20 balls)
Southern Brave won the toss and elected to field. Points: Southern Brave 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.

August[edit]

1 August 2021	Trent Rockets 144/6 (100 balls)	v	Birmingham Phoenix 145/4 (74 balls)	Birmingham Phoenix won by 6 wickets
14:30 Scorecard	Trent Rockets 144/6 (100 balls)	v	Birmingham Phoenix 145/4 (74 balls)	Edgbaston, Birmingham Attendance: 17,479^[7] Umpires: Nigel Llong and Steve O'Shaughnessy Player of the match: Will Smeed (Birmingham Phoenix)
14:30 Scorecard	Dawid Malan 51 (41) Adam Milne 2/13 (20 balls)		Finn Allen 43 (23) Rashid Khan 3/26 (20 balls)
Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to field. Points: Birmingham Phoenix 2, Trent Rockets 0.

4 August 2021	Oval Invincibles 172/3 (100 balls)	v	Birmingham Phoenix 174/4 (94 balls)	Birmingham Phoenix won by 6 wickets
19:00 Scorecard	Oval Invincibles 172/3 (100 balls)	v	Birmingham Phoenix 174/4 (94 balls)	Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Peter Hartley and Russell Warren Player of the match: Chris Benjamin (Birmingham Phoenix)
19:00 Scorecard	Colin Ingram 81* (43) Pat Brown 2/34 (20 balls)		Moeen Ali 49 (26) Saqib Mahmood 2/34 (20 balls)
Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to field. Points: Birmingham Phoenix 2, Oval Invincibles 0.

9 August 2021	Birmingham Phoenix 184/5 (100 balls)	v	Welsh Fire 91 (74 balls)	Birmingham Phoenix won by 93 runs
18:30 Scorecard	Birmingham Phoenix 184/5 (100 balls)	v	Welsh Fire 91 (74 balls)	Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Steve O'Shaughnessy and Tim Robinson Player of the match: Imran Tahir (Birmingham Phoenix)
18:30 Scorecard	Will Smeed 65* (38) David Payne 3/38 (20 balls)		Ian Cockbain 32 (25) Imran Tahir 5/25 (19 balls)
Welsh Fire won the toss and elected to field. Imran Tahir (Birmingham Phoenix) took a hat-trick. Points: Birmingham Phoenix 2, Welsh Fire 0.

13 August 2021	Birmingham Phoenix 166/6 (100 balls)	v	Trent Rockets 150/9 (100 balls)	Birmingham Phoenix won by 16 runs
19:00 Scorecard	Birmingham Phoenix 166/6 (100 balls)	v	Trent Rockets 150/9 (100 balls)	Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: Peter Hartley and David Millns Player of the match: Liam Livingstone (Birmingham Phoenix)
19:00 Scorecard	Liam Livingstone 50 (31) Sam Cook 2/32 (20 balls)		Steven Mullaney 49 (33) Pat Brown 3/27 (20 balls)
Trent Rockets won the toss and elected to field. Points: Birmingham Phoenix 2, Trent Rockets 0.

17 August 2021	Northern Superchargers 143/8 (100 balls)	v	Birmingham Phoenix 147/2 (74 balls)	Birmingham Phoenix won by 8 wickets
18:30 Scorecard	Northern Superchargers 143/8 (100 balls)	v	Birmingham Phoenix 147/2 (74 balls)	Headingley, Leeds Umpires: Neil Mallender and Russell Warren Player of the match: Liam Livingstone (Birmingham Phoenix)
18:30 Scorecard	Tom Kohler-Cadmore 71 (44) Liam Livingstone 3/25 (20 balls)		Liam Livingstone 92* (40) David Willey 1/26 (10 balls)
Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to field. Points: Birmingham Phoenix 2, Northern Superchargers 0.

Knockout stages[edit]

Women[edit]

After finishing in third position after the group stage, the women's team qualified for the eliminator against second placed Oval Invincibles. They lost the match and did not progress to the final.

20 August 2021
15:00
Scorecard

Oval Invincibles 114/7 (100 balls)	v	Birmingham Phoenix 94 (94 balls)
Marizanne Kapp 37 (37) Kirstie Gordon 2/22 (20 balls)		Amy Jones 35 (25) Tash Farrant 4/10 (19 balls)

Oval Invincibles won by 20 runs
The Oval, London
Umpires: Rob Bailey and Anna Harris
Player of the match: Tash Farrant (Oval Invincibles)

Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to field.

Men[edit]

The men's team finished first in the group stage and, as a result, qualified directly for the final against Southern Brave. They lost the final by 32 runs.

21 August 2021
18:30 (D/N)
Scorecard

Southern Brave 168/5 (100 balls)	v	Birmingham Phoenix 136/5 (100 balls)
Paul Stirling 61 (36) Adam Milne 2/8 (20 balls)		Liam Livingstone 46 (19) Tymal Mills 1/13 (20 balls)

Southern Brave won by 32 runs
Lord's, London
Umpires: Martin Saggers and Alex Wharf
Player of the match: Paul Stirling (Southern Brave)

Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to field.

References[edit]

^ The Hundred Women's Competition Standings, ESPN Cricinfo
^ The Hundred Standings, Sky Sports
^ The Hundred Men's Competition Standings, ESPN Cricinfo
^ The Hundred Standings, Sky Sports
^ "The Hundred: Phoenix vs Spirit". espncricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
^ "The Hundred: Originals vs Phoenix". cricketworld. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
^ "The Hundred: Phoenix vs Rockets". espncricinfo. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

[1] The Hundred Women's Competition Standings, ESPN Cricinfo

[2] The Hundred Standings, Sky Sports

[3] The Hundred Men's Competition Standings, ESPN Cricinfo

[4] The Hundred Standings, Sky Sports

[5] "The Hundred: Phoenix vs Spirit". espncricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2021.

[6] "The Hundred: Originals vs Phoenix". cricketworld. Retrieved 25 July 2021.

[7] "The Hundred: Phoenix vs Rockets". espncricinfo. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

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