Rashid Khan concedes 59 as Liam Livingstone powers Phoenix to win over Invincibles

Birmingham Phoenix secured their first win of the season as they chased down the defending champions' 180 for 8, which was achieved thanks to a brutal unbeaten half-century from Donovan Ferreira

ECB Media | 12/08/2025 at 21:30

Edgbaston: Oval Invincibles 180-8, Birmingham Phoenix 182-6 - Birmingham Phoenix won by four wickets

A brilliant unbeaten 69 from Liam Livingstone saw Birmingham Phoenix chase down Oval Invincibles' 180 for 8 with two balls to spare in a tense finish in the Men's Hundred at Edgbaston.

South African Donovan Ferreira blazed a spectacular 63 from 29 balls for the Invincibles but was upstaged by the Phoenix skipper, who hit five sixes in his match-winning 27-ball innings.

Inserted by the home side, Invincibles lost Will Jacks' second ball and reached 31 for 2 after the 25-ball powerplay.

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^{Liam Livingstone celebrates the winning moment (ECB Media)}

The score quickly became 34 for 3 after the loss of Sam Curran before the Invincibles recovered through Jordan Cox and Sam Billings to reach 70 for 3 at halfway, losing Billings soon after.

Enter Ferreira, who started positively, depositing Tim Southee for a maximum over wide long-on to bring up the Invincibles' 100 after 65 balls.

Cox fell for 44, but Ferreira continued unperturbed, reaching his half-century off 24 deliveries with another huge six.

The Invincibles finished strong, the penultimate set from Mousley conceding 25, including two sixes and two lots of five wides, while Rashid Khan (16) contributed two maximums of his own as the Invincibles closed on 180 for 8.

The Phoenix run chase started slowly, Aussie left-armer Jason Behrendorff bowling the first 10 balls straight through and conceding just five.

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^{Rashid Khan endured a tough night with the ball (ECB Media)}

Saqib Mahmood then took the big wicket of Ben Duckett with his third ball, but Will Smeed wrestled some of the initiative back with back-to-back sixes.

Smeed (51 off 29) was bowled by Nathan Sower one ball after reaching his fifty to see the score slip to 91 for 3, Jacob Bethell then went 20 runs later.

Livingstone responded by smashing Khan, who conceded 59, the most expensive figures in the competition's history, for 26 in five balls and combined with Mousley to leave three needed from five.

Mahmood then removed Mousley and Louis Kimber with successive balls, but Benny Howell drove the hat-trick ball through cover to secure the win.