MI London 157 for six (Pooran 36, Rehan 2-7) beat Birmingham Phoenix 155 for 7 (Weatherley 42, Gleeson 2-29) by two runs
MI London had the lights turned out on their hopes of claiming a fourth straight title regardless of beating bottom-placed Birmingham Phoenix in a nip-and-tuck ultimate group match.
Because the Edgbaston crowd have been handled to a photo voltaic eclipse, the guests knew they wanted to win by no less than 59 runs to take third place from SunRisers Leeds and qualify for the play-off on their residence patch after Phoenix received a vital toss and elected to subject.
Dickson (23 from 17) fell lbw to Sam Curran, who then had Weatherley (42 from 31) caught within the deep because the hosts misplaced momentum however Jordan Thompson (23* from 13) and Rehan Ahmed (23 from 11) took them shut earlier than Trent Boult held his nerve on the dying, nailing his yorkers to seal a two-run victory.
Earlier, Will Jacks had made a optimistic begin for MI London earlier than falling to Chris Wooden after slicing to deep level. James Vince appeared in good contact and Nicholas Pooran introduced his arrival by dispatching Tom Helm for 10 runs in two deliveries, however Helm got here again to bowl Vince (22 off 12) with a back-of-the-hand slowie.
Rehan then put the brakes on by deceiving Sam Curran with a googly and conceded simply three runs from his first 10 deliveries, together with six consecutive dots.
Thompson took the important thing wicket of Pooran (36 from 21) when the Trinidadian holed out to long-off earlier than Jason Roy (26 off 21) grew to become Rehan’s second sufferer. Curiously, boasting figures of two for 7 from 15 balls, the leg-spinner wasn’t known as upon to finish his quota.
Raza (17 from 13), Ollie Sykes (23* off 14) on debut and Tom Curran (17* off 9) performed helpful cameos however MI London’s whole by no means appeared ample to supply the miracle they wanted.
With the reigning champions eradicated from the competitors, SunRisers Leeds will now play Manchester Tremendous Giants on Friday night on the Kia Oval, with the prize of a Lord’s ultimate towards Trent Rockets at stake.
Gleeson, the Meerkat Match Hero, stated: “To win 5 video games and never qualify when two groups have executed the identical as us is disappointing, however that exhibits the energy of the competitors and you have to be on prime of your sport all through – 30, 40, 50 runs could make an enormous distinction.”
