The Hundred girls’s competitors, Edgbaston
MI London 120-6 (100 balls): Henry 42 (33); Grey 2-29
Birmingham Phoenix 121-5 (94 balls): Perry 62* (39); Gordon 2-20
Birmingham Phoenix received by 5 wickets
Ellyse Perry hit an outstanding unbeaten half-century to guide Birmingham Phoenix to a five-wicket victory over MI London in The Hundred.
The Australia nice completed on 62 not out from 39 balls as Phoenix, set 121 to win, bought over the road with six balls to spare at Edgbaston.
It’s only a second win of a troublesome marketing campaign for Phoenix however one which ensures they leapfrog MI London and keep away from ending backside of the ladies’s desk.
Having opted to chase, Phoenix have been rapidly on prime as they diminished MI London to 29-3 after which 47-4, earlier than a 57-run stand between West Indies’ Chinelle Henry and captain Hollie Armitage helped get the guests as much as 120-6.
It regarded like being sufficient as Phoenix misplaced Alice Capsey and Emma Lamb in fast succession to slide to 48-4 in reply.
However Perry remained and the 35-year-old confirmed all of her class and expertise to manage the chase from there.
Fatima Sana supplied the assist Perry wanted, scoring 36 from 32 in a fifth-wicket partnership of 66.
The Pakistan skipper could not fairly see it by way of and it was left to Perry, who hit seven fours and two sixes in a cultured knock, to complete the job – drilling a 4 by way of mid-off to stage the scores earlier than profitable it with a fragile scoop.
