The Hundred 2025, Match 28: Manchester Originals vs Birmingham Phoenix full match highlights and scorecard

On the 28th fixture of The Hundred 2025, Manchester Originals met Birmingham Phoenix at Emirates Old Trafford in Manchester. The home captain, Phil Salt, won the toss and decided to bat first on a dry surface. 

Manchester decided to leave out Lewis Gregory from the playing eleven, with Ish Sodhi and Tom Hartley coming into the side. On the flip side of the coin, Birmingham brought back Dan Mousley and Liam Patterson-White while Louis Kimber and Tim Southee took a rest from the successive games.

Manchester Originals post 109/7 in first innings

The captain of the Originals, Phil Salt, smashed 31 runs in 20 balls at a strike rate of 155, shouldering on two boundaries and three sixes. Their middle order couldn’t bat well, while Heinrich Klassen smashed 34 runs in 35 balls at a strike rate of less than 100, thanks to two boundaries and one six.

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Their lower order didn’t contribute much with the bat as they could post only 109 runs on the board in their allotted 100 balls for the loss of seven wickets.

Birmingham Phoenix chase down target by seven wickets

The left-handed opening batter, Ben Duckett, remained unbeaten in the second innings during the chase with 49 runs in 38 balls at a strike rate of 128.95, scoring five boundaries and two over boundaries.

The number three batter of the batting department, the wicket-keeper batter, Joe Clarke, smashed 40 runs in 21 deliveries at a strike rate of over 190, with the help of four boundaries and two sixes as they chased down the score by seven wickets in hand with 17 balls to spare.

Only Josh Tongue picked up two wickets in his spell of 20 balls, while Sonny Baker picked up one wicket in 20 balls.

Match Scorecard Summary-

Manchester Originals- 109/7 (100)
Batters	Runs (Balls)	Best Bowling Scorecard
Heinrich Klassen	34 (35)	Liam Livingstone- 2/11
Phil Salt (c)	31 (20)	Chris Wood- 2/11
Rachin Ravindra	13 (07)	Benny Howell- 1/17

Birmingham Phoenix- 113/3 (83)
Batters	Runs (Balls)	Best Bowling Scorecard
Ben Duckett	49 (38) *	Josh Tongue- 2/34
Joe Clarke (wk.)	40 (21)	Sonny Baker- 1/20
Will Smeed	13 (12)