- Defending men’s champions claim eight-wicket victory
- Paige Scholfield hits 71 as women’s side win by 45 runs
Oval Invincibles romped to victory under the lights at the Oval as the fourth year of the Hundred got under way. The pace duo of Saqib Mahmood and Mohammad Amir ripped the heart out of Birmingham Phoenix’s batting lineup, after Moeen Ali won the toss and decided to bat, reducing the visitors to 10 for four after just 17 balls.
Amir and Mahmood took two wickets apiece. After Amanda-Jade Wellington took three for nine for the Oval Invincibles women’s team in the day’s first game, another Australian leg-spinner, Adam Zampa, replicated that success with three for 11.
Written by PA Media
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jul/23/the-hundred-oval-invincibles-birmingham-phoenix under the title “Oval Invincibles begin Hundred with double demolition of Birmingham Phoenix”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
