Southern Brave secured their first win of the Hundred season by beating Birmingham Phoenix by 12 runs, moving above Phoenix and off the bottom of the men’s table. The result mattered because Brave successfully defended a modest total of 128 and improved their position to seventh on net run-rate.

Phoenix finished on 116-9 from 100 balls after needing 14 from the final five deliveries. Luke Wood took 3-24, including two wickets from the opening balls of the last set, while Saqib Mahmood was run out; Marcus Stoinis made 34 and took 2-16, and Rehan Ahmed’s 3-25 had helped restrict Brave earlier.