Liam Livingstone brilliantly lead Birmingham Phoenix home in a thrilling chase of 181 against defending champions Oval Invincibles in The Hundred.
The Phoenix needed 61 runs from 24 balls with six wickets left before captain Livingstone struck five balls from superstar Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan for 26 runs, with three sixes and two fours.
With 22 required from the last 10, he thrashed Tom Curran for another two sixes to put Phoenix on the brink.
Then, with three to defend from the last five, Saqib Mahmood took two wickets in two balls but Benny Howell drove a four and Livingstone finished 69 not out from 27 – Phoenix completing the third-highest chase in The Hundred with four wickets and two balls to spare.
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