2022 Birmingham Phoenix season

Birmingham Phoenix
2022 season
Coach	Ben Sawyer (women); Daniel Vettori (men);
Captain	Sophie Devine (women); Moeen Ali (men);
Overseas player	Sophie Devine ; Sophie Molineux ; Ellyse Perry ; (women); Deepti Sharma ; Ben Dwarshuis ; Imran Tahir ; Adam Milne ; Kane Richardson ; Tanveer Sangha ; Matthew Wade ; (men);
Ground(s)	Edgbaston
Women	4th
Men	4th
Most runs	Ellyse Perry: 134 (women); Will Smeed: 179 (men);
Most wickets	Emily Arlott: 9 (women); Tom Helm: 14 (men);
← 2021	2023 →

Last updated February 02, 2024

The 2022 season was Birmingham Phoenix's second season of the 100 ball franchise cricket, The Hundred. The season was positive overall for the franchise as both teams performed well, with each missing out on progressing to the knockout stages only due to their net run rate.

Players

Bold denotes players with international caps
Ages are given as of 3 August 2022, the date of the first match of the tournament

Women's side

No.	Name	Nationality	Date of birth (age)	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
10	Phoebe Franklin	England	(1998-02-18)18 February 1998 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
11	Evelyn Jones	England	(1992-08-08)8 August 1992 (aged 29)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium
16	Ria Fackrell	England	(1999-09-16)16 September 1999 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
—	Davina Perrin	England	(2006-09-08)8 September 2006 (aged 15)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
All-rounders
8	Ellyse Perry	Australia	(1990-11-03)3 November 1990 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Overseas player
34	Georgia Elwiss	England	(1991-05-31)31 May 1991 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
77	Sophie Devine	New Zealand	(1989-09-01)1 September 1989 (aged 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Captain; Overseas player
—	Sterre Kalis	Netherlands	(1999-08-30)30 August 1999 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
—	Deepti Sharma	India	(1997-08-24)24 August 1997 (aged 24)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas player
Wicket-keepers
40	Amy Jones	England	(1993-06-13)13 June 1993 (aged 29)	Right-handed	—	Centrally contracted player
79	Gwenan Davies	Wales	(1994-05-12)12 May 1994 (aged 28)	Left-handed	—
Pace bowlers
37	Emily Arlott	England	(1998-02-23)23 February 1998 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
95	Issy Wong	England	(2002-05-15)15 May 2002 (aged 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast
Spin bowlers
9	Abtaha Maqsood	Scotland	(1999-06-11)11 June 1999 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
23	Sophie Molineux	Australia	(1998-01-17)17 January 1998 (aged 24)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Overseas player
48	Kirstie Gordon	England	(1997-10-20)20 October 1997 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox

Men's side

No.	Name	Nationality	Date of birth (age)	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
8	Miles Hammond	England	(1996-01-11)11 January 1996 (aged 26)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
26	Will Smeed	England	(2001-10-26)26 October 2001 (aged 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
28	Tom Abell	England	(1994-03-05)5 March 1994 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Ruled out through injury
80	Dan Mousley	England	(2001-07-08)8 July 2001 (aged 21)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Wildcard player
—	Sol Budinger	England	(1999-08-21)21 August 1999 (aged 22)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Replacement player
All-rounders
2	Graeme van Buuren	South Africa	(1990-08-22)22 August 1990 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	UK passport
9	Brett D'Oliveira	England	(1992-02-28)28 February 1992 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Replacement player
13	Benny Howell	England	(1988-10-05)5 October 1988 (aged 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
18	Moeen Ali	England	(1987-06-18)18 June 1987 (aged 35)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Captain
23	Liam Livingstone	England	(1993-08-04)4 August 1993 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Ruled out through injury
Wicket-keepers
12	Chris Benjamin	South Africa	(1999-04-29)29 April 1999 (aged 23)	Right-handed	—	UK passport
64	Matthew Wade	Australia	(1987-12-26)26 December 1987 (aged 34)	Left-handed	—	Overseas player
Pace bowlers
7	Tom Helm	England	(1994-05-07)7 May 1994 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Replacement player
10	Henry Brookes	England	(1999-08-21)21 August 1999 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
20	Adam Milne	New Zealand	(1992-04-13)13 April 1992 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Overseas player; Ruled out through injury
27	Ben Dwarshuis	Australia	(1994-06-23)23 June 1994 (aged 28)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	Overseas player; Replacement player
55	Kane Richardson	Australia	(1991-02-12)12 February 1991 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Overseas player
63	Timm van der Gugten	Netherlands	(1991-02-25)25 February 1991 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Replacement player
—	Matthew Fisher	England	(1997-11-09)9 November 1997 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Ruled out through injury
—	Olly Stone	England	(1993-10-09)9 October 1993 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Ruled out through injury
—	Chris Woakes	England	(1989-03-02)2 March 1989 (aged 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Centrally contracted player; Ruled out through injury
Spin bowlers
17	Tanveer Sangha	Australia	(2001-11-26)26 November 2001 (aged 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Overseas player; Replacement player
99	Imran Tahir	South Africa	(1979-03-27)27 March 1979 (aged 43)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Overseas player; Ruled out
—	Jack Leach	England	(1991-06-22)22 June 1991 (aged 31)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Centrally contracted player

Standings

advanced to the final
advanced to the eliminator

Women

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
1	Oval Invincibles	6	5	1	10	1.098
2	Southern Brave	6	5	1	10	0.806
3	Trent Rockets	6	3	3	6	0.101
4	Birmingham Phoenix	6	3	3	6	−0.031
5	Northern Superchargers	6	3	3	6	−0.119
6	Manchester Originals	6	2	4	4	−0.478
7	London Spirit	6	2	4	4	−0.557
8	Welsh Fire	6	1	5	2	−0.681

Source: BBC Sport,^[1] ESPN Cricinfo^[2]

Men

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
1	Trent Rockets	8	6	2	12	0.576
2	Manchester Originals	8	5	3	10	0.908
3	London Spirit	8	5	3	10	0.338
4	Birmingham Phoenix	8	5	3	10	−0.172
5	Oval Invincibles	8	4	4	8	0.385
6	Northern Superchargers	8	4	4	8	0.009
7	Southern Brave	8	3	5	6	−0.593
8	Welsh Fire	8	0	8	0	−1.442

Source: BBC Sport,^[3] ESPN Cricinfo^[4]

League stage

Women's fixtures

Due to the shortened women's competition, Birmingham Phoenix did not play against Southern Brave

13 August 2022	Birmingham Phoenix 161/5 (100 balls)	v	Welsh Fire (H) 142/5 (100 overs)	Birmingham Phoenix won by 19 runs
14:30 Scorecard	Birmingham Phoenix 161/5 (100 balls)	v	Welsh Fire (H) 142/5 (100 overs)	Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Umpires: Ian Blackwell (Eng) and Claire Polosak (Aus) Player of the match: Ellyse Perry (Birmingham Phoenix)
14:30 Scorecard	Ellyse Perry 58 (31) Claire Nicholas 2/26 (20 balls)		Tammy Beaumont 39 (34) Georgia Elwiss 2/29 (20 balls)
Welsh Fire won the toss and elected to field. Points: Birmingham Phoenix 2, Welsh Fire 0.

15 August 2022	Trent Rockets 116/9 (100 balls)	v	Birmingham Phoenix (H) 117/2 (91 balls)	Birmingham Phoenix won by 8 wickets
15:00 Scorecard	Trent Rockets 116/9 (100 balls)	v	Birmingham Phoenix (H) 117/2 (91 balls)	Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Paul Baldwin (Eng) and Anna Harris (Eng) Player of the match: Amy Jones (Birmingham Phoenix)
15:00 Scorecard	Elyse Villani 33 (25) Emily Arlott 3/19 (20 balls)		Amy Jones 44* (32) Alana King 1/18 (20 balls)
Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to field. Points: Birmingham Phoenix 2, Trent Rockets 0.

19 August 2022	(H) Birmingham Phoenix 153/4 (100 balls)	v	Northern Superchargers 148/5 (100 balls)	Birmingham Phoenix won by 5 runs
15:30 Scorecard	(H) Birmingham Phoenix 153/4 (100 balls)	v	Northern Superchargers 148/5 (100 balls)	Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Paul Baldwin (Eng) and Anna Harris (Eng) Player of the match: Sophie Molineux (Birmingham Phoenix)
15:30 Scorecard	Amy Jones 48 (28) Alice Davidson-Richards 3/30 (20 balls)		Alyssa Healy 46 (28) Sophie Molineux 2/11 (20 balls)
Northern Superchargers won the toss and elected to field. Points: Birmingham Phoenix 2, Northern Superchargers 0.

23 August 2022	Birmingham Phoenix 106/7 (100 balls)	v	Oval Invincibles (H) 107/2 (87 balls)	Oval Invincibles won by 8 wickets
15:00 Scorecard	Birmingham Phoenix 106/7 (100 balls)	v	Oval Invincibles (H) 107/2 (87 balls)	The Oval, London Umpires: Paul Baldwin (Eng) and Sarah Bartlett (Eng) Player of the match: Alice Capsey (Oval Invincibles)
15:00 Scorecard	Evelyn Jones 29 (29) Alice Capsey 3/15 (20 balls)		Lauren Winfield-Hill 41* (38) Emily Arlott 1/8 (17 balls)
Oval Invincibles won the toss and elected to field. Points: Oval Invincibles 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.

28 August 2022	Manchester Originals 122/6 (100 balls)	v	Birmingham Phoenix (H) 104 (100 balls)	Manchester Originals won by 18 runs
15:30 Scorecard	Manchester Originals 122/6 (100 balls)	v	Birmingham Phoenix (H) 104 (100 balls)	Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Jasmine Naeem (Eng) and Chris Watts (Eng) Player of the match: Sophie Ecclestone (Manchester Originals)
15:30 Scorecard	Emma Lamb 30 (21) Emily Arlott 2/17 (20 balls)		Georgia Elwiss 32 (25) Sophie Ecclestone 3/8 (20 balls)
Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to field. Points: Manchester Originals 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.

30 August 2022	Birmingham Phoenix 82 (94 balls)	v	London Spirit (H) 83/6 (97 balls)	London Spirit won by 4 wickets
15:00 Scorecard	Birmingham Phoenix 82 (94 balls)	v	London Spirit (H) 83/6 (97 balls)	Lord's, London Umpires: Ben Debenham (Eng) and Anna Harris (Eng) Player of the match: Naomi Dattani (London Spirit)
15:00 Scorecard	Evelyn Jones 24 (30) Danielle Gibson 2/12 (15 balls)		Naomi Dattani 28* (29) Emily Arlott 2/9 (20 balls)
London Spirit won the toss and elected to field. Points: London Spirit 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.

Men's fixtures

6 August 2022	Birmingham Phoenix 143/7 (100 balls)	v	Trent Rockets (H) 147/4 (97 balls)	Trent Rockets won by 6 wickets
14:30 Scorecard	Birmingham Phoenix 143/7 (100 balls)	v	Trent Rockets (H) 147/4 (97 balls)	Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: Peter Hartley (Eng) and Steve O'Shaughnessy (Eng) Player of the match: Alex Hales (Trent Rockets)
14:30 Scorecard	Liam Livingstone 47 (28) Daniel Sams 3/24 (20 balls)		Alex Hales 58 (41) Tom Helm 2/11 (12 balls)
Trent Rockets won the toss and elected to field. Points: Trent Rockets 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.

10 August 2022	(H) Birmingham Phoenix 176/4 (100 balls)	v	Southern Brave 123 (85 balls)	Birmingham Phoenix won by 53 runs
18:30 Scorecard	(H) Birmingham Phoenix 176/4 (100 balls)	v	Southern Brave 123 (85 balls)	Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Nick Cook (Eng) and Peter Hartley (Eng) Player of the match: Will Smeed (Birmingham Phoenix)
18:30 Scorecard	Will Smeed 101* (50) Marcus Stoinis 1/12 (10 balls)		Alex Davies 33 (24) Henry Brookes 5/25 (20 balls)
Southern Brave won the toss and elected to field. Points: Birmingham Phoenix 2, Southern Brave 0.

13 August 2022	Birmingham Phoenix 130/7 (100 balls)	v	Welsh Fire (H) 126/5 (100 balls)	Birmingham Phoenix won by 4 runs
18:00 Scorecard	Birmingham Phoenix 130/7 (100 balls)	v	Welsh Fire (H) 126/5 (100 balls)	Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Umpires: Peter Hartley (Eng) and Russell Warren (Eng) Player of the match: Kane Richardson (Birmingham Phoenix)
18:00 Scorecard	Matthew Wade 38 (30) David Payne 2/12 (15 balls)		Tom Banton 44 (32) Kane Richardson 2/15 (20 balls)
Welsh Fire won the toss and elected to field. Points: Birmingham Phoenix 2, Welsh Fire 0.

15 August 2022	Trent Rockets 145/6 (100 balls)	v	Birmingham Phoenix (H) 149/3 (86 balls)	Birmingham Phoenix won by 7 wickets
18:30 Scorecard	Trent Rockets 145/6 (100 balls)	v	Birmingham Phoenix (H) 149/3 (86 balls)	Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Tom Lungley (Eng) and Martin Saggers (Eng) Player of the match: Moeen Ali (Birmingham Phoenix)
18:30 Scorecard	Daniel Sams 55* (25) Benny Howell 3/28 (20 balls)		Moeen Ali 52 (28) Luke Wood 3/17 (20 balls)
Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to field. Points: Birmingham Phoenix 2, Trent Rockets 0.

19 August 2022	Northern Superchargers 169/6 (100 balls)	v	Birmingham Phoenix (H) 137/9 (100 balls)	Northern Superchargers won by 32 runs
19:00 Scorecard	Northern Superchargers 169/6 (100 balls)	v	Birmingham Phoenix (H) 137/9 (100 balls)	Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: James Middlebrook (Eng) and Steve O'Shaughnessy (Eng) Player of the match: David Wiese (Northern Superchargers)
19:00 Scorecard	Adam Lyth 56 (26) Moeen Ali 2/13 (15 balls)		Miles Hammond 31 (27) David Wiese 3/15 (20 balls)
Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to field. Points: Northern Superchargers 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.

23 August 2022	Birmingham Phoenix 166/6 (100 balls)	v	Oval Invincibles (H) 156/8 (100 balls)	Birmingham Phoenix won by 10 runs
18:30 Scorecard	Birmingham Phoenix 166/6 (100 balls)	v	Oval Invincibles (H) 156/8 (100 balls)	The Oval, London Umpires: James Middlebrook (Eng) and Martin Saggers (Eng) Player of the match: Kane Richardson (Birmingham Phoenix)
18:30 Scorecard	Liam Livingstone 45 (32) Matt Milnes 3/32 (20 balls)		Jordan Cox 32 (29) Tom Helm 3/11 (20 balls)
Oval Invincibles won the toss and elected to field. Points: Birmingham Phoenix 2, Oval Invincibles 0.

28 August 2022	Manchester Originals 154/6 (100 balls)	v	Birmingham Phoenix (H) 75 (74 balls)	Manchester Originals won by 79 runs
19:00 Scorecard	Manchester Originals 154/6 (100 balls)	v	Birmingham Phoenix (H) 75 (74 balls)	Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Paul Pollard (Eng) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Tom Hartley (Manchester Originals)
19:00 Scorecard	Phil Salt 56 (38) Benny Howell 3/18 (20 balls)		Will Smeed 31 (17) Tom Hartley 4/22 (20 balls)
Manchester Originals won the toss and elected to bat. Points: Manchester Originals 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.

30 August 2022	(H) London Spirit 139/6 (100 balls)	v	Birmingham Phoenix 140/9 (100 balls)	Birmingham Phoenix won by 1 wicket
18:30 Scorecard	(H) London Spirit 139/6 (100 balls)	v	Birmingham Phoenix 140/9 (100 balls)	Lord's, London Umpires: Mike Burns (Eng) and Martin Saggers (Eng) Player of the match: Matthew Wade (Birmingham Phoenix)
18:30 Scorecard	Ravi Bopara 45 (20) Tom Helm 4/17 (20 balls)		Matthew Wade 81 (42) Mason Crane 4/24 (20 balls)
Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to field. Points: Birmingham Phoenix 2, London Spirit 0.

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References

↑ The Hundred Women tables, BBC Sport.
↑ The Hundred Women's Competition Standings, ESPN Cricinfo
↑ The Hundred Men tables, BBC Sport.
↑ The Hundred Men's Competition Standings, ESPN Cricinfo

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[1] The Hundred Women tables, BBC Sport.

[2] The Hundred Women's Competition Standings, ESPN Cricinfo

[3] The Hundred Men tables, BBC Sport.

[4] The Hundred Men's Competition Standings, ESPN Cricinfo

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