Overview
- Welsh Fire chased 138 and won by seven wickets at Edgbaston on Saturday with Joe Root unbeaten on 58 off 40 balls to finish the match with a reverse-scoop and a single.
- Root and Phil Salt put on a decisive 77-run opening partnership with Salt scoring 46 from 36 balls and Root anchoring the chase as other top-order batters provided support.
- Birmingham Phoenix looked strong early at 53-1 but collapsed to 137-9 after a middle-order implosion that included two run-outs and a 53-1 to 79-5 slide.
- Welsh Fire's bowlers turned the game with Marco Jansen and Lockie Ferguson taking two wickets each as the side used five international bowlers to apply sustained pressure.
- The win is Welsh Fire's third of the summer and lifts their position in The Hundred standings while Phoenix drop nearer the bottom, and the result highlights how one anchored chase and a quick collapse can swing short-format momentum.