# 2021 Birmingham Phoenix season

The 2021 season was Birmingham Phoenix's first season in the newly established competition The Hundred. Both the men's and women's teams performed well in the competition, qualifying for the knockout stages. Both teams, however, lost their knockout games, the women's team losing in the eliminator match and finishing 3rd overall, while the men's team lost in the final, finishing as runners-up.

## Players

* Bold denotes players with international caps
* Ages given as of 21 August 2021, the date of the first match played in the tournament

### Women's side

| No. | Name | Nationality | Date of birth (age) | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
| Batters |||||||
| 2 | Katie Mack | Australia | (1993-09-14)14 September 1993 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Overseas player |
| 10 | Phoebe Franklin | England | (1998-02-18)18 February 1998 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 11 | Evelyn Jones | England | (1992-08-08)8 August 1992 (aged 28) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | |
| 17 | Shafali Verma | India | (2004-01-28)28 January 2004 (aged 17) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Overseas player |
| 54 | Marie Kelly | England | (1996-02-09)9 February 1996 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| — | Ria Fackrell | England | (1999-09-16)16 September 1999 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| All-rounders |||||||
| 29 | Erin Burns | Australia | (1988-06-22)22 June 1988 (aged 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Overseas player |
| 34 | Georgia Elwiss | England | (1991-05-31)31 May 1991 (aged 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| — | Thea Brookes | England | (1993-02-15)15 February 1993 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||
| 40 | Amy Jones | England | (1993-06-13)13 June 1993 (aged 28) | Right-handed | — | Captain; Centrally contracted player |
| 79 | Gwenan Davies | Wales | (1994-05-12)12 May 1994 (aged 27) | Left-handed | — | |
| Pace bowlers |||||||
| 37 | Emily Arlott | England | (1998-02-23)23 February 1998 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 95 | Issy Wong | England | (2002-05-15)15 May 2002 (aged 19) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | |
| Spin bowlers |||||||
| 9 | Abtaha Maqsood | Scotland | (1999-06-11)11 June 1999 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| 48 | Kirstie Gordon | England | (1997-10-20)20 October 1997 (aged 23) | 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 25) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| 26 | Will Smeed | England | (2001-10-26)26 October 2001 (aged 19) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| 32 | Finn Allen | New Zealand | (1999-04-22)22 April 1999 (aged 22) | Right-handed | — | Overseas player |
| 45 | Daniel Bell-Drummond | England | (1993-08-04)4 August 1993 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| — | David Bedingham | South Africa | (1994-04-22)22 April 1994 (aged 27) | Right-handed | — | Overseas player; Replacement player |
| — | Adam Hose | England | (1992-10-25)25 October 1992 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| — | Dom Sibley | England | (1995-09-05)5 September 1995 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Centrally contracted player |
| All-rounders |||||||
| 13 | Benny Howell | England | (1988-10-05)5 October 1988 (aged 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 18 | Moeen Ali | England | (1987-06-18)18 June 1987 (aged 34) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | Captain; Local Icon player |
| 23 | Liam Livingstone | England | (1993-08-04)4 August 1993 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| 28 | Tom Abell | England | (1994-03-05)5 March 1994 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||
| 12 | Chris Benjamin | South Africa | (1999-04-29)29 April 1999 (aged 22) | Right-handed | — | Replacement player; UK passport |
| 46 | Chris Cooke | South Africa | (1986-05-30)30 May 1986 (aged 35) | Right-handed | — | UK passport |
| Pace bowlers |||||||
| 7 | Tom Helm | England | (1994-05-07)7 May 1994 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| 20 | Adam Milne | New Zealand | (1992-04-13)13 April 1992 (aged 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Overseas player |
| 22 | Dillon Pennington | England | (1999-02-26)26 February 1999 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Wildcard pick |
| 36 | Pat Brown | England | (1998-08-23)23 August 1998 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Local Icon player |
| — | Chris Woakes | England | (1989-03-02)2 March 1989 (aged 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Centrally contracted player |
| Spin bowlers |||||||
| 99 | Imran Tahir | South Africa | (1979-03-27)27 March 1979 (aged 42) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Overseas player |

## Standings

advanced to the Final  advanced to the Eliminator

### Women

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Southern Brave | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1.056 |
| 2 | Oval Invincibles | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.015 |
| 3 | Birmingham Phoenix | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.186 |
| 4 | London Spirit | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.046 |
| 5 | Manchester Originals | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0.016 |
| 6 | Northern Superchargers | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | −0.041 |
| 7 | Trent Rockets | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | −0.293 |
| 8 | Welsh Fire | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −1.017 |

### Men

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Birmingham Phoenix | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1.087 |
| 2 | Southern Brave | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0.034 |
| 3 | Trent Rockets | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.035 |
| 4 | Oval Invincibles | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.123 |
| 5 | Northern Superchargers | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0.510 |
| 6 | Manchester Originals | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | −0.361 |
| 7 | Welsh Fire | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | −0.827 |
| 8 | London Spirit | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | −0.641 |

## Knockout stages
### Women

After finishing in third position after the group stage, the women's team qualified for the eliminator against second placed Oval Invincibles. They lost the match and did not progress to the final.
* 20 August 2021 15:00 Scorecard
| Oval Invincibles 114/7 (100 balls) | v | Birmingham Phoenix 94 (94 balls) |
| Marizanne Kapp 37 (37) Kirstie Gordon 2/22 (20 balls) | | Amy Jones 35 (25) Tash Farrant 4/10 (19 balls) |
* Oval Invincibles won by 20 runs The Oval, London Umpires: Rob Bailey and Anna Harris Player of the match: Tash Farrant (Oval Invincibles)
* Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to field.

### Men

The men's team finished first in the group stage and, as a result, qualified directly for the final against Southern Brave. They lost the final by 32 runs.
* 21 August 2021 18:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Southern Brave 168/5 (100 balls) | v | Birmingham Phoenix 136/5 (100 balls) |
| Paul Stirling 61 (36) Adam Milne 2/8 (20 balls) | | Liam Livingstone 46 (19) Tymal Mills 1/13 (20 balls) |
* Southern Brave won by 32 runs Lord's, London Umpires: Martin Saggers and Alex Wharf Player of the match: Paul Stirling (Southern Brave)
* Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to field.