Liam Livingstone continued his good form in a hundred with a strong all-round display-2-26 with the ball before scoring an unbeaten 45 from 20 balls to guide the first-one to guide Phoenix.
Chasing 127, which Clarke hit 25-gend 54 to give Phoenix a solid platform and Captain Livingstone completed the work with a knock that included five sixes and one four.
The 32 -year -old, who hit an unbeaten 69 in Phoenix’s victory against two -time defending champion Oval Invinebers on Tuesday, now has the highest number of runs with 211 in the hundred of this season.
Dastak further strengthened the reputation of Livingstone, one of the best finisars in hundred. He has scored 543 runs in 17 innings at an impressive average of 49.36 and has chased.
However, he was excluded from the England squad, which was declared for the series against South Africa and Ireland on Friday.
Phoenix Skipper also raised the wickets of Spirit Opener David Warner and Oli Pope as Phoenix bowlers gave a masterclass in death bowling to ban the soul by 126–6 after deciding to bowl first.
“This is a big win for us, we needed it,” Livingstone said after the game.
“We are against it in this tournament, we know that we are, but whatever we can do can win the game and try to improve our run-rate, then we will see where we are.”
The tone was set quickly when Trent Bault sent back to Spirit opener Jamie Smith for a duck and although Kane Williamson offered some resistance with 29-gent 33, Phoenix never let the speed go away.
Remandable, he did not accept a single limit in the final 15 delivery as Bault and Adam Milne tightened the screws to set the stage for victory.
Her second win of the season, Finix, looks at Leapfrog to the sixth place on a better net run-rate. With eight digits, they are also with Manchester Original and Dakshin Bahadur.
