Will Jacks hits fifty in nervy MI London win as Brave lose again
Jamie Smith top-scores with 49 off 26 for home side but Marcus Stoinis three-for can't salvage result
27/07Result
9th Match (D/N), The Hundred Men's Competition at Southampton, Jul 27 2026
Player of the Match
27/07Result
9th Match (D/N), The Hundred Men's Competition at Southampton, Jul 27 2026
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
Best performances - Bowlers
MP Stoinis
- O4
- M1
- R17
- W3
- Eco4.25
| 1W | ||||
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | ||||
TA Boult
- O4
- M1
- R15
- W2
- Eco3.75
| 1W |
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | ||||
Match Details
Toss
MI London (Men) , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
27 July 2026 - day/night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
MI London (Men) 4, Southern Brave (Men) 0
Balls per over
5
Scorecard Summary
SOUTHERN BRAVE (MEN) 129/9 (20 OVERS)
- Tristan Stubbs38 (31)
- Jamie Smith49 (26)
- Trent Boult2/15 (4)
- Sam Curran2/22 (4)
MI LONDON (MEN) 130/7 (20 OVERS)
- Sam Curran30 (29)
- Will Jacks54 (41)
- Marcus Stoinis3/17 (4)
- Nikhil Chaudhary1/21 (3)
Commentator: Matt Roller
END OF OVER:20 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | MIL-M: 130/7 | RR: 6.50
- Ollie Pope6 (4b)
- Trent Boult1 (2b)
- Nikhil Chaudhary2.5-0-21-1
- Nikhil Chaudhary2.5-0-21-1
9.40pm: A second win for MI London, recovering from their defeat at Welsh Fire on Saturday. They play again on Wednesday night with the season's first London derby at The Oval. Thanks for joining us, and we'll be back for more Hundred action tomorrow.
Will Jacks is player of the match. "[Nerves?] Very tight one at the end, very relieved to get over the line. Tricky little surface. Just happy to win. [Chasing 130?] We knew we were in the game. [Role?] We've spoken about sometimes the new ball can be the hardest time to bat. It was about assessing the conditions and taking it deeper. We lost two wickets and I had to play that role. [Opening?] I've always been an opener. I'll always do whatever's needed. My role for England is one I've grown to absolutely love. [Confidence?] A watershed moment, if you wins those games, it propels the group forward."
9.35pm: A low-scoring thriller! Southern Brave stay winless. They just didn't get enough runs in the end. Smith and Stubbs did their best in the first innings but MI London bowled well, adapting to conditions on a tricky surface. Jacks and Curran anchored the chase before Rutherford's impressive cameo, but it needed Pope's 6 not out off 4 balls to get them over the line after some twitchy lower-order batting against Chaudhary at the death.
Shadow-Shell: "Back to back to last ball thrillers today. Wooh!"
Brian: "At 97, why didn't they settle for 1 and leave Pope on strike?" -- Pressure does funny things to people's decision-making!
19.5
2
Chaudhary to Pope, 2 runs, sliced over the infield, Pope has done it! Back of a length, Pope has a hard slash, and gets just enough bat on it to take it over the sprawling point fielder. They come back for a pointless third, which won't count, as Zaib chases after it, but the headline is that MI London take the points!
How are your nerves, Nikhil Chaudhary?
Pope on strike for the last ball. A dot or a wicket wins it for the Brave. A single means a tie, no Super Over. A two or a boundary means MI London take the points.
19.4
1
Chaudhary to Boult, 1 run, swung into the leg side, half-stopped by the diving short midwicket fielder! Parried down to long-on and they consider two, but decide against it
Chaudhary's wound has been patched up. Short extra cover and short midwicket in tight.
3 off 2 is the equation. This delay won't be helping Boult's nerves. Long delay now. It's been a few minutes.
Sam: "Yeesh, that is one bloody cut! Crazy effort though" -- Yep, the blood was pouring out. Nasty stuff. Good reminder how just how hard a cricket ball is!
On comes physio Craig de Weymarn, formerly of England. He'll need to get this strapped up. Looks painful. Lots of blood! He's clearly in some serious pain. He's got some kind of bandage on the wound to try and stop the bleeding. Now the physio is strapping him up.
19.3
0
Chaudhary to Boult, no run, drilled straight back, Chaudhary nearly hangs onto a stinger! Incredible effort. Full ball, nailed back at him, straight out of the middle. Chaudhary got down so well, scooping this up just short of the turf, but it just wouldn't stick for him. He's got a massive cut on his left hand as a result too
3 off 3, with Trent Boult of all people on strike! No Super Over in the group stage, so a tie would mean points shared. Short fine leg moves to short midwicket. In fact, another man comes in at midwicket. So three in on the off side, two on the leg side.
19.2
W
Chaudhary to Rashid Khan, 1 run, OUT, full and flighted, Rashid sweeps hard... he's running through treacle as Archer fires in the throw from deep square leg, and he's way short of his ground! Rashid just didn't get out of the blocks at all, and wasn't even in shot as Smith whipped the bails off! Great work from Archer in the deep
Rashid Khan run out 4 (4m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 133.33
4 off 4
19.1
2
Chaudhary to Rashid Khan, 2 runs, brings out the reverse, just out of reach for Abell, the sub fielder, as he scrambles back from the edge of the ring. Diving at full stretch but can't get under it, and Rashid gets back for the second
Chaudhary to finish up. 6 off 5.
END OF OVER:19 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | MIL-M: 124/6 (6 runs required from 5 balls, RR: 6.52, RRR: 6.00)
- Ollie Pope4 (3b)
- Rashid Khan1 (1b)
- Nikhil Chaudhary1.5-0-15-1
- Jofra Archer3.5-0-20-0
18.5
1
Chaudhary to Pope, 1 run, steps outside leg, Chaudhary follows him. Dug out to Jordan at extra cover, Rashid trots through for one on the arm
7 off 6. Pope on strike.
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All Match NewsWill Jacks hits fifty in nervy MI London win as Brave lose again
Jamie Smith top-scores with 49 off 26 for home side but Marcus Stoinis three-for can't salvage result
