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Welsh Fire are back on the winning trail after a commanding performance against a misfiring Birmingham Phoenix outfit, whose familiar failings with the bat have put them all but out of contention for the latter stages.

Welsh Fire are back on the winning trail after a commanding performance against a misfiring Birmingham Phoenix, whose familiar failings with the bat have put them all but out of contention for the latter stages.

Birmingham Phoenix won their first match in The Hundred 2026 women's competition in dramatic fashion, defeating Welsh Fire with just one ball remaining as investor Jude Bellingham watched on.

England captain Joe Root says he does not want to "completely rip everything up" from the Bazball era after becoming Test captain for the second time in his career.