Manchester Super Giants (MSG) continued its impressive start The Hundred Men’s 2026 With a spectacular victory of 87 runs Birmingham Phoenix (BPH) At Emirates Old Trafford. after Jos Buttler’s A breathtaking innings took the hosts to a challenging score, with the bowlers taking complete control of the contest. The biggest highlight of the match came when England’s fast bowlers passion tongue Clear produced an unplayable delivery Rehan AhmedAstonished fans with his speed and accuracy.
Josh Tongue castles Rehan Ahmed with a peach
This astonishing moment came on the 18th ball of Birmingham Phoenix’s innings. Having already struck the previous ball, Tong moved forward in search of a hat-trick and bowled a full, sharp yorker straight into the stumps.
When Rehan tried to move his feet out of the way, he found himself completely outmatched in terms of speed. The ball entered the bottom of his bat and hit the base of the middle stump, due to which the stumps were blown away and the young batsman was out for a duck on the very first ball. Tongue’s wild celebration as he moved towards a hat-trick reflects the quality of the delivery. The wicket quickly went viral on social media, with fans praising the England fast bowler for one of the finest deliveries of this year’s competition.
Here is the video:
Josh Tongue Takes Two In Two! ✌️
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Jos Buttler’s brilliant performance helps Manchester Super Giants beat Birmingham Phoenix
Earlier in the evening, Manchester Super Giants posted an impressive score of 187/7 when invited to bat first. Butler played a brilliant inning of 90 runs in just 50 balls with the help of seven fours and five sixes. heinrich classen scored 20 runs quickly before this Tom Moores Provided a brilliant finish by scoring 39 not out including five sky-scraping sixes in just 17 balls.
Chasing 188, Birmingham Phoenix never looked settled against Manchester’s disciplined bowling attack. The tongue struck quickly with its speed, while sonny baker, Gus Atkinson, Noor Ahmed And Liam Dawson Everyone took important wickets.
Phoenix were eventually out for exactly 100 runs in 97 balls with the captain Donovan Ferreira’s 23 runs is the highest score of the innings. The comprehensive win helped Manchester Super Giants climb to the top of The Hundred Men’s 2026 standings after registering two consecutive wins, while Birmingham Phoenix were left searching for answers after a one-sided defeat.
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