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 team No.NameNationalityDate of birth (age)Batting styleBowling styleNotes Batters2 Katie Mack Right-handed Right-arm leg break Overseas player10 Phoebe Franklin Right-handed Right-arm medium 11 Evelyn Jones Left-handed Left-arm medium 17 Shafali Verma Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas player54 Marie Kelly Right-handed Right-arm medium — Ria Fackrell Right-handed Right-arm off break All-rounders29 Erin Burns Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas player34 Georgia Elwiss Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium — Thea Brookes Right-handed Right-arm off break Wicket-keepers40 Amy Jones Right-handed — Captain; Centrally contracted player79 Gwenan Davies Left-handed — Pace bowlers 37 Emily Arlott Right-handed Right-arm medium 95 Issy Wong Right-handed Right-arm fast Spin bowlers9 Abtaha Maqsood Right-handed Right-arm leg break 48 Kirstie Gordon Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Men's team No.NameNationalityDate of birth (age)Batting styleBowling styleNotes Batters8 Miles Hammond Left-handed Right-arm off break 26 Will Smeed Right-handed Right-arm off break 32 Finn Allen Right-handed — Overseas player45 Daniel Bell-Drummond Right-handed Right-arm medium — David Bedingham Right-handed — Overseas player; Replacement player— Adam Hose Right-handed Right-arm medium — Dom Sibley Right-handed Right-arm leg break Centrally contracted player All-rounders13 Benny Howell Right-handed Right-arm medium 18 Moeen Ali Left-handed Right-arm off break Captain; Local Icon player23 Liam Livingstone Right-handed Right-arm off break 28 Tom Abell Right-handed Right-arm medium Wicket-keepers12 Chris Benjamin Right-handed — Replacement player; UK passport46 Chris Cooke Right-handed — UK passport Pace bowlers 7 Tom Helm Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 20 Adam Milne Right-handed Right-arm fast Overseas player22 Dillon Pennington Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Wildcard pick36 Pat Brown Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Local Icon player— Chris Woakes Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Centrally contracted player Spin bowlers99 Imran Tahir Right-handed Right-arm leg break Overseas player
Standings advanced to the Final advanced to the Eliminator
Women
Men
League stage
Women's fixtures July
August
Men's fixtures July
August
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.
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.
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