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Sourya: Perfect way to finish this. Livingstone was beyond brilliant today. 10 sixes, a strike-rate of 230. We are going to hear his name even more am telling you.

Arjun: What an innings. What a player. What a match. Phoenix are through to the final of The Hundred. And it is their skipper, Liam Livingstone, who have sealed the deal tonight for them. A target of 144 runs were never good enough against a batting line-up like Birmingham's, Livingstone and company proved their mantle yet again.

Arjun: They lost their in-form opener, Smeed on a golden duck tonight, but so what? Then came the show-stopper, in at number 3. Allen lit the chase by smashing first boundary of the chase, but the skipper smashed the first maximum of the innings. One came after another and Liam didn't even lost a single breathe. In the battle of Captain vs Captain, the man from Birmingham had the upper hand over David Willey, as Liam smashed three sixes off his counterpart's second set, and that laid the foundation. 

Arjun: The Cumberland lad shared an astonishing 106 run partnership with the Allen, where the Kiwi was just a mere second fiddle. Allen's contribution, you ask? Was just 37 runs. Livingstone broke several records in his knock, which I think was one of the finest of all-time. And one of the records, apart from windowpanes, was most maximums in a Hundred innings. Liam hit 10 towering sixes, alongside three fours in his masterclass of 92. And in the end, Phoenix got home, with 26 deliveries still to spare, by eight wickets.

Milne: It was nice to win today, a special feeling. (On Livingstone) He bowled really well. The whole country knows what he can do. He batted really nicely. With the yorkers, it's all about practice. Today, I tried to nail those yorkers and use the odd change-ups. they batted beautifully at the top, took us down in the powerplay. Out strength has been the bowling in the middle overs. It makes our job easier bowling in the death.

Guess what? Livingstone is Hero of the Match. 

Livingstone: I've really enjoyed playing cricket with these boys, we've got a young and fearless line-up and we've seen some great talent come through. You play cricket to make finals and we've done that. Whatever happens, we've proved a lot of people wrong in this comp. Immy's been a hero, Milne at the death showed why he's one of the best. Benny [Howell] does the ugly work, never goes for runs, they've done well all tournament. We brought it back really well and nice to knock them off. Like I said, I've worked hard on being more consistent, there's been a glimpse over the years. Working hard to keep winning games for my team. Crowds have been unbelievable.