Liam Livingstone was at his buccaneering best as Birmingham Phoenix claimed their first win of The Hundred this year, overcoming defending champions Oval Invincibles by four wickets.

Dropped from England’s white-ball sides this year, Livingstone delivered a reminder of his enduring class with 69 not out off 27 balls at Edgbaston, including an astonishing takedown of Rashid Khan.

Livingstone thumped 26, including three of his five sixes, in Khan’s final set, with the vaunted Afghanistan leg-spinner’s nought for 59 the worst figures ever recorded in the men’s competition.

Saqib Mahmood took two wickets in two balls to set up a grandstand finale, but Benny Howell drove for four first up to settle a high-scoring thriller as a pursuit of 181 was reeled in with two deliveries to spare.

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