Sunrisers Leeds 169 for 7 (Rickelton 65, Tariq 2-28) beat Birmingham Phoenix 124 for 8 (Dickson 34, Carse 3-17, Potts 3-22) by runs

Harry Brook, after his demolition job on Tuesday, flickered briefly before Tariq trapped him in front and from there the Sunrisers tailed off slightly, Rickelton being relatively starved of the strike, run out off the 93rd ball having hit 65 off 37. It was only due to two sixes from the last three balls that the visitors got up to a score with which they could feel comfortable.

Joe Clarke and Sean Dickson delayed the inevitable and Jordan Thompson thumped a couple of late sixes but the class of the Sunrisers’ attack was in evidence as the Phoenix finished 45 short. England quicks Carse and Potts both finished with an economical three wickets while leggie Abrar Ahmed went at less than a run a ball.

Rickelton, the Meerkat Match Hero, said: “It’s getting tight at the top, so it was nice to get a big net run rate win here. Mitch [Marsh] takes quite an aggressive route up front really early on and he allows me to cruise behind him. I’d much rather play with him than against him! We left about 10 or 20 out there… but the bowlers are really carrying us through at the moment and hopefully that will continue.”