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Cricket fans at Edgbaston were among sporting spectators given a stunning view of Wednesday evening's partial solar eclipse. <p>The sky took on an eerie darkness as the Moon obscured more than 90 per cent of the Sun, leaving only a slim crescent of light visible.</p><p>Spectators watching Birmingham Phoenix face MI London in The Hundred were able to take in the spectacle from the stands, with many wearing special glasses.</p><p>The eclipse was the fullest above British skies since the total eclipse in 1999.</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.skysports.com/cricket/scores-fixtures"><strong>Today's cricket scorecards: The Hundred and more</strong></a></li><li><a href="https://www.skysports.com/the-hundred/standings"><strong>The Hundred - latest men's and women's tables for 2026</strong></a></li><li><a href="https://www.nowtv.com/membership/watch-sky-sports?DCMP=ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink"><strong>Watch The Hundred and more sport contract-free on NOW</strong></a></li></ul><widget id="5"></widget> <widget id="1"></widget><p>Other sporting events also took place against the unusual backdrop.</p><p>Floodlights were turned on in anticipation at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham.</p><p>Small groups, including Swedish athletes Erika Warff and Tilde Bjerager, gathered outside Alexander Stadium to observe the phenomenon, congregating on both sides of the terrace below the west stand.</p> <widget id="4"></widget><p>Some were prepared with protective paper glasses while others watched through their phone cameras, although the rare occurrence was already obscured by clouds when it peaked at around 7.15pm.</p><p>In Salzburg, football fans attending the UEFA Super Cup between Aston Villa and European champions Paris St Germain also gazed skywards.</p> <widget id="6"></widget> <widget id="3"></widget><p>The eclipse took place around half an hour before kick-off in the Austrian city.</p><p>La Monumental at the MADRING F1 circuit in Madrid provided one of the most unique vantage points from which to witness the solar eclipse.</p><p>With its imposing grandstand and the Madrid skyline as a backdrop, La Monumental staged its first major spectacle exactly one month before the Spanish Grand Prix gets underway: the meeting of one of nature's greatest phenomena and MADRING'S most significant corner.</p> <widget id="7"></widget> <widget id="8"></widget><p>Located in the northern section of the circuit, within the Valdebebas site, Turn 12 was an exceptional location from which spectators were able to witness an eclipse.</p><p><strong>Watch every match of The Hundred through to the finals on Sunday August 16. <a href="https://www.nowtv.com/membership/watch-sky-sports?DCMP=ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink">Stream contract-free on NOW</a>.</strong></p>
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