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Recent form of Birmingham Phoenix has not been encouraging for Birmingham Phoenix as they have lost their last two matches consecutively. In the last game against Southern Brave their batting disappointed them once again. Their wickets fell regularly and apart from Joe Clarke's 36-run knock no batsman could accelerate. Southern Brave’s Michael Bracewell and Jofra Archer quickly ripped apart their middle and top order. This resulted in Phoenix’s low score of 106 runs. Bowling also did not show their effect as Brave chased the target after losing just one wicket. Phoenix will have to improve both their batting intent and bowling sharpness if they are to get back into winning ways. Their team looks solid on paper but they are not putting everything on field which is holding them back.
Oval Invincibles won their last match against Manchester Originals in dominating fashion, which will be a confidence booster for them. Jason Behrendorff, Sam Curran, Rashid Khan and Saqib Mahmood bowled out their opponents for just 128 runs. Then Will Jacks and Tawanda Muyeye finished the chase in just 57 balls to give a one-sided win. Both openers formed a 114-run destructive partnership, which saw a rain of sixes and boundaries. This win has made the momentum of Oval Invincibles very strong and they would want to continue the same rhythm in the next match. They are at the top of the points table with two wins in two matches.
The Edgbaston pitch is neither too much batting nor too much bowling – both get help. Fast bowlers get swing in the beginning and spinners can take wickets in the middle of the game. Due to short boundaries, there is a chance to hit sixes and fours here, but nowadays scoring runs has become a bit difficult as compared to earlier.
The team winning the toss on this ground mostly chooses to bowl first. Chasing has been quite successful here in the first season. The average first innings score is around 145 runs. This pitch can also change according to the weather and preparation, hence players have to play every match keeping the conditions in mind.
Phoenix are way ahead in the head-to-head record between Birmingham Phoenix and Oval Invincibles, having won 5 out of 6 matches while Invincibles have won just once. These stats show that Phoenix has been historically dominant in this rivalry, but the story was different in the previous encounter.
In the last match, Phoenix's batting order completely collapsed and the team was all out for just 89 runs. Mohammad Amir and Saqib Mahmood shook the top order in the powerplay itself, then Adam Zampa took control of the match by bowling a deadly spell of 3/11 in the middle overs. Chasing the small target, Billings, Malan and Muyeye took easy wins as Invincibles registered their first H2H win against Phoenix.
Will Smeed, Ben Duckett, Aneurin Donald, Joe Clarke (wk), Liam Livingstone (c), Jacob Bethell, Dan Mousley, Benny Howell, Adam Milne, Tim Southee, Trent Boult
Injury Update: None
Will Jacks, Tawanda Muyeye, Jordan Cox, Sam Curran, Sam Billings (c & wk), Donovan Ferreira, Tom Curran, Rashid Khan, Nathan Sowter, Saqib Mahmood, Jason Behrendorff
Injury Updates: None
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