Runs could come thick and fast at Edgbaston Stadium tonight as Moeen Ali-led Birmingham Phoenix (BPH) hosts Eoin Morgan’s London Spirit (LNS) in the second match of men’s competition of the hundred. Both teams have plenty of big-hitters in their squad, and it could be yet another entertaining fixture in the 100-ball tournament.
Team News
Liam Livingstone and Finn Allen are likely to reprise their Lancashire roles. The dynamite opening pair has registered two 50-plus partnerships in Vitality Blast 2021. Uncapped Adam Hose and Daniel Bell-Drummond, too, open the batting for their respective sides in the T20 tournament.
Meanwhile, Dom Sibley is likely to find a place in the playing eleven. He will be available only for BPH’s first two games. Veteran spinner Imran Tahir headlines the bowling department. The fast bowling unit comprises Adam Milne, Dillon Pennington, Pat Brown, Tom Helm, and Benny Howell.
Josh Inglis, who scored a fantastic hundred against Worcestershire a few days ago, is the player to watch out for in the LNS squad. He is likely to open the innings with Zak Crawley. The rest of the batting unit includes Dan Lawrence, Joe Denly, skipper Eoin Morgan, Ravi Bopara, etc.
It would be interesting to see if both Bopara and Mohammad Nabi make it to the final eleven. Roelof van der Merwe and Mason Crane are the other spinners in the squad. Also, the franchise has plenty of options available in the pace department – Mark Wood, Blake Cullen, Jade Dernbach, and Chris Wood.
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Stats & Facts
14 – LNS fast bowler B Cullen bagged 14 wickets in his last five T20 matches
10 – BPH batsman F Allen struck ten half-centuries from 25 matches in T20 matches in 2021
51 – BPH all-rounder L Livingstone hit the second-most sixes (51) in T20 matches in 2021
62* & 62 – LNS batsman R Bopara registered two fifties in his last three T20 outings
13 – BPH spinner I Tahir picked up 13 wickets from seven matches at an economy of 6.8 in Pakistan Super League 2021
Squads
BPH: C Cooke, C Benjamin; F Allen, D Sibley, A Hose, D Bell-Drummond, M Hammond, T Abell, W Smeed; M Ali, L Livingstone, B Howell; I Tahir, C Woakes, A Milne, T Helm, P Brown, D Pennington
LNS: A Rossington, J Inglis; E Morgan, R Bopara, D Lawrence, Z Crawley, J Denly; M Nabi, R van Merwe, L Reece; M Amir, M Wood, J Dernbach, B Cullen, M Crane, C Wood
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Parameswaran Sankaranarayanan
Parameswaran Sankaranarayan is a sports enthusiast who has worked in print, website, and other digital platforms. He was part of the editorial team of first-ever Indian football-based website - IndianFootball.com (now defunct) - and passionately follows the latest happenings in world football. During his time as a journalist, he had the opportunity to interact with some of the iconic personalities in Indian sports and witness some memorable moments in Indian football.
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