The 7th match of Men’s Hundred will see Southern Braves and Birmingham Phoenix clashing in the Rose Bowl, Southampton on Sunday afternoon. Birmingham lost their starting fixture from Trent Rockets and on the other hand, Southern Braves coming into this match with a narrow win from Manchester Originals. Both the teams will look to improve from here as topping league table is the key for final berth.
Southern Braves 11:
Leus de Ploy, James Vince, Jason Roy, James Coles (c), Laurie Evans, Hilton Cartwright, Michael Bracewell, Chris Jordan, CraigOverton, Tymal Mills, Reece Topley
Birmingham Phoenix 11:
Will Smeed, Ben Duckett, Aneurin Donald, Joe Clarke, Jacob Bethell, Livingstone, Mousley, Ben Howell, Adam Milne, Trent Boult, Tim Southee
Previous Outing quick summary:
1. Southern Braves bowlers were brilliant against Manchester Originals in which they succumbed Originals to only 131/4 in 100 balls.
Tymal Mills was the man with the ball claiming 3 important wickets and also won the man of the match.
2. Birmingham Phoenix didn’t live up to the expectations but they are a quality side with the amount of big names they have in their lineups.
Key Player Stats:
1. Ben Duckett have scored 226 runs with an average of 32 and strike rate of 147 against Southern Braves. Duckett having very good matchups against Braves bowlers, only threat is Chris Jordan but he will come after the powerplay.
2. James Vince is the Man of Consistency in this format, he will look to bounce back on the home soil and have made 232 runs with an average of 46 against Birmingham Phoenix.
Pitch Reports:
The Rose Bowl, Southampton is the ground where faster bowlers have got success in the past because of its true fast nature but that’s not been the case in this year T20 blast comp. where run making were little bit easier as
compared to past.
Fantasy Predictions:
Try n Pick players like James Vince and Ben Duckett in the batting department who will bat uptop and can neglect earlier Seam movement and pounce on.
Trent Boult like bowlers who will bowl both in the powerplay and death.
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