By Akshay - August 10, 2022 12:30 PMThe Birmingham Phoenix will be locking horns with Southern Brave in Match 8 of The Hundred 2022 at Edgbaston, Birmingham on Wednesday, August 10. The hosts desperately need a win under their belt having lost their opening clash against the Trent Rockets by six wickets last weekend. Birmingham are currently placed at the sixth position in the points table and have a negative net run rate of -0.159.
Southern Brave, on the other hand, have started their 2022 campaign on a really impressive note. They got the better of Welsh Fire in the tournament opener by nine wickets and would be hoping to replicate a similar performance against Birmingham Phoenix to add two more precious points to their tally.
Brave currently occupy the second position in the points table with two points to their tally at a good NRR of +3.833 and a win here would help them in displacing the London Spirit from the top spot. London have won both of their opening fixtures and have a net run rate of +2.976.
Birmingham Phoenix vs Southern Brave, The Hundred Men, 2022
Venue – Edgbaston, Birmingham
Date and Time – August 10, 11:00 PM IST
Where to watch live – Fancode
Birmingham has a fast wicket where the ball comes nicely onto the bat and at the same time, the pacers also enjoy bowling on this track as they get a lot of carry. Nonetheless, Edgbaston remains a batting-friendly surface, and the fast outfield over here works extremely well in the favour of the batters to score runs quickly. Batting second is also relatively easy on this pitch. Therefore, the captain winning the toss will be looking to bowl first.
Moeen Ali (c), Will Smeed, Miles Hammond, Liam Livingstone, Chris Benjamin (wk), Dan Mousley, Benny Howell, Graeme van Buuren, Tom Helm, Kane Richardson, Imran Tahir
James Vince (c), Alex Davies (wk), Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Ross Whiteley, James Fuller, Chris Jordan, Craig Overton, Jake Lintott, Rehan Ahmed, Michael Hogan
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