Birmingham Phoenix have not had the perfect of begins within the ongoing version of the lads’s Hundred with two back-to-back losses; nonetheless, not all is misplaced with six video games nonetheless left for Liam Livingstone and his males. The Phoenix tackle the defending champions Oval Invincibles at Edgbaston on Tuesday.
Coming into the 2025 version of the Hundred, all of the highlight was on the comeback of the Kiwi tempo trio of Trent Boult, Tim Southee and Adam Milne collectively, when it got here to the Birmingham Phoenix however what concerning the batting line-up? In Jamie Smith and Moeen Ali, the Phoenix misplaced two high quality batters with pedigree, to have the ability to carry out in tournaments of sure ranges of cricket and though they bought somebody like Joe Clarke within the draft and have the evergreen Benny Howell to shore up the batting, the line-up has felt too overdependent on Ben Duckett and the brand new captain Liam Livingstone.
The batters have not scored sufficient runs for the Kiwi trio to get themselves into the sport with the ball and one other mighty problem awaits the Phoenix at Edgbaston, the two-time defending champions Oval Invincibles.
The Invincibles are coming off shrugging the Manchester Originals like mud of their first house recreation of the season, and the addition of Rashid Khan to an already settled and strong unit has made the aspect appear like their title, Invincibles. The problem for Sam Billings and Co. shall be to maintain that degree of efficiency all through these 9-10 video games as they intention for a three-peat.
Would an underconfident Phoenix batting line-up wish to chase in opposition to the Invincibles? However the defending champions even have batted second in each the video games and with Phoenix trying to get off the mark, altering issues round by opting to discipline will not be the worst possibility. However sure, they want the Ducketts, Will Smeeds and Jacob Bethells of the world to click on and begin taking duty earlier than it will get too late.
My Dream11 crew for The Hundred 2025 Match 10, BPH vs OVI
Will Jacks, Ben Duckett, Sam Billings, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethell, Dan Mousely, Rashid Khan (c), Trent Boult, Jason Behrendorff, Tim Southee (vc)
Possible Taking part in XIs
Birmingham Phoenix: Will Smeed, Ben Duckett, Jacob Bethell, Joe Clarke(w), Liam Livingstone(c), Dan Mousley, Aneurin Donald, Benny Howell, Adam Milne, Tim Southee, Trent Boult
Oval Invincibles: Will Jacks, Tawanda Muyeye, Jordan Cox, Sam Curran, Sam Billings(w/c), Donovan Ferreira, Tom Curran, Rashid Khan, Nathan Sowter, Saqib Mahmood, Jason Behrendorff