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Birmingham Phoenix to face London Spirit

Thursday, 24-Aug-2023, 07:48 AM
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In the last league stage match of the ongoing The Hundred Mens Competition, Birmingham Phoenix will square off against London Spirit on Thursday at Edgbaston, Birmingham. The campaign for Birmingham Phoenix this season was was full of disappointment after they remained at the bottom of the points table with one victory out of seven matches. They lost four matches while two of their matches ended in no result. They have four points along with the negative NRR of -0.887. Birmingham Phoenix have been eliminated from the tournament but going forward in this match, they would hope to finish the tournament on positive note.

London Spirit too have been eliminated from the tournament with two victories out of seven matches. London Spirit lost three matches while two of their matches ended in no result. They have six points along with the negative NRR of -0.015. London Spirit too would look to end their campaign on positive note with the victory. 

Birmingham Phoenix Probable XI: Will Smeed, Ben Duckett, Jamie Smith (wk), Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali (c), Chris Benjamin, Benny Howell, Chris Woakes, Adam Milne, Kane Richardson, Tanveer Sangha

London Spirit Probable XI: Zak Crawley, Adam Rossington (wk), Daniel Lawrence (c), Matthew Wade, Daryl Mitchell, Ravi Bopara, Matthew Critchley, Jordan Thomson, Liam Dawson, Nathan Ellis, Daniel Worrall

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