The Hundred Men’s 2025 tournament progresses with the 10th match featuring Birmingham Phoenix facing off against Oval Invincibles at Edgbaston, BPH vs OVI Birmingham, on Sunday, August 10. Birmingham Phoenix have had a challenging start, losing both their opening games, and currently sit at seventh place in the points table. They will be eager to secure their first victory of the season in this crucial fixture.
Conversely, Oval Invincibles have been in top form, winning both of their matches so far and leading the standings with eight points. They will be aiming to extend their unbeaten run and maintain their dominance in the competition.
“𝑾𝒆’𝒗𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒂 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒅𝒐,” 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝑳𝒊𝒂𝒎 𝑳𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒆, 𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑩𝒊𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒉𝒂𝒎 𝑷𝒉𝒐𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒙. “𝑶𝒗𝒂𝒍 𝑰𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒆’𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅,” 𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒅.
Match Details and Pitch Report
Match: Birmingham Phoenix vs Oval Invincibles, (BPH vs OVI) Match 10, The Hundred Men’s 2025
Venue: Edgbaston, Birmingham
Date & Time: Sunday, August 10, 7:00 PM (IST)
Live Broadcast: Sony Sports Network; FanCode and Sony LIV (App & Website)
The Edgbaston pitch is expected to offer a balanced contest between bat and ball. The average first innings score here is around 145 runs. Interestingly, the team bowling first has won the previous encounter on this ground, and the toss-winning captain might prefer to bowl first.
BPH vs OVI: Head-to-Head & Key Players to Watch
In the history of this fixture, Birmingham Phoenix have dominated, winning three of the four matches played against Oval Invincibles. The last match between the two sides was held on July 23, 2024.
BPH vs OVI Match 10 Preview: Predicted Playing XIs
Birmingham Phoenix (BPH): Will Smeed, Ben Duckett, Aneurin Donald, Joe Clarke (wk), Liam Livingstone (c), Jacob Bethell, Dan Mousley, Benny Howell, Adam Milne, Tim Southee, Trent Boult
Oval Invincibles (OVI): Will Jacks, Tawanda Muyeye, Jordan Cox, Sam Curran, Sam Billings (wk/c), Donovan Ferreira, Tom Curran, Rashid Khan, Nathan Sowter, Saqib Mahmood, Jason Behrendorff
Players to Watch: Will Jacks and Rashid Khan
Will Jacks has been in sensational form for Oval Invincibles, blasting 61 runs off just 26 balls in the previous match. He is widely tipped to be the standout batter of the game.
Afghanistan’s star spinner Rashid Khan is another key player to watch. With six wickets from two matches, Khan leads the wicket-takers chart and is expected to continue his impactful bowling performance.
“𝑾𝒆 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰’𝒎 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏,” 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝑹𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒅 𝑲𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉.
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