Aug 13, 2022
22:30 IST / 17:00 GMT
Sophia Gardens - Cardiff, England
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Birmingham Phoenix are favorites to win
Match 12 of the 2022 Men’s Hundred sees Welsh Fire take on Birmingham Phoenix on Saturday evening at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. The hosts have played two and lost two in this year’s competition so far. Birmingham Phoenix lost to Trent Rockets in their first game but beat Southern Brave last time out. Read on as we preview this game. The match gets underway at 18:00 local time.
Welsh Fire continue to look a little light in terms of experience and leaders. They have some talented young batters but need them to grow up quickly if they want to compete in this type of game.
Birmingham Phoenix sent a message to the rest of the tournament by beating Southern Brave earlier this week. At the same time, Will Smeed sent a message to the cricketing world that he has arrived. Phoenix will be very confident ahead of this match.
TV channels: This match will be shown live on Sky Cricket and BBC.
The Hundred 2022 Live Streaming: Fans can stream the match on SkyGo, the BBC iPlayer and the FanCode App.
Every captain apart from Eoin Morgan has chosen to field first ahead of each game this season. We predict that both sides will want to bowl first in this match.
This is never the easiest place to bat with the surface often assisting spin and pace bowlers. We expect a par score of no higher than 170.
This game will begin with the temperature up at 32 degrees. Expect additional cloud cover as the game progresses with the temperature not falling below the high 20s.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Welsh Fire vs Birmingham Phoenix, The Hundred 2022
South African big hitter David Miller finished his international commitments and got into the Welsh Fire XI against Oval Invincibles with Noor Ahmad dropping out. George Scrimshaw also came in at the expense of Sam Hain. Ben Duckett has been on England Lions duty this week but we still expect him to play in this match.
Welsh Fire struggled throughout the 2021 tournament and have shown very little so far this year to suggest they are going to be much better this time around.
Joe Clarke, Tom Banton, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, David Miller, Josh Cobb (c), Ryan Higgins, Adam Zampa, David Payne, Jake Ball, George Scrimshaw
Moeen Ali will have been delighted to see his side defeat Southern Brave after opening the campaign with the defeat to Trent Rockets. Matthew Wade and Henry Brooks came into the side in place of Graeme van Beuren and Dan Mousley for the win.
Phoenix got their season up and running with the win over 2021 Champions Southern Brave to end a two match losing streak.
Will Smeed, Miles Hammond, Moeen Ali (c), Liam Livingstone, Chris Benjamin, Benny Howell, Tom Helm, Kane Richardson, Imran Tahir, Matthew Wade (wk), Henry Brookes
Birmingham Phoenix were way too strong for Welsh Fire in the only previous meeting between the teams in this competition. Welsh Fire were dismissed for 91 chasing 185 for victory.
| Matches Played | WEF Won | BPH Won | Tie | NR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Last 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Although Birmingham Phoenix are by no means unbeatable, as shown by Trent Rockets earlier in the campaign, they are heavy favourites with the bookies ahead of this match.
The strength in depth of Birmingham Phoenix’s batting line up is scary for most oppositions. There is hardly a weak link in their team and they have a good understanding of this format.
Joe Clarke, Ben Duckett and Tom Banton are our tips with the bat for Welsh Fire. When Banton gets going and is on form, he is very hard to stop in white ball cricket.
We recommend Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone and Will Smeed to perform with the bat for Birmingham Phoenix. Ali can always be relied upon to come to the wicket and play at a very high strike-rate.
We are backing Jake Ball, Adam Zampa and Ryan Higgins with the ball for Welsh Fire. Zampa picked up the wicket of the dangerous Sam Curran in the alst game.
Imran Tahir, Kane Richardson and Henry Brookes are our picks with the ball for Birmingham Phoenix. Brookes took 5-25 from his 20 balls against Southern Brave.
As Ben Duckett showed for England Lions, there is plenty of batting talent in the Welsh Fire squad and at some point they will produce a very strong batting performance. However, we do not think they will be able to cope with the form of Birmingham Phoenix. We are predicting another defeat for Welsh Fire and a second win of the campaign for Birmingham Phoenix.
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