Birmingham Phoenix Women vs Trent Rocket Women, The Hundred Women, Today Match Prediction 01 August 2021

birphw vs trocketsw Match Prediction & Analysis

Birmingham Phoenix will face Trent Rockets in the 14th match of the Women’s Hundred tournament on 1st August at Edgbaston. Both teams have built strong squads for this new format of cricket but Trent Rockets are still struggling to match with the new format of the game. With 1 win from 2 games, Birmingham Phoenix are at the 4th place in the points table with 2 points in 2 games whereas Trent Rockets also won 1 game from their 3 matches and with 2 points in their account, they are in 6th place in this table.

Birminghamshire are looking strong but failed to deliver their skills yet whereas Trent Rockets will try to back on track by defeating Birmingham Phoenix in this match on 1st August in this new league.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Birmingham Phoenix Women Preview

Birmingham Phoenix had a tough game in the first encounter against London Spirits, but they managed to back on winning track against Manchester Originals in their next match. Currently, with 2 points from 2 games, they are at 4th place in the points table.

Eve Jones’ 47 runs from 41 balls and Amy Jones’ fiery 33 runs from 17 balls went into vain as Phoenix couldn’t manage to defend the total of 129 runs in their first game against London Spirits. Erin Burns tried to put pressure on the batting side by taking 2 wickets for 15 runs but she did not get any support from others. They made a strong comeback after losing this game and defeated Manchester Originals by 20 runs while defending a total of 114 runs in 100 balls. Kirstie Gordon bowled a brilliant spell of 3 wickets for 14 runs and got support from Abtaha Maqsood from the other end. Abtaha Maqsood sent 2 players to the pavilion by giving 14 runs. With good depth in the bowling department and strong middle order, Birmingham Phoenix are looking strong this season and they will try to continue their winning momentum against Trent Rockets to make it through the top 2.

Key players for Birmingham Phoenix: Shafali Verma, Eve Jones, Amy Jones, Kirstie Gordon.

Birmingham Phoenix Women Predicted Playing XI:

Erin Burns, Shafali Verma, Emily Arlott, Katie Mack, Eve Jones, Georgia Elwiss, Amy Jones(c, wk), Gwenan Davies, Issy Wong, Abtaha Maqsood, Kirstie Gordon.

Trent Rocket Women Preview

Trent Rockets have lost the first two matches against Southern Brave and Northern Superchargers but made a good comeback in their third match of the season against London Spirits. With 2 points from 3 matches, currently, they are at 6th place in the points table. In the first match against Southern Brave, the team’s batting collapsed down while chasing the target of 134 runs in 100 balls. Only captain; Nat Sciver managed to score 44 runs from 29 balls which were not enough in that chase and they lost that game by 23 runs. Again in the 2nd game against Supercharges, Rockets couldn’t manage to chase a target of 150 runs.

After losing two consecutive matches, they made a good comeback against London Spirits in the 3rd match to score 151 runs on the board. Rachel Priest’s knock of 76 runs from 42 balls, was very important for his team. Lucy Higham took charge in bowling and had taken 2 wickets for 12 runs while defending the total. By looking at the current form of the team, they have the potential to win this game. They will try to continue their good form in the batting department on which they have worked in the 3rd match. With good batting depth, they will tackle the challenge of Birmingham Phoenix in this match.

Key players for Trent Rockets: Rachel Priest,  Nat Sciver, Lucy Higham, Michaela Kirk.

Trent Rocket Women Predicted Playing XI:

Rachel Priest(wk), Sammy-Jo Johnson, Nat Sciver(c), Katherine Brunt, Heather Graham, Sarah Glenn, Teresa Graves, Kathryn Bryce, Abigail Freeborn, Lucy Higham, Michaela Kirk.

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

The weather will be partly cloudy on the 1st of August, with a 20-30% chance of raining on match day. The maximum and minimum temperatures will be in the 21°C -12°C  range.

Venue Details

Edgbaston in Birmingham will host this match. This ground is one of the prime grounds in England and has a capacity of 24800. The ground has conducted a few international games as well as it is mainly used for domestic purposes.

Toss: To Bat

This ground is mainly used for domestic purposes like Vitality Blast and County Championship and is new to this format. The pitch favours bowlers, and it’s easy to defend the targets on this ground as in the last 5 matches, the team who batted first won all 5 T20 games. At this location, whichever team wins the toss will want to bat first.