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Manchester Originals vs Birmingham Phoenix – Dream11 Team, Predictions, and Tips

This article will talk about the probable XIs for both teams and continue with the Dream11 predictions and the winning fantasy team for Match 6 of “The Hundred” between Manchester Originals and Birmingham Phoenix that is scheduled to take place on the 25th of July 2021.

Old Trafford will play host to its 1st game of the Men’s Hundred when the Manchester Originals takes on the Birmingham Phoenix on Monday. Both teams had contrasting fortunes coming into their respective 2nd game.

The hosts’ Originals led by England wicket-keeper Jos Buttler suffered a narrow 9-run defeat against the Oval Invincibles in their first game. After electing to field, Manchester conceded 145 runs with the ball with Fred Klaassen being the pick of the bowlers taking 3/23 in 15 balls. But a top-order failure meant Colin Munro’s 26 and Carlos Braithwaite’s late blitz of 37 from 29 was not enough to get them over the line.

On the other hand, the Pheonix led by Moeen Ali chased down 146 by 3 wickets and with 3 balls remaining, Adam Milne’s 2/18 from 20 balls played a key role in them restricting London Spirit to 144 despite Zak Crawley’s 40-ball 64. Captain Moeen Ali leading from the front scored a fine 40 for Birmingham and with the help of cameos from Chris Benjamin, Benny Howell, they chased the score.

Match Details

Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester

Pitch and Weather: Old Trafford is a high-scoring venue in the white-ball format. But the recent match at the venue offered plenty of assistance to spinners. However, like every typical English, it will offer something to the pacers initially. The scores as we saw in the tournament will be between 140-150.

The weather forecast is good for the opening night of the tournament. It is expected to be partly cloudy without any rain interruptions. Temperatures are expected to be around 22-236C during the course of the game.

Date and Time: July 22, 2021, 6.00 PM Local, 10.30 PM IST

Probable Playing XIs 

The Manchester Originals’ will hope its openers Jos Buttler, Phil Salt fire and score more than what they did in the 1st game. But they will most likely play with the same team that took the field against Oval in the opener. But the positives they can take from the game are the bowling spell of Steven Finn and the batting of Carlos Brathwaite.

Birmingham Phoenix had all the covered in their 1st game vs the London Spirit. Their overseas star Adam Milne bowled a great spell of 2-18 and they would want him to repeat the performance. Likewise, they would hope the likes of Finn Allen, and Liam Livingstone to score much more.

Manchester Originals

Phil Salt, Jos Buttler(C, WK), Joe Clarke, Colin Munro, Tom Lammonby, Carlos Brathwaite, Calvin Harrison, Tom Hartley, Fred Klaassen, Steven Finn, Mark Parkinson.

Birmingham Phoenix

Finn Allen, Miles Hammond, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali(C), Daniel Bell-Drummond, Chris Benjamin, Benny Howell, Chris Cooke(WK), Adam Milne, Tom Helm, Imran Tahir

Match Prediction

Birmingham Phoenix will enter the match as the favorites to make it 2 on 2 especially playing at their home ground.

Fantasy Tips 

Batsman: Colin Munro of Manchester can be picked. He looked in fine form in the 1st match as well and is a dangerous T20 batsman. Finn Allen is one of the best young batsmen in the world in the shortest format. Despite his failure in the 1st game, he can be selected as one of the batters.  Joe Clarke is another batsman that can be picked.

Wicket-keeper: Jos Buttler is an obvious choice to pick in the shortest format. Phil Salt had a great couple of games at the international level in recent weeks.

All-rounders: Moeen Ali and Liam Livingstone, owing to their recent batting form are obvious choices in the fantasy team. The latter played a key role in his team’s win in the last game as well. Carlos Brathwaite can be another addition, especially after his last match performance.

Bowlers: Fast-bowlers Adam Milne and Steven Finn, who had a great time in their respective last outings can be picked along with Fred Klaassen.

Captaincy Choices 

Fantasy Team: Jos Buttler(C), Finn Allen, Colin Munro, Tom Lammonby, Joe Clarke, Phil Salt, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Carlos Brathwaite, Fred Klaassen, Adam Milne, and Steven Finn

Captain: Jos Buttler

Jos Buttler is the ideal choice for being captain in the fantasy team despite his low score in the 1st match of the tournament. He not only scores runs consistently but does it at a fast pace.

Vice-Captain: Moeen Ali

The all-rounder can be picked as the vice-captain of the side considering the form he is in this format in recent times.

Dream11 Team

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