BIP vs OVI 19th Match Prediction

BIP vs OVI Team Previews

Birmingham Phoenix

The Birmingham Phoenix team is going into this game after a 6-wicket defeat at the hands of the Welsh Fire outfit. They won the toss against Fire and decided to bat first at Edgbaston. They could manage to post a score of 112 runs on the board for the loss of 7 wickets. In their response, Welsh Fire managed to reach this target within 85 balls. The Birmingham batting let them down again and it was again the broad bat of Liam Livingstone that took the score to some respectability. Livingstone scored 28 runs from 20 balls and was the top run-getter for Birmingham Phoenix.

Liam Livingstone is the second-highest run-getter for Birmingham Phoenix this season having scored 55 runs from 2 innings with a strike rate of 122. The Birmingham opening batsman Ben Duckett has topped the batting charge for Birmingham during this season having scored 69 runs from 3 matches with a strike rate of 133. The Birmingham skipper Moeen Ali has not got going thus far. However, he is quite capable of changing the complexion of a match with some big hits. You can expect him to deliver the good in this game as he is due for a big score.

As far as the bowling department for Birmingham Phoenix is concerned, the only bowler that has stood out has been Benny Howell with 5 wickets from 3 matches. He has also bowled with an excellent economy rate of 5.55. Other bowlers apart from Moeen Ali have been leaking runs regularly. Some dependable bowlers such as Tom Helm and Adam Milne are going for more than 11 runs per over. Birmingham Phoenix managed to score 112 runs for the loss of 7 wickets from their 100 balls. Stephen Eskinazi was the player of the match with 43 from 18 balls.

Oval Invincibles

The men’s team of Oval Invincibles is on a roll at the moment. After beating Manchester Originals with an incredible margin of 94 runs they beat Northern Superchargers by a slender margin of 9 runs. Sam Curran left an impression with his bat and ball. The in-form batsman Jordon Cox managed to hit an unbeaten 73 and took his side to the top of the table. Cox has scored as many as 163 runs so far in the competition from 4 games with a strike rate of 148. Curran provided some fireworks in the later portion of Invincibles innings.

Curran hammered 24 runs from just 12 balls. He was responsible for the Oval Invincibles team total reaching a huge proportion of 185 runs for the loss of 5 wickets. After this, he also picked up a vital catch and also picked up a victim that helped in restricting the Superchargers team to a score of 176 for 8. Another batsman that made a good impression in the match was Heinrich Klaasen. He scored a superb 46 from 22 balls in the game. Klaasen has so far collected a haul of 125 runs during the season with a remarkable strike rate of 184.

The South African batter Heinrich Klaasen is a genuine match-winner. His team will be looking to get him to continue his form with the bat. Tom and Sam Curran both have picked up 3 wickets each for Oval Invincibles. The most reliable bowler for Oval Invincibles has been Gus Atkinson. He has picked up 9 scalps from just 4 games at an economy rate of 7.78. They also have the services of the dependable all-rounder Sunil Narine that they can count on. He has picked up 6 wickets so far with an economy rate of 6.88.