NS vs BP Match Prediction : 14th Match, The Hundred Mens Competition 2025

The home side put up a true team performance in its previous match to show grit and determination in earning the team’s second win of the tournament. The Phoenix has not lit up the stage to the same effect with only one win.

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Northern Superchargers vs Birmingham Phoenix Head-to-Head Record

The Birmingham Phoenix walloped the team from the north by ten wickets in 2024. In the three matches prior, each team has one win and a no-result in 2023.

Northern Superchargers vs Birmingham Phoenix Live-streaming and Broadcast

This 2025 Men’s Hundred match will see Northern Superchargers and Birmingham Phoenix compete against each other on Friday, 15 August 2025, at Headingley, Leeds. Indian supporters can witness every moment live on the Sony Sports Network, the Sony Liv app or the FanCode app.

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NS vs BP Team Previews

Northern Superchargers

Northern Superchargers looks quietly stacked with talent and a nice balance in this squad. At the top, Zak Crawley’s timing has translated superbly to the format. He crunched a match-winning 67 not out on debut this season. Dawid Malan brings left-hand class and tempo control alongside Michael Pepper’s inventive range-hitting.

Harry Brook leads with intent and has already steered tight finishes. As a batter alone, Brook is averaging more than 35 at a strike rate over 150 in his past ten 100-ball outings. Dan Lawrence adds a busy middle-order option and Graham Clark’s nerve was on show with a last-ball six to nick a thriller versus the Southern Brave. The batting order has all the ingredients to swing the game in the hosts’ favour.

With the ball, it’s hard not to be bullish. Adil Rashid remains a magician through the middle. The leg-spinner is still one of the Men’s Hundred’s most reliable wicket threats with 11 wickets in his past eight games. Mitchell Santner’s left-arm angles and batting elasticity let Superchargers play an extra hitter without blinking. The all-rounder grabbed a double against the Brave.

Matthew Potts provides heavy, hit-the-deck pace and has a knack for bursts of wickets. The late addition of New Zealand seamer Jacob Duffy, an enforcer in the powerplay, gives Brook a genuine new-ball threat. Tom Lawes’ skiddy pace rounds out a unit that can attack across phases and conditions.

If Crawley’s fast starts keep coming and the Rashid-Santner squeeze does its usual work, the Superchargers feel a cut more dangerous than their recent reputations suggest.

Northern Superchargers Expected Playing 11

Zak Crawley, Dawid Malan, Michael Pepper (wk), Harry Brook (c), Dan Lawrence, Graham Clark, Mitchell Santner, Tom Lawes, Adil Rashid, Matthew Potts, Jacob Duffy

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Birmingham Phoenix

Birmingham Phoenix has plenty of star power, but the batting still feels a touch top-heavy and streak dependent. Will Smeed can detonate a game on his own, such as with his half-century in his last innings, but his role is inherently boom-or-bust in a 100-ball sprint.

Ben Duckett’s range of shots, especially the reverse-sweep and switch-hit, gives the Phoenix a way to break matchups. That strength can be nullified if the opposition is clever about cutting off his angles. He failed with a score of only seven runs in his previous innings.

Joe Clarke adds brute power as the wicketkeeper, but he’s been more of a domestic force than an established international-level batter. Everything still revolves around Liam Livingstone. When he catches fire, the Phoenix looks frightening. Livingstone had to score more than one-third of the team’s runs in the previous match. He led the inaugural season in runs and is still launching record-length sixes. The team’s over-reliance on him is precisely the issue though.

With the ball, Phoenix boasts big names but some question marks. Adam Milne brings real heat with rapid speeds. His career has been punctuated by injuries, which may be an ever-looming concern. Tim Southee and Trent Boult are master swing operators, especially with a new ball and helpful skies. In the Men’s Hundred’s flat evening conditions their pace-off skillset can be targeted at the death.

Southee went wicketless and for over two runs per ball against the Invincibles. Benny Howell’s slower balls give tactical variety, but on true surfaces batters can sit deep and pick him. This is a side that can rip through opponents when Livingstone or Smeed explode and the new ball talks.

The issues arrive when early wickets don’t fall with the ball or the team fails to form batting partnerships and the finishers are dragged late.

Birmingham Phoenix Expected Playing 11

Will Smeed, Ben Duckett, Joe Clarke (wk), Liam Livingstone (c), Jacob Bethell, Dan Mousley, Louis Kimber, Benny Howell, Adam Milne, Tim Southee, Trent Boult

NS vs BP Toss Prediction

Based on the result last year, chasing was the overwhelmingly better decision at the toss. The same choice at the toss in 2025 may not be a bad idea either. The Phoenix won a thrilling chase in their last game.

Pitch Report and Weather Conditions

Dry, warm weather usually means a flat, quick wicket where batters can look to cash in early. The start might offer a slight edge to swing bowlers before the deck settles and batting takes control. Headingley is consistently known as one of England’s most batting friendly grounds in white-ball cricket. It offers pace and bounce that batters love, particularly under lights, making it ideal for big hitters. The Northern Superchargers was bowled out for 83 against the Birmingham Phoenix last season.

The weather in Leeds will be wonderful to experience with the day being mostly sunny. Humidity will be relatively high in moderately warm temperatures. The chance of rain is almost non-existent at four percent.

NS vs BP: Who Will Win?

One more win to the Northern Superchargers separates the teams in the 2025 Men’s Hundred currently. Even in the Superchargers’ one loss, the team only fell short against the Rockets with four balls remaining. The Phoenix has suffered complete obliterations against the Rockets and the Brave.

Bet on Northern Superchargers to win.

NS vs BP win percentage stands at 55% in favor of NS.

Todays Match Prediction: Northern Superchargers to Win.