Already-eliminated Birmingham Phoenix host a MI London side that still has a mathematical route into the Eliminator, though only a landslide win at Edgbaston on Wednesday, August 12, at 6:30 PM local (11:00 PM IST) will keep that hope alive.
Donovan Ferreira’s Phoenix have won just once in seven matches and finish the league phase bottom of the table, while Sam Curran’s MI London sit fourth on 16 points and need a win by roughly 59 runs or more, or well inside 100 balls while chasing, to leapfrog SunRisers Leeds into the top three.
BPH vs ML Match Details
| Details | Information |
|---|---|
| Match | Birmingham Phoenix vs MI London, 32nd Match |
| Series | The Hundred Men’s Competition 2026 |
| Date | Wednesday, 12 August 2026 |
| Time | 6:30 PM BST local / 5:30 PM GMT / 11:00 PM IST |
| Venue | Edgbaston, Birmingham. Birmingham Phoenix’s home ground. |
| Format | 100-ball innings per side, five sets of 20 balls, no bowler allowed more than two sets. |
| Captains | Donovan Ferreira (Birmingham Phoenix), Sam Curran (MI London) |
| Form | BPH: Already eliminated and bottom of the table with just 1 win from 7 matches (4 points) and a net run rate of -1.496, on a 5-match losing streak heading into their final group game. ML: Fourth in the standings with 4 wins from 7 matches (16 points) and a net run rate of +0.262, still technically alive but needing a huge margin of victory to overtake SunRisers Leeds and Manchester Super Giants for a top-three finish. |
| H2H | This is the first meeting between these two franchises this season. MI London enter it under a new name and a largely rebuilt roster after three-time champions Oval Invincibles were rebranded ahead of 2026, so there is little recent head-to-head history to lean on. |
Dream11 Team For BPH vs ML, 32nd Match
Top Picks for BPH vs ML, 32nd Match
| Player | Team | Role | Key Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Curran | ML | Captain / AR | Captain pick. MI London’s captain has racked up 218 runs and 7 wickets this season, one of the tournament’s most complete all-round returns. At 2x. |
| Joe Clarke | BPH | VC / WK-Batter | Vice-Captain pick. Birmingham’s one consistent run-scorer all season, third on the overall run charts with 290 runs. At 1.5x. |
| Richard Gleeson | ML | Bowler | The tournament’s leading wicket-taker this season, with 12 scalps in 7 matches. |
| Nicholas Pooran | ML | WK-Batter | Explosive finisher for MI London, striking at nearly 185 this season with 172 runs in 7 matches. |
| Rehan Ahmed | BPH | Bowler / AR | Birmingham’s leg-spin all-rounder, capable of changing a game with either bat or ball. |
Pitch Report
| Details | Information |
|---|---|
| Venue | Edgbaston, Birmingham. Birmingham Phoenix’s home ground. |
| Pitch Type | A generally balanced surface, with some early seam and swing on offer for the new-ball bowlers before it eases out and becomes easier for stroke play. |
| Scoring | Scores have crept up as the tournament has progressed here, with the average first-innings total this season sitting close to 160. This is worth cross-checking against ESPNcricinfo Statsguru before publishing. |
| Pace vs Spin | New-ball pace from Saqib Mahmood and Chris Wood for Phoenix, and Trent Boult and Richard Gleeson for MI London, should find some early movement, with Rehan Ahmed and Sikandar Raza offering control through the middle overs. |
| Toss Factor | Chasing has tended to work out well at this ground recently, so expect the toss winner to give some thought to bowling first rather than defaulting to batting. |
Weather Report
| Details | Information |
|---|---|
| Temperature | Around 30-32°C (86-90°F) through the day, cooling to a still-warm evening for this night match. |
| Sky | Mostly clear and sunny. |
| Rain Chance | Very low, roughly 5 percent. A full, uninterrupted match looks likely. |
| Humidity | Moderate, with little expected impact on swing or player stamina. |
| Overall | Warm, dry conditions for a dead-rubber-adjacent clash between an eliminated home side and a MI London team chasing an outside mathematical chance. |
BPH vs ML Toss Prediction
With chasing sides doing well at Edgbaston lately, expect the toss winner to weigh conditions carefully rather than assume batting first is automatically the right call, especially given how little either side has to lose in a dead-rubber-adjacent finale.
If Donovan Ferreira (Birmingham Phoenix) wins, expect him to bat first at home, trusting Joe Clarke and the middle order to post a total, backed by Saqib Mahmood and Chris Wood to defend it and end the campaign on a high.
If Sam Curran (MI London) wins, expect him to bowl first, trusting Trent Boult and Richard Gleeson to strike early, before backing Nicholas Pooran and Sikandar Raza to chase down a target at pace and give their net run rate the best possible boost.
Injury and Team News
Birmingham Phoenix:
Birmingham Phoenix have already been eliminated after managing just 1 win from 7 matches, and captain Donovan Ferreira will be looking to finish the campaign on a positive note in front of the home crowd. Ferreira has led the side all season after original captain Jacob Bethell was ruled out with a right knee injury on the eve of the tournament, with Joe Weatherley brought in as his batting replacement. Mustafizur Rahman has also missed time through injury this season, with Ben Dwarshuis previously called up as cover. No fresh injury concerns have been reported for this fixture.
Key players: Donovan Ferreira (c, stand-in captain all season), Joe Clarke (Birmingham’s leading run-scorer with 290 runs), Rehan Ahmed (leg-spin all-rounder), Mitchell Owen (aggressive middle-order option), Jordan Thompson (seam-bowling all-rounder), Saqib Mahmood (frontline pace threat).
Predicted Birmingham Phoenix XI: Will Smeed, Joe Clarke (wk), Mitchell Owen, Donovan Ferreira (c), Sean Dickson, Laurie Evans, Jordan Thompson, Rehan Ahmed, Scott Currie, Saqib Mahmood, Usman Tariq.
MI London:
MI London arrive on the back of a four-wicket win over London Spirit and remain technically alive for a top-three finish, though they need a big margin of victory to actually get there. Captain Sam Curran has been central to the turnaround with bat and ball, while Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza, drafted in as a middle-season addition, produced a match-winning cameo in the previous game. Rashid Khan has been in and out of the side around Afghanistan duty. No fresh injury concerns have been reported for this fixture.
Key players: Sam Curran (c, 218 runs and 7 wickets this season), Nicholas Pooran (explosive finisher), Will Jacks (252 runs this season), Trent Boult (new-ball threat), Richard Gleeson (tournament’s leading wicket-taker with 12 scalps), Sikandar Raza (recent match-winner).
Predicted MI London XI: James Vince, Will Jacks, Nicholas Pooran, Sam Curran (c), Sherfane Rutherford, Sikandar Raza, Tom Curran, Rashid Khan, Richard Gleeson, Trent Boult, Olly Stone.
