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Birmingham Phoenix v MI London

Edgbaston | 12 Aug 2026, 18:30100-ball

Result: MI London won defending

Ground trends — Edgbaston

  • Bowler-friendly powerplay: 1.5 wickets in PP vs 1.3 globally
  • Chase advantage: 62% win rate chasing vs 38% batting first

In-play & trading angles

  • Defendable totalA first-innings score of 150+ is defended 80% of the time here. Once a side posts it, the fielding team is live in-play — the market often overrates the chase.
  • Chasing is favouredChasing sides win 62% here. The side bowling first holds value; the par score plays lower than it looks.

Average runs in the last five 5-ball sets at Edgbaston are 10.2, 8.5, 9.8, 9.9, 10.7 — about 49.1 runs in the closing quarter (21 Hundred matches). Runs lines below that, with batting in hand, are the overs angle.

Full ground stats

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Avg 1st innings146 (7.73 rpo)
Median 1st innings145
Chase success rate62%
Bat first win rate38%
Toss winner win rate48%
Avg powerplay (1st inns)36.4/1.5
Boundaries per match22.4 fours, 12.8 sixes
Highest chase / lowest defended182 / 154

Based on 21 Hundred matches at this ground.

Team trends

Birmingham Phoenix

Overall23-23 · 50%
Recent form
WLLLL
Batting first42.9% (21)
Chasing58.3% (24)
At this ground68.4% (19)

MI London

Overall33-15 · 68.8%
Recent form
LWLWW
Batting first68.2% (22)
Chasing69.2% (26)
At this ground0% (3)

Head-to-head (last 5 Hundred meetings): Birmingham Phoenix 4, MI London 1.

Teams

Birmingham Phoenix

  • · Won 1 of 2 at Edgbaston this season (2 matches at the ground)
  • · Recently failed to defend 111 v Trent Rockets; failed to defend 137 v Welsh Fire; fell short chasing 128 v Southern Brave (last 3 matches)
  • · Averaging 135.6 with the bat (175.5 at home, 109 away) (5 matches in 2026)
  • · Conceding an average of 154.6 — 157.5 bowling first, 152.7 bowling second (5 matches in 2026)
  • · Wins 58.3% chasing vs 42.9% the other way (21 bat-first / 24 chasing)
  • · Strong overall record at Edgbaston: 13-6 (19 matches)

MI London

  • · Recently chased 160 v London Spirit; defended 183 v Manchester Super Giants; failed to defend 164 v London Spirit (last 3 matches)
  • · Averaging 156.2 with the bat (163.7 at home, 148.7 away) (6 matches in 2026)
  • · Conceding an average of 150.3 — 149.8 bowling first, 151.5 bowling second (6 matches in 2026)
  • · Won 7 of last 10 (10 matches)

Key matchups

W Smeed vs T Curran23/11 · SR 209 · 0w

W Smeed has dominated T Curran — SR 209 off 11 balls

W Smeed vs S Curran13/9 · SR 144 · 0w

13 runs off 9 balls, 0 dismissals

From these two sides' historical Hundred meetings — a guide to duels that may recur.

Players

Birmingham Phoenix

Joe Michael Clarkebat
  • · 192 runs in 5 innings in 2026 at an average of 38.4, striking at 150 (5 inns, 128 balls)
  • · Low score of 7, best of 68 (5 inns, 128 balls)
  • · 2.2 sixes per innings (11 total) (5 inns, 128 balls)
  • · Strikes at 143.7 against MI London in the Hundred, 3.6% above the league average, averaging 37 (103 balls faced)
William Conrad Francis Smeedbat
  • · 105 runs in 5 innings in 2026 at an average of 21, striking at 125 (5 inns, 84 balls)
  • · Low score of 5, best of 51 (5 inns, 84 balls)
  • · 0.8 sixes per innings (4 total) (5 inns, 84 balls)
  • · Strikes at 166.7 against MI London in the Hundred, 20.2% above the league average, averaging 31.25 (75 balls faced)
Saqib Mahmoodbowl
  • · 2 wickets in 5 innings in 2026 at 9.2 runs per 5-ball set (5 inns, 85 balls)
  • · 0.4 wickets per innings (5 inns, 85 balls)
Usman Tariqbowl
  • · 2 wickets in 4 innings in 2026 at 5.6 runs per 5-ball set (4 inns, 75 balls)
  • · 0.5 wickets per innings (4 inns, 75 balls)

MI London

William George Jacksbat
  • · 213 runs in 6 innings in 2026 at an average of 35.5, striking at 157.8 (6 inns, 135 balls)
  • · Low score of 2, best of 65 (6 inns, 135 balls)
  • · 2 sixes per innings (12 total) (6 inns, 135 balls)
  • · Strikes at 89.3 against Birmingham Phoenix in the Hundred, 35.6% below the league average, averaging 5 (28 balls faced)
Nicholas Pooranbat
  • · 171 runs in 6 innings in 2026 at an average of 42.75, striking at 185.9 (6 inns, 92 balls)
  • · Low score of 0, best of 58 (6 inns, 92 balls)
  • · 2 sixes per innings (12 total) (6 inns, 92 balls)
Trent Alexander Boultbowl
  • · 8 wickets in 6 innings in 2026 at 6.3 runs per 5-ball set (6 inns, 119 balls)
  • · 1.33 wickets per innings (6 inns, 119 balls)
Thomas Kevin Curranbowl
  • · 6 wickets in 6 innings in 2026 at 9 runs per 5-ball set (6 inns, 100 balls)
  • · 1 wickets per innings (6 inns, 100 balls)

Stats are computed from ball-by-ball Hundred data only — never mixed with T20 — and show their sample sizes.