Teams:

Northern Superchargers (Playing XI): Matthew Short, Ben Stokes, Nicholas Pooran(w), Harry Brook(c), Adam Hose, Oliver Robinson, Mitchell Santner, Jordan Clark, Matthew Potts, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley

Birmingham Phoenix (Playing XI): Ben Duckett, Jamie Smith(w), Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali(c), Dan Mousley, Jacob Bethell, Benny Howell, Sean Abbott, Adam Milne, Tim Southee, Chris Wood

Moeen Ali: We would have batted first as well.

Northern Superchargers have won the toss and have opted to bat

Harry Brook: We are gonna have a bat, hopefully put pressure on them by getting a big score.

Northern Superchargers have won the toss and have opted to bat

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17:35 Local Time, 16:35 GMT, 22:05 IST: Hello and a warm welcome to our live coverage of the second match of today’s double-header. Birmingham Phoenix are placed sixth on the points table, having won two games and lost the other two. The Brave broke their two-match winning streak in their last game despite a scintillating knock from Ben Duckett. Their batters have been highly inconsistent and they need to pull themselves up. A win in today’s encounter against Northern Superchargers will propel the hosts into the top half of the table. But a loss will make things tricky for them. On the other hand, the Superchargers are charged up, having won three matches on the trot. Ben Stokes is back and his availability for their next four games augurs well for the visitors. The visitors are firing on all cylinders. The Superchargers are placed third on the points table and another win will certainly boost them further. Can the Superchargers continue their winning streak? Or will the Phoenix get back to winning ways? Stick around for the toss and team lineups...

Squads:

Birmingham Phoenix Squad: Aneurin Donald(w), Ben Duckett, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali(c), Dan Mousley, Jacob Bethell, Louis Kimber, Benny Howell, Sean Abbott, Adam Milne, Tim Southee, James Fuller, Tom Helm, Jamie Smith, Rishi Patel, Chris Wood

Northern Superchargers Squad: Oliver Robinson, Graham Clark, Nicholas Pooran(w), Harry Brook(c), Ben Stokes, Adam Hose, Ben Dwarshuis, Mitchell Santner, Jordan Clark, Matthew Potts, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley, Matthew Short, Callum Parkinson, Patrick Brown, Dillon Pennington, Michael Jones, Tom Lawes