Moeen Ali’s men would be considering themselves lucky after a bailout by young and unknown talents in lower batsmen Chris Benjamin and Benny Howell. But their challenge in the next game is going to be a bit more difficult as away from home, they face a bruising Manchester Originals at Old Trafford.
The Originals were beaten by nine runs in their first encounter against Oval Invincibles away from home. Their star players in Jos Buttler, Phil Salt and Colin Munro couldn’t really do much and by the time Carlos Braithwaite came into his own, it was too late to rescue the skinning Originals boat.
In this match, the two teams would be giving it their all as stars like Ali, Liam Livingstone, Buttler and Brathwaite could give the Manchester crowd a hundred per cent entertainment.
Match Number- 06
Date and Time: Jul 25, 2021, 11:00:00 PM IST, 06:30 pm Local
Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester
Live Stream in India: Fancode
In the last T20I played here, the match between Pakistan and hosts England went down to the wire and so did the one prior to that between Lancashire and Yorkshire in the T20 Blast. The deteriorating pitches after a long English summer are helping the spinners and hence the likes of Imran Tahir, Ali and Matt Parkinson will remain in the game.
With chances of precipitation less than 5%, the match at iconic Old Trafford would most likely be devoid of intervention from the weather. The temperatures will be ranging in the early twenties. And thus it promises to be a great game.
Philip Salt, Jos Buttler (c & wk), Joe Clarke, Colin Munro, Tom Lammonby, Carlos Brathwaite, Calvin Harrison, Tom Hartley, Fred Klaassen, Steven Finn, Matthew Parkinson
Finn Allen, Miles Hammond, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali (c), Daniel Bell-Drummond, Chris Benjamin, Chris Cooke (wk), Benny Howell, Adam Milne, Tom Helm, Imran Tahir
Philip Salt, Jos Buttler (wk), Finn Allen, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Colin Munro, Tom Lammonby, Carlos Brathwait, Imran Tahir, Tom Hartley
Captain: Jos Buttler,
Vice-Captain: Liam Livingstone