Benny Howell is “excited” about the strength of Birmingham Phoenix’s men’s bowling attack this summer.
The Phoenix enjoyed a great campaign in The Hundred last summer. After losing their first game to eventual champions Oval Invincibles, they won all but one of their remaining fixtures in the group stage before falling to the Southern Brave in the Eliminator on the first use of the Super Five in the competition’s history.
Birmingham have retained most of their team that got them to the Eliminator last season, including T20 specialist Howell and New Zealand bowler Tim Southee who picked up 1...