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The second Test of the highly sought after five-match Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, played between England and India, will be played at Edgbaston in Birmingham from Wednesday, July 2 onwards. The Ben Stokes-led England cricket team will be coming high on confidence in this Test after winning the opening Test of the series by five wickets.
The English side, on the back of a century knock (149 off 170) from Ben Duckett and crucial fifty-plus scores from Zak Crawley (65) and Joe Root (53*) chased down the 371-run target in the final innings to go 1-0 up in the series. However, the Men in Blue too had their moments on the field, with five centuries coming from their side across the two innings and a five-fer from Jasprit Bumrah, but some lackadaisical attempts on the field just let the game slip away from their hands.
Day 1 of Edgbaston Test to be warm with brief showers
As the action now move towards the second Test, which will be played from July 2 to 6 in Birmingham, weather proves to be pivotal to see a full-fledged 90-over game in a day. Therefore, talking of the weather for day one of the second Test at Edgbaston in Birmingham, there are expectations of low clouds with some sun. However, it is not expected to be as warm as there are brief showers predicted during the day.
The temperature will hit a maximum of 21°C, according to the listings on Accuweather with the probability of precipitation on Wednesday, July 2, standing at 80%. The probability of thunderstorm stands at 23% with 1.5 hours of rain predicted as per the forecast. If we further bifurcate the forecast into morning and afternoon, the temperature is set to hit maximum of 20°C. It is likely to remain mostly cloudy during the day with a cloud cover expected to be 97%.
Speaking of the afternoon, the temperature is expected to range up to 21°C with 55% probability of precipitation. However, it will continue to remain cloudy with a brief shower or two, as per the listing on Accuweather. The wind gusts of around 52 km/h is expected to blow away a passing shower quite quickly from the city, hoping fans to witness an uninterrupted day’s play in the England versus India second Test at Edgbaston.
