Welsh Fire vs Manchester Originals - 2nd Match of The Hundred Men's Competition 2023, at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Wales
Weather Forecast
Showers - 19°C
1. TOURNAMENT STATS AND INFO
(i) Points Table Scenario
WEF - Not Played Yet
MAO - Not Played Yet
2. VENUE AND PITCH INFO
Venue - Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
(i) Total Matches - T20s
Overall - 153
Avg 1st Innings - 157
Avg 2nd Innings - 138
Highest total - 236/2 (Surrey vs Glamorgan - 7th June'2023)
(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground
WEF - 8 - 2w/6l
MAO - 1 - 1w/0l
(iii) Top Performers on this Venue
WEF
Chris Cooke - 2nd highest run scorer (1194), Avg (27.14) - 72M/60I
Glenn Phillips - 29th highest run scorer (229), Avg (45.80) - 6M/6I
Jonny Bairstow - 35th highest run scorer (214), Avg (42.80) - 7M/7I
Daniel Douthwaite - 38th highest run scorer (208), Avg (16) - 22M/17I
Joe Clarke - 69th highest run scorer (126), Avg (25.20) - 5M/5I
Stevie Eskinazi - 89th highest run scorer (101), Avg (20.20) - 5M/5I
Daniel Douthwaite - 7th highest wicket taker (25), SR (16.24) - 22M/21I
David Payne - 20th highest wicket taker (13), SR (23.62) - 16M/16I
Roelof Van Der Merwe - 39th highest wicket taker (9), SR (16.89) - 9M/8I
David Willey - 39th highest wicket taker (9), SR (24.22) - 10M/10I
MAO
Laurie Evans - 25th highest run scorer (253), Avg (63.25) - 8M/7I
Jos Buttler - 44th highest run scorer (183), Avg (26.14) - 9M/8I
Phil Salt - 51st highest run scorer (164), Avg (32.80) - 6M/6I
Paul Walter - 78th highest run scorer (118), Avg (29.50) - 5M/4I
(iv) Recent Matches on this venue
1) Middlesex vs Glamorgan - 2nd July'2023
200/9 vs 151/10 (MID woj by 49 runs)
Pacers - 4w+7w=11w
Spinners - 5w+3w=8w
2) Sussex vs Glamorgan - 23rd June'2023
182/6 vs 162/8 (SUS won by 20 runs)
Pacers - 6w+6w=12w
Spinners - 0w+1w=1w
3) Glamorgan vs Somerset - 21st June'2023
171/10 vs 172/2 (SOM won by 8 wkts)
Pacers - 10w+2w=12w
Spinners - 0w+0w=0w
4) Glamorgan vs Gloucestershire - 18th June'2023
183/5 vs 151/8 (GLA won by 32 runs)
Pacers - 3w+4w=7w
Spinners - 2w+4w=6w
5) Essex vs Glamorgan - 7th June'2023
226/9 vs 175/10 (ESS won by 51 runs)
Pacers - 6w+6w=12w
Spinners - 2w+3w=5w
6) Surrey vs Glamorgan - 7th June'2023
236/2 vs 171/8 (SUR won by 65 runs)
Pacers - 1w+7w=8w
Spinners - 1w+1w=2w
7) Kent vs Glamorgan - 2nd June'2023
189/6 vs 191/3 (GLA won by 7 wkts)
Pacers - 2w+3w=5w
Spinners - 4w+0w=4w
8) Welsh Fire vs Northern Superchargers - 26th August'2022
114/6 vs 116/4 (NOS won by 6 wkts)
Pacers - 3w+0w=3w
Spinners - 1w+3w=4w
9) Welsh Fire vs Southern Brave - 22nd August'2022
129/8 vs 132/1 (SOB won by 9 wkts)
Pacers - 6w+1w=7w
Spinners - 1w+0w=1w
10) Birmingham Phoenix vs Welsh Fire - 13th August'2022
130/7 vs 126/5 (BMP won by 4 runs)
Pacers - 5w+5w=10w
Spinners - 2w+0w=2w
SUMMARY
Pacers
1st Innings - 46w
2nd Innings - 41w
Spinners
1st Innings - 18w
2nd Innings - 15w
Overall
87w:33w (Pacers:Spinners)
(iv) Toss Based Analysis on this venue
Welsh Fire (WEF)
1. Joe Clarke
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 17(20), 14(17)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 58(31), 37(29), 0(2)
2. Jonny Bairstow
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 68(45)*, 72(39)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3(5), 28(18), 13(12)*, 0(3), 30(21)
3. Chris Cooke (2018 onwards)
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 11(8)*, 29(17), 4(6), 31(19), 14(10), 29(16), 42(21)*, 11(12), 10(6)*, 45(23), 72(56), 24(16), 15(18), 19(15), 28(17), 7(6)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(7), 4(10), 0(2), 26(21), 5(3)*, 18(18), 11(11), 1(3), 17(14)*, 18(13), 46(28)*, 12(12), 20(13), 13(11), 0(1)
4. Stevie Eskinazi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(7), 7(6), 38(23)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 51(29), 1(2)
5. Glenn Phillips
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 44(32), 3(2)*, 12(17), 50(35)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 80(35), 40(27)
6. Ben Green
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 17(6)*&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w
7. Luke Wells
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3(6)
8. Tom Abell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 10(12), 13(17), 26(14)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 20(16)*
9. Daniel Douthwaite
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(6)&1w, 16(14)&1w, 1w, 24(19)&0w, 15(11)&1w, 11(5)*, 8(10)&2w, 12(10)&1w, 7(3)&3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(1)&3w, 0w, 1(6)&2w, 35(18)&3w, 25(16)&1w, 10(3)*&2w, 0w, 21(16)&0w, 18(10)*&1w, 1w, 3(4)&0w, 2w, 0w
10. Roelof Van Der Merwe
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(7)&0w, 2w, 2w, 10(4)*&3w, 2(1)*&0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 2w
11. David Willey
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 2w, 79(38)&1w, 1(2)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 24(17)&1w, 1(1)*&3w, 3(6)*&1w, 0w, 0w, 5(7)*&0w
12. Jake Ball
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 0w, 1w
13. Haris Rauf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. Shaheen Afridi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
15. George Scrimshaw
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5(3)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w
16. David Payne
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 1w
Manchester Originals (MAO)
1. Jos Buttler
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 16(15), 1(4), 11(4), 31(22)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 13(16), 14(12), 68(55)*, 29(14)
2. Laurie Evans
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 8(5), 0(3), 14(20), 118(60)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 65(47)*, 45(31)*, 3(5)
3. Max Holden
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 58(51), 5(5)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 30(24)*
4. Wayne Madsen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
5. Phil Salt
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 28(21)*, 63(35)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 9(10), 7(8), 27(18), 30(26)
6. Ashton Turner
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
7. Jamie Overton
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 48(21)*, 3(2)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 6(5)&0w
8. Paul Walter
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 8(6), 20(24), 78(34)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 12(12)
9. Tom Lammonby
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 34(20), 18(9)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
10. Richard Gleeson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w
11. Tom Hartley
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w
12. Josh Tongue
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
13. Joshua Little
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. Usama Mir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
15. Mitchell Stanley
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
16. Ben Raine
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. HEAD TO HEAD
(i) Overall
2 - 2w/0l (In favour of MAO)
(ii) On This Venue
1 - 1w/0l (In favour of MAO)
(iii) Recent Head to Head Matches
1) Manchester Originals vs Welsh Fire - 16th August'2022
149/9 vs 102/10 (MAO won by 47 runs)
Phil Salt - 38(22)
Jos Buttler - 29(17)
Tom Hartley - 15(10)* & 1w
Mitchell Stanley - 1w
Jake Ball - 4w
2) Welsh Fire vs Manchester Originals - 31st July'2021
150/6 vs 153/3 (MAO won by 7 wkts)
Joe Clarke - 58(31)
Phil Salt - 30(26)
Tom Hartley - 2w
(iv) Toss Based Analysis (H2H)
Welsh Fire (WEF)
1. Joe Clarke
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 58(31), 10(11)
2. Jonny Bairstow
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. Chris Cooke
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
4. Stevie Eskinazi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
5. Glenn Phillips
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(17)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
6. Ben Green
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
7. Luke Wells
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
8. Tom Abell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
9. Daniel Douthwaite
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
10. Roelof Van Der Merwe
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
11. David Willey
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
12. Jake Ball
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4w
13. Haris Rauf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. Shaheen Afridi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
15. George Scrimshaw
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
16. David Payne
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(6)&0w
Manchester Originals (MAO)
1. Jos Buttler
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 29(17)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
2. Laurie Evans
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(1)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. Max Holden
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
4. Wayne Madsen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 10(7)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
5. Phil Salt
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 38(22)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 30(26)
6. Ashton Turner
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
7. Jamie Overton
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
8. Paul Walter
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 13(10)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
9. Tom Lammonby
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
10. Richard Gleeson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
11. Tom Hartley
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 15(10)*&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w
12. Josh Tongue
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
13. Joshua Little
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. Usama Mir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
15. Mitchell Stanley
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
16. Ben Raine
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
4. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING
A) WELSH FIRE (WEF) SQUAD:
OUT - Ollie Pope
IN - Ben Green
Probable XI
1) Joe Clarke - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 0, 67, 15, 2, 7, 26, 12, 3, 19, 72, 23, 2, 229*
2) Stevie Eskinazi - RHB
Last 10 - 0, 15, 8, 4*, 38, 9, 32, 73, 28, 24, 94*, 0
3) Luke Wells - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 6r 2w, 0r 1w, 75, 1r 0w, 1w, 3, 30, 13r 2w, 0r 0w, 56r 2w, 5r 2w, 3r 1w
4) Tom Abell - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 7, 46, 34, 14*, 8, 15, 5, 26, 15, 9, 19, 0, 4
5) Glenn Phillips - RHB, Offbreak, WK
Last 10 - 20, 47, 0, 29, 6r 0w, 20, 1, 5r 0w, 0r 1w, 25
6) Chris Cooke - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 86*, 10, 0, 11*, 23, 1, 13, 7, 49, 28, 27
7) Ben Green - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 9r 3w, 6r 0w, 115r 1w, 37r 0w, 2r 0w, 2r 3w, 35r 1w, 0r 0w, 40r 1w, 37r 1w, 2w, 2w
8) David Willey - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 10r 1w, 8r 2w, 7r 2w, 28r 2w, 22r 2w, 0r 0w, 2r 1w, 17r 1w, 20r 0w, 20r 1w
9) Roelof Van Der Merwe - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 3w, 0w, 7r 2w, 1w, 17r 1w, 3w, 1w
10) Shaheen Afridi - LHB, LF
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 9r 3w, 2w, 3w, 1w, 2w, 4w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 14r 2w, 11r 1w
11) Haris Rauf - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 2w, 3w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 4w, 2w, 0w
BENCH
12) Jonny Bairstow - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 99*, 12, 5, 16, 10, 78, 20, 7, 27, 36, 20*, 0, 97, 57, 49
13) Jake Ball - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 0w, 3w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 3w, 2w
14) George Scrimshaw - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 19r 5w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 3w, 2w, 1w
15) David Payne - RHB, LFM
Last 10 - 7r 0w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 15r 1w, 16r 0w, 7r 0w, 2w, 3w
16) Daniel Douthwaite - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 9r 1w, 2w, 0w, 5r 3w, 4r 4w, 1w, 12r 0w, 12r 1w, 15r 2w, 1w
Safe C/VC Choices
Ben Green, Shaheen Afridi
B) MANCHESTER ORIGINALS (MAO) SQUAD:
Probable XI
1) Jos Buttler - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 42, 11, 83, 74, 31, 0, 58, 23, 11, 1
2) Phil Salt - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 8, 6, 35*, 41, 13, 74*, 56, 54, 16, 6, 0, 12, 103, 3
3) Wayne Madsen - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 0, 1, 52, 62, 51, 48, 63, 15, 143, 16, 35
4) Laurie Evans - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 0, 70, 9, 3, 85, 40, 1, 28, 93, 118*
5) Ashton Turner - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 32, 8, 0, 5, 6r 3w, 33r 0w, 0w, 53r 0w, 4r 0w, 5r 0w
6) Paul Walter - LHB, LMF
Last 10 - 0r 1w, 28r 1w, 45r 0w, 6r 1w, 26r 3w, 1r 1w, 76r 3w, 24r 2w, 27r 1w, 3r 1w, 45r 0w, 5, 8r 0w
7) Jamie Overton - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 42r 2w, 2w, 35r 3w, 2w, 11, 30r 2w, 12r 0w, 21, 23, 30, 18, 1, 45
8) Usama Mir - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 39r 2w, 3w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 4w, 32r 3w, 1w, 1w, 32r 2w
9) Tom Hartley - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0w, 17r 2w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 7r 0w, 0w, 1w, 5r 2w, 0w, 1w, 5r 1w
10) Richard Gleeson - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w
11) Joshua Little - RHB, LF
Last 10 - 2w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 20r 0w, 2w, 2w, 1w
BENCH
12) Josh Tongue - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 16r 5w, 3w, 19r 2w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 5w, 0w, 3w, 11r 1w, 3w, 1w, 3w
13) Tom Lammonby - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 8r 0w, 4, 3, 30*, 15r 0w, 10, 24, 73, 0, 59, 8, 34, 34
14) Ben Raine - LHB, RFM
Last 10 - 4w, 23r 3w, 0w, 0r 2w, 1w, 4r 1w, 1w, 4w, 4w, 1w, 4w, 1w, 27r 4w, 1w
15) Max Holden - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 15, 55, 26, 41, 37, 5, 15, 0, 4, 11, 68*, 6*, 121*
16) Mitchell Stanley - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 1w, 10r 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 2w
Safe C/VC Choices
Jos Buttler, Paul Walter
Differential GL C/VC choices
WEF - Joe Clarke, Luke Wells, David Willey, Glenn Phillips
MAO - Phil Salt, Laurie Evans, Usama Mir, Ashton Turner
*Important*
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