OVI vs LNS - Match 28

Author: Shreyas
14 Aug 2021 20:00:10
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Oval Invincibles vs London Spirit - 28th Match of The Hundred'2021, at Kennington Oval, London 

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1. SEASON STATS AND INFO

(i) Points Table Scenario

OVI - 5th (6-3w/2l/1nr)
LNS - 8th (6-1w/4l/1nr)

(ii) Top Performers

Oval Invincibles (OVI)

Jason Roy - 5th highest run scorer (174), Avg (58) - 6M/5I
Sam Billings - 17th highest run scorer (122), Avg (30.50) - 6M/5I
Colin Ingram - 20th highest run scorer (118), Avg (29.50) - 6M/5I

Tom Curran - 6th highest wicket taker (7), Avg (19.71), SR (12.4) - 6M/5I
Sunil Narine - 14th highest wicket taker (6), Avg (18), SR (15) - 6M/5I
Saqib Mahmood - 24th highest wicket taker (5), Avg (22.40), SR (16) - 5M/5I

LNS

Josh Inglis - 25th highest run scorer (99), Avg (19.80) - 6M/5I
Adam Rossington - 27th highest run scorer (96), Avg (24) - 4M/4I

Blake Cullen - 14th highest wicket taker (6), Avg (22), SR (13.3) - 6M/4I
Mohammad Nabi - 14th highest wicket taker (6), Avg (17.83), SR (15.8) - 6M/5I

2. VENUE AND PITCH INFO

Venue - Kennington Oval, London 

(i) Total Matches - T20s

Overall - 146

Avg 1st Innings - 153
Avg 2nd Innings - 139

Highest total - 240/3 (Welsh vs Surrey - 15th May'2015)

(ii) Top Performers on this venue from the current squads - T20s

OVI

Jason Roy - Highest run scorer (1954), Avg (34.89) - 61M/59I
Will Jacks - 11th highest run scorer (454), Avg (23.89) - 25M/22I
Tom Curran - 25th highest run scorer (302), Avg (23.23) - 38M/20I
Laurie Evans - 26th highest run scorer (287), Avg (23.92) - 15M/15I
Sam Billings - 37th highest run scorer (241), Avg (30.13) - 10M/10I
Jordan Clark - 41st highest run scorer (221), Avg (31.57) - 14M/11I
Alex Blake - 46th highest run scorer (203), Avg (18.45) - 15M/13I
Colin Ingram - 51st highest run scorer (187), Avg (23.38) - 8M/8I

Tom Curran - 3rd highest wicket taker (36), Avg (27.69), SR (20.33) - 38M/36I
Will Jacks - 22nd highest wicket taker (11), Avg (16.55), SR (15.09) - 25M/12I
Nathan Sowter - 24th highest wicket taker (10), Avg (10.30), SR (10.50) - 5M/5I
Reece Topley - 24th highest wicket taker (10), Avg (26.70), SR (20.40) - 10M/10I

LNS

Joe Denly - 6th highest run scorer (562), Avg (43.23) - 15M/15I
Ravi Bopara - 7th highest run scorer (540), Avg (36) - 23M/20I
Eoin Morgan - 63rd highest run scorer (161), Avg (16.10) - 11M/11I

Jade Dernbach - 2nd highest wicket taker (60), Avg (26.75), SR (19.93) - 60M/59I
Ravi Bopara - 12th highest wicket taker (21), Avg (19.14), SR (15.62) - 23M/17I
Roelof Van Der Merwe - 24th highest wicket taker (10), Avg (16.20), SR (13.20) - 6M/6I
Mohammad Amir - 60th highest wicket taker (6), Avg (17.83), SR (18) - 5M/5I

(iii) Recent Matches on this venue

1) Oval Invincibles vs Trent Rockets - 8th August'2021
125/6 vs 116/8 (OVI won by 9 runs)

Jason Roy - 56(29)*
Sunil Narine - 3w
Tom Curran - 2w
Tabraiz Shamsi - 2w

Pacers - 1w+2w=3w
Spinners - 5w+5w=10w

2) Welsh Fire vs Oval Invincibles - 3rd August'2021
121/7 vs 125/4 (OVI won by 6 wkts)

Sam Billings - 40(34)*
Laurie Evans - 28(17)*
Will Jacks - 20(9)
Sunil Narine - 19(11)
Tom Curran - 3w
Tabraiz Shamsi - 1w
Saqib Mahmood - 1w
Reece Topley - 1w

Pacers - 5w+3w=8w
Spinners - 1w+1w=2w

3) Oval Invincibles vs Manchester Originals - 23rd July'2021
145/8 vs 136/7 (OVI won by 9 runs)

Sam Billings - 49(30)
Tom Curran - 29(18)* & 1w
Jason Roy - 20(12)
Colin Ingram - 17(17)
Nathan Sowter - 2w
Reece Topley - 1w
Sunil Narine - 1w

Pacers - 5w+4w=9w
Spinners - 3w+3w=6w

4) Surrey vs Kent - 10th July'2021
128/7 vs 129/1 (KEN won by 9 wkts)

Pacers - 4w+1w=5w
Spinners - 2w+0w=2w

5) Middlesex vs Surrey - 26th June'2021
174/7 vs 175/5 (SUR won by 5 wkts)

Pacers - 4w+2w=6w
Spinners - 3w+3w=6w

6) Surrey vs Somerset - 24th June'2021
146/8 vs 149/3 (SOM won by 7 wkts)

Pacers - 5w+2w=7w
Spinners - 1w+1w=2w

7) Surrey vs Essex - 22nd June'2021
118/10 vs 119/2 (ESS won by 8 wkts)

Pacers - 7w+2w=9w
Spinners - 3w+0w=3w

8) Welsh vs Surrey - 15th June'2021
166/8 vs 167/5 (SUR won by 5 wkts)

Pacers - 6w+3w=9w
Spinners - 0w+2w=2w

9) Surrey vs Kent - 1st October'2020
169/2 vs 113/7 (SUR won by 56 runs)

Pacers - 0w+2w=2w
Spinners - 2w+5w=7w

10) Kent vs Surrey - 20th September'2020
159/8 vs 161/4 (SUR won by 6 wkts)

Pacers - 5w+3w=8w
Spinners - 2w+1w=3w

SUMMARY

Pacers
1st Innings - 42w
2nd Innings - 24w

Spinners
1st Innings - 22w
2nd Innings - 21w

Overall
66w:43w (Pacers:Spinners)

(iv) Toss Based Analysis on this venue

Oval Invincibles (OVI)

1. Sam Billings
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 14(11), 50(33), 49(30), 6(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 16(8), 18(21), 40(34)*

2. Alex Blake
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 11(8), 52(35)*&0w, 1(2), 9(9)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(3)*, 14(18)

3. Saqib Mahmood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

4. Jordan Clark
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 26(27)*, 15(8)&1w, 30(31)&1w, 15(10)&0w, 37(31)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 21(11)&0w, 1w, 8(5)*&1w, 60(32)&1w, 6(7)*&1w, 2(4)&0w

5. Jordan Cox
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(2)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

6. Tom Curran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 8(8)&2w, 0w, 12(9)&2w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 1(3)&3w, 23(17)&3w, 29(18)*&1w, 8(4)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 51(27)*&2w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 31(17)&2w, 2w, 1w, 3w

7. Laurie Evans
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 19(17), 7(8), 10(16), 6(13), 0(2), 9(3)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 6(9), 34(35), 4(6)*, 1(3), 73(45), 39(26), 4(7), 28(17)*

8. Brandon Glover
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

9. Colin Ingram
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 42(31)&1w, 4(6), 17(17), 9(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 9(16)

10. Will Jacks
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 40(26), 1(2), 6(6), 23(18)*&4w, 3(3)&0w, 65(43)&0w, 15(9)&0w, 13(9)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 12(9), 7(11), 1(4), 15(19), 9(5), 19(12), 45(31)*&1w, 4(8)&2w, 65(39)&2w, 4(5)&0w, 10(8)&0w, 47(26)&2w, 20(9)&0w

11. Sandeep Lamichhane
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

12. Sunil Narine
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(5)&1w, 1(3)&3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 19(11)&0w

13. Nathan Sowter
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 2w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 2w

14. Reece Topley
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 1w

15. Jason Roy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 15(11), 55(30), 17(14), 29(21), 50(33), 74(38), 27(21), 56(42), 20(12), 56(29)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(7), 28(11), 84(37), 0(1), 72(52), 64(35), 8(6)

16. Tabraiz Shamsi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

London Spirit

1. Eoin Morgan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(0)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 32(32)

2. Mohammad Amir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

3. Ravi Bopara
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 70(35)*&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 24(19)&1w, 2(2)&0w

4. Mason Crane
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

5. Joe Cracknell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

6. Blake Cullen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

7. Joe Denly
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 102(63)&3w, 29(21)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 116(63)*, 16(17)&0w, 31(26)&0w

8. Jade Dernbach
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 1w

9. Josh Inglis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

10. Brad Wheal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

11. David Wiese
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

12. Luis Reece
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

13. Adam Rossington
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

14. Chris Wood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

15. Roelof Van Der Merwe
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 9(6)&1w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 10(8)&3w

3. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING

A) OVAL INVINCIBLES (OVI) SQUAD:

Unavailable - Sam Curran, Rory Burns

Probable XI

1) Will Jacks - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 13, 13, 20r 0w, 2, 15r 0w, 24r 0w, 1w, 87r 1w, 28r 0w, 0r 1w

2) Jason Roy - RHB
Last 10 - 56*, 38, 8, 52, 20, 10, 32, 60, 17, 36

3) Sunil Narine - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 3w, 1w, 19r 0w, 22r 1w, 2r 1w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 18r 0w, 0w

4) Sam Billings - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 6, 24, 40*, 3, 49, 3, 2, 24, 30

5) Colin Ingram - LHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 9, 81*, 9, 2, 17, 24, 19, 7, 27, 3, 1

6) Laurie Evans - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 9*, 7*, 28*, 8, 0, 58, 6, 57, 12, 3

7) Alex Blake - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 9, 12*, 19, 4, 5, 16*, 19, 14, 0

8) Reece Topley - RHB, LFM
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 4w, 0w, 5w, 1w, 1w

9) Tabriaz Shamsi - RHB, LWS
Last 10 - 2w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 4w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 1w

10) Tom Curran - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 8r 2w, 0w, 3w, 34r 1w, 28r 1w, 1w, 2w, 4w, 0w, 1w

11) Saqib Mahmood - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 0w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 3w, 1w 3w, 2w, 4w, 1w, 4w, 2w

BENCH

12) Sandeep Lamichhane - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 2w, 3w, 4w, 2w, 2w, 11r 1w, 26r 3w, 13r 2w, 42r 3w, 0w

13) Jordan Cox - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 1, 11, 61*, 16*, 20, 36*, 32*, 33, 15

14) Brandon Glover - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 18r 0w

15) Jordan Clark - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 33r 3w, 37r 0w, 4w, 1w 2r 0w, 15r 0w, 30r 1w, 6r 1w

16) Nathan Sowter - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 2w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 37r 1w, 3w, 1w, 2w

Safe C/VC choices
Jason Roy, Sunil Narine

B) LONDON SPIRIT (LNS) SQUAD:

Unavailable - Zak Crawley, Mark Wood, Daniel Lawrence, Mohammad Nabi
IN - Brad Wheal, Joe Cracknell, David Wiese

Probable XI

1) Josh Inglis - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 19, 2, 55, 13, 10, 118*, 42, 48, 52, 27, 35*

2) Adam Rossington - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 46, 1, 45, 4, 24, 3, 59, 6, 0, 0, 22

3) Joe Denly - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 3r 0w, 0, 3, 25, 31r 0w, 12, 17r 0w, 36r 0w, 36r 0w, 8r 1w, 5r 0w
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David Wiese

4) Luis Reece - LHB, LM
Last 10 - 0, 24, 16r 1w, 8, 6, 21r 1w, 39r 0w, 51, 22r 0w, 19, 1r 0w

5) Joe Cracknell - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 15, 2, 24, 4, 13, 7, 26, 13, 13, 21, 13

6) Ravi Bopara - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 14, 10, 8, 7, 17r 0w, 19r 3w, 62r 0w, 62r 0w, 12r 2w

7) Eoin Morgan - LHB, RM
Last 10 - 22*, 27, 5, 18, 13, 21, 16, 75*, 6

8) Roelof Van Der Merwe - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 11r 0w, 12r 0w, 7r 1w, 25r 1w, 1w, 5r 1w, 10r 3w, 41r 4w, 7r 3w, 25r 0w, 76r 0w

9) Mason Crane - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 3w, 1w, 0w

10) Blake Cullen - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 2w, 15*, 2w, 2w, 4w, 20r 1w, 3w, 1w, 4w

11) Brad Wheal - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 4w, 3w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 2w, 2w, 45r 2w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 0w

BENCH

12) Jade Dernbach - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 2w, 3w, 0w, 0w, 18r 2w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 3w, 0w

13) Chris Wood - RHB, LFM
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 11r 2w, 13r 1w, 1w, 15r 0w

14) David Wiese - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 33r 2w, 36r 2w, 5r 2w, 31r 0w, 27r 1w, 21r 2w, 7r 0w, 2r 2w, 6r 2w, 2r 1w

15) Mohammad Amir - LHB, LF
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 16r 0w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w

Safe C/VC choices
Joe Denly, Eoin Morgan

Differential C/VC choices

OVI - Sam Billings, Will Jacks, Colin Ingram, Tom Curran, Tabraiz Shamsi

LNS - Josh Inglis, Brad Wheal, Adam Rossington, Ravi Boparam David Wiese (if plays)

My Fantasy Team (SL)
(Pre Toss)

Wk - Inglis, Billings, Rossington
Bat - Ingram, Roy, Cracknell/Morgan
AR - Wiese/Denly, Narine
Bowl - Wheal, Curran, Shamsi

GL Picks - Cullen, Crane, Van Der Merwe, Jacks, Bopara, Evans

Differential GL Picks (if they play) - Jade Dernbach, Joe Denly, Nathan Sowter

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Offspinner dedicates five-wicket haul to late grandfathers as he braces for fourth-innings challenge
Sat, 24 Feb 2024 12:32:37 GMT
Backs England to seize chance to square series, after Bashir's stellar display
Sat, 24 Feb 2024 12:09:37 GMT
India trail by 134 runs in the first innings with only three wickets in hand
Sat, 24 Feb 2024 12:37:40 GMT
Bhatia and Harmanpreet steered Mumbai's chase after Capsey and Rodrigues helped Delhi set a target of 172
Fri, 23 Feb 2024 16:01:32 GMT
India's debutant fast bowler picked up three wickets with the new ball to put India on top
Fri, 23 Feb 2024 15:13:56 GMT
India fast bowler has been missing in action since the final of the ODI World Cup in November 2023
Fri, 23 Feb 2024 12:23:53 GMT
First-day century rescues England after five-wicket morning to post 302 for 7 at the close
Fri, 23 Feb 2024 12:15:29 GMT
Veteran batter stepped in and took control shepherding his team from 112 for 5 to 302 for 7 by stumps
Fri, 23 Feb 2024 06:43:41 GMT
BCCI released the schedule only for the first 21 matches, till April 7, as the dates for India's general elections aren't out yet
Thu, 22 Feb 2024 14:38:04 GMT
England haven't lost a Test series since Stokes and McCullum took over but that could change in Ranchi
Wed, 21 Feb 2024 10:31:38 GMT
He is believed to have batted without any discomfort but did not keep wickets
Tue, 20 Feb 2024 17:37:42 GMT
He had opted out of the ongoing Tests against England due to personal reasons
Tue, 20 Feb 2024 17:33:33 GMT
KL Rahul is set to miss the fourth Test as well, while his participation in the final Test in Dharamsala is subject to fitness
Tue, 20 Feb 2024 14:56:20 GMT
Iyer has been ruled out due to back spasms, while Dube will miss out because of a side strain
Tue, 20 Feb 2024 10:25:35 GMT
Former Bengal captain requests BCCI to take steps to increase the significance of the Ranji Trophy
Thu, 22 Feb 2024 08:58:10 GMT
England coach unconcerned by form of Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root ahead of must-win Ranchi Test
Mon, 19 Feb 2024 12:34:40 GMT
A veteran for Vidarbha, he is the only Indian batter to have scored fifty or more in his lone ODI appearance
Mon, 19 Feb 2024 05:01:34 GMT
Sarfaraz Khan played the perfect supporting act in a stand of 172 off 26.2 overs with Jaiswal to set up India's 2-1 series lead
Mon, 19 Feb 2024 03:07:11 GMT
Ashwin took the field at the start of the third session of play on the fourth day
Sun, 18 Feb 2024 17:51:43 GMT
England captain questions Zak Crawley's second-innings lbw dismissal
Sun, 18 Feb 2024 16:44:51 GMT
"I know how important every innings is and that's why I work hard in practice and every innings counts for me"
Sun, 18 Feb 2024 16:44:07 GMT
They lead England 2-1 having stayed calm in the face of an early onslaught in Rajkot
Sun, 18 Feb 2024 14:21:08 GMT
England captain ignores criticism of approach, while his return to bowling draws nearer
Sun, 18 Feb 2024 13:33:35 GMT
Despite the absence of Ashwin on the third day in Rajkot, India proceeded to seal their biggest Test win
Sun, 18 Feb 2024 08:07:46 GMT
Non-participation in domestic cricket will lead to "severe implications", secretary Jay Shah has said
Sat, 17 Feb 2024 13:36:11 GMT
Earlier in the day, India's bowling attack roared back to bowl out England for 319 despite Ben Duckett's 153
Mon, 19 Feb 2024 03:08:03 GMT
R Ashwin was pulled up for running on the protected area of the pitch on the second morning
Sat, 17 Feb 2024 03:56:03 GMT
As things stand, India will have to play with only ten men in the remainder of the Rajkot Test if Ashwin doesn't return
Fri, 16 Feb 2024 18:25:05 GMT
A sensational century by Ben Duckett, at 88 balls the third fastest against India in India, left the hosts shell-shocked in Rajkot
Fri, 16 Feb 2024 18:24:30 GMT
At 98 Tests, he also becomes the second-fastest to the landmark in Test cricket
Fri, 16 Feb 2024 07:28:48 GMT
"My body won't allow me to continue bowling fast in red-ball cricket, so I have decided to quit"
Fri, 16 Feb 2024 06:17:14 GMT
Deepak Chahar and Shreyas Iyer also missing in action despite being specifically told to play first-class cricket
Thu, 15 Feb 2024 14:34:41 GMT
Sarfaraz's 66-ball innings lit up the afternoon but ended in heartbreak after he was run-out with Jadeja seeking a 100th run
Thu, 15 Feb 2024 06:03:05 GMT
BCCI secretary Jay Shah confirms as much; also says it's mandatory for centrally contracted players to play domestic cricket when fit
Wed, 14 Feb 2024 12:40:31 GMT
There are huge milestones to look forward to for Ashwin, Anderson and Stokes as India take on England's Bazball once again
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