Welsh Fire vs London Spirit - 32nd Match of The Hundred'2021, at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
Weather Forecast
Partly Cloudy - 20°C
1. SEASON STATS
(i) Points Table Scenario
WEF - 7th (7-2w/5l)
LNS - 8th (7-1w/5l/1nr)
(ii) Top Performers from current squads
WEF
Ben Duckett - Highest run scorer (226), Avg (32.28) - 7M/7I
Glenn Phillips - 18th highest run scorer (134), Avg (26.80) - 7M/7I
Leus Du Plooy - 27th highest run scorer (121), Avg (24.20) - 5M/5I
Qais Ahmed - 8th highest wicket taker (8), Avg (20.50), SR (17.5) - 7M/7I
Jimmy Neesham - 13th highest wicket taker (7), Avg (17.28), SR (11.4) - 7M/7I
David Payne - 20th highest wicket taker (6), Avg (37), SR (20.8) - 7M/7I
LNS
Eoin Morgan - 21st highest run scorer (126), Avg (25.20) - 7M/6I
Adam Rossington - 23rd highest run scorer (124), Avg (24.80) - 5M/5I
Josh Inglis - 31st highest run scorer (101), Avg (16.83) - 7M/6I
Blake Cullen - 13th highest wicket taker (7), Avg (23.85), SR (14) - 7M/5I
Mason Crane - 28th highest wicket taker (5), Avg (21.20), SR (19) - 5M/5I
2. VENUE AND PITCH INFO
Venue - Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
(i) Total Matches - T20s
Total Matches - 125
Avg 1st Innings - 149
Avg 2nd Innings - 147
Highest total - 216/5 (Welsh Dragons vs Hampshire Royals - 31st August'2019)
(ii) Top Performers on this venue from the current squads - T20s
WEF
David Lloyd - 4th highest run scorer (740), Avg (26.43) - 33M/29I
Ian Cockbain - 34th highest run scorer (190), Avg (27.14) - 10M/9I
Ryan Higgins - 45th highest run scorer (142), Avg (35.50) - 6M/6I
Tom Banton - 67th highest run scorer (113), Avg (37.67) - 3M/3I
Ben Duckett - 82nd highest run scorer (94), Avg (31.33) - 3M/3I
Ryan Higgins - 45th highest wicket taker (6), Avg (25.50), SR (16.67) - 6M/6I
David Payne - 45th highest wicket taker (6), Avg (39), SR (29.67) - 9M/9I
Jimmy Neesham - 66th highest wicket taker (4), Avg (13.25), SR (10.50) - 3M/3I
Matt Milnes - 51st highest wicket taker (5), Avg (4.40), SR (4.4) - 1M/1I
LNS
Eoin Morgan - 17th highest run scorer (264), Avg (44) - 10M/9I
Ravi Bopara - 22nd highest run scorer (240), Avg (40) - 10M/9I
Joe Denly - 70th highest run scorer (112), Avg (28) - 5M/5I
Ravi Bopara - 13th highest wicket taker (14), Avg (12.21), SR (11.57) - 10M/7I
Blake Cullen - 90th highest wicket taker (3), Avg (11), SR (8) - 1M/1I
(iii) Recent Matches on this venue
1) Welsh Fire vs Trent Rockets - 6th August'2021
139/8 vs 140/4 (TRR won by 6 wkts)
Glenn Phillips - 50(35)
Leus Du Plooy - 30(22)
Qais Ahmed - 2w
Matt Milnes - 1w
David Payne - 1w
Pacers - 4w+2w=6w
Spinners - 3w+2w=5w
2) Welsh Fire vs Manchester Originals - 31st July'2021
150/6 vs 153/3 (MAO won by 7 wkts)
Leus Du Plooy - 43(22)
Ben Duckett - 32(21)
Matthew Critchley - 30(17)* & 1w
Jimmy Neesham - 1w
Ryan Higgins - 1w
Pacers - 3w+2w=5w
Spinners - 2w+1w=3w
3) Welsh Fire vs Southern Brave - 27th July'2021
165/4 vs 147/7 (WEF won by 18 runs)
Ben Duckett - 53(34)
Tom Banton - 34(23)
Jimmy Neesham - 3w
David Payne - 2w
Matthew Critchley - 1w
Pacers - 1w+6w=7w
Spinners - 3w+1w=4w
4) Somerset vs Welsh Dragons - 17th July'2021
181/5 vs 107/10 (SOM won by 74 runs)
Pacers - 5w+4w=9w
Spinners - 0w+6w=6w
5) Sussex vs Welsh Dragons - 3rd July'2021
201/8 vs 168/10 (SUS won by 33 runs)
Pacers - 6w+5w=11w
Spinners - 2w+4w=6w
6) Welsh Dragons vs Surrey - 30th June'2021
153/6 vs 152/9 (WEL won by 1 run)
Pacers - 4w+6w=10w
Spinners - 1w+1w=2w
7) Sri Lanka vs England - 25th June'2021
111/7 vs 108/5 (ENG won by 5 wkts - DLS)
Pacers - 4w+3w=7w
Spinners - 2w+2w=4w
8) Welsh Dragons vs Middlesex Panthers - 19th June'2021
150/9 vs 129/9 (WEL won by 21 runs)
Pacers - 7w+7w=14w
Spinners - 2w+1w=3w
9) Kent Spitfires vs Welsh Dragons - 17th June'2021
144/7 vs 104/10 (KEN won by 40 runs)
Pacers - 5w+8w=13w
Spinners - 2w+2w=4w
10) Essex Eagles vs Welsh Dragons - 13th June'2021
153/6 vs 156/3 (WEL won by 7 wkts)
Pacers - 5w+2w=7w
Spinners - 1w+1w=2w
SUMMARY
Pacers
1st Innings - 44w
2nd Innings - 46w
Spinners
1st Innings - 18w
2nd Innings - 21w
Overall
90w:39w (Pacers:Spinners)
(iv) Toss Based Analysis on this venue
Welsh Fire (WEF)
1. Qais Ahmed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
2. Graeme White
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. Luke Fletcher
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
4. Tom Banton
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 34(23), 15(10), 34(23), 5(6)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 64(34)
5. Joshua Cobb
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 11(16)&1w, 2(7)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
6. Ian Cockbain
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 16(15), 1(1)*, 16(13)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 12(11), 40(33), 15(15)
7. Matthew Critchley
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 30(17)*&1w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
8. Leus Du Plooy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 43(22), 30(22)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
9. Ben Duckett
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 53(34), 32(21), 53(34), 12(13)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 9(7)
10. Ryan Higgins
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 22(16)*&2w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 37(29)&0w, 37(27)&1w, 29(25)&0w
11. David Lloyd
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 33(28), 39(34), 57(37), 27(32), 35(21), 16(12), 40(17)&1w, 41(31), 0(1)&1w, 41(31)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 19(11), 40(29), 2(4), 28(15), 14(10), 1(6), 51(29), 11(11)
12. Jimmy Neesham
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(1)&3w, 6(5)&1w, 3w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
13. David Payne
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 2w, 0w 2w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w, 0w
14. Glenn Phillips
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 44(32), 3(2)*, 12(17), 3(2)*&0w, 50(35)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
15. Matt Milnes
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
London Spirit
1. Eoin Morgan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(2)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 17(19), 57(29)*, 33(33), 11(9)
2. Mohammad Amir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. Ravi Bopara
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(10)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 45(20)*&2w
4. Mason Crane
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w
5. Joe Cracknell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(7)
6. Blake Cullen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w
7. Joe Denly
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 15(10)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 20(12)*
8. Jade Dernbach
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 0w
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 - 6(4)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 25(16)*&1w
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 -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w
15. Roelof Van Der Merwe
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 10(4)*&3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING
A) WELSH FIRE (WEF) SQUAD:
Unavailable - Johnny Bairstow, Ollie Pope, Jake Ball, Liam Plunkett
IN - Luke Fletcher, Graeme White
Probable XI
1) Tom Banton - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 36, 0, 5, 2, 15, 34, 19, 107*, 77, 5, 9, 1
2) Ian Cockbain - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 26, 32, 16, 72, 10, 34, 30*, 62*, 31, 7
3) Ben Duckett - LHB, WK, Offbreak
Last 10 - 7, 16, 12, 65, 32, 53, 74*, 45, 69*, 39, 20
4) Leus Du Plooy - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 30, 1, 30, 17, 43, 43, 47, 30, 1, 2, 1, 57, 11
5) Glenn Phillips - RHB, WK, Offbreak
Last 10 - 30*, 8, 50, 8, 12, 3r 0w, 29, 48r 0w, 47r 2w, 16, 2r 1w, 13, 9r 0w, 57r 1w, 4
6) Jimmy Neesham - LHB, RMF
Last 10 - 0w, 6r 1w, 0w, 2w, 6r 1w, 3w, 20r 1w, 2r 0w, 10r 2w, 10r 0w, 0w
7) Graeme White - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0w, 14r 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 15r 0w, 22r 0w, 1w, 0w, 4w
8) Luke Fletcher - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 4w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 3w, 5w, 0w
9) Qais Ahmed - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w
10) David Payne - RHB, LFM
Last 10 - 0w, 3w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 1w
11) Matt Milnes - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 1w, 10r 1w, 1w, 0w, 14r 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w
BENCH
12) Ryan Higgins - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 1w, 12r 1w, 25r 3w, 26r 0w, 43r 1w, 15r 0w, 3w, 2w, 0w
13) David Lloyd - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 6, 52, 11, 13, 38, 17r 1w, 51r 0w, 21r 0w, 41, 29r 0w, 44, 0r 1w
14) Matthew Critchley - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 30r 1w, 9r 0w, 33r 1w, 23r 0w, 36, 20r 2w, 27r 1w, 8r 0w, 1r 2w, 5r 0w
15) Joshua Cobb - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 12, 2, 35r 0w, 20r 0w, 11, 28r 2w, 62r 0w, 29r 0w, 9r 1w, 6r 0w
Safe C/VC choices
Jimmy Neesham, Ben Duckett
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 - 2, 19, 2, 55, 13, 10, 118*, 42, 48, 52, 27
2) Adam Rossington - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 28, 46, 1, 45, 4, 24, 3, 59, 6, 0, 0
3) Joe Denly - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 35r 0w, 3r 0w, 0, 3, 25, 31r 0w, 12, 17r 0w, 36r 0w, 36r 0w, 8r 1w
4) Joe Cracknell - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 5, 15, 2, 24, 4, 13, 7, 26, 13, 13, 21, 13
5) Ravi Bopara - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 0r 1w, 14, 10, 8, 7, 17r 0w, 19r 3w, 62r 0w, 62r 0w
6) Eoin Morgan - LHB, RM
Last 10 - 41, 22*, 27, 5, 18, 13, 21, 16, 75*
7) David Wiese - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 33r 2w, 36r 2w, 5r 2w, 31r 0w, 27r 1w, 21r 2w, 7r 0w, 2r 2w
8) Roelof Van Der Merwe - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 20r 2w, 11r 0w, 12r 0w, 7r 1w, 25r 1w, 1w, 5r 1w, 10r 3w, 41r 4w, 7r 3w, 25r 0w
9) Mason Crane - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 3w, 1w
10) Blake Cullen - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 15*, 2w, 2w, 4w, 20r 1w, 3w, 1w
11) Brad Wheal - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 2w, 4w, 3w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 2w, 2w, 45r 2w, 1w, 1w, 2w
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) Luis Reece - LHB, LM
Last 10 - 0, 24, 16r 1w, 8, 6, 21r 1w, 39r 0w, 51, 22r 0w, 19, 1r 0w
15) Mohammad Amir - LHB, LF
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 16r 0w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w
Safe C/VC choices
Eoin Morgan, Joe Denly
Differential C/VC choices
WEF - Glenn Phillips, Tom Banton, Ian Cockbain, Leus Du Plooy
LNS - Josh Inglis, Brad Wheal, Adam Rossington, David Wiese
My Fantasy Team (SL)
(Pre Toss)(8 players)
Wk - Rossington
Bat - Morgan, Duckett, Phillips
AR - Merwe, Neesham
Bowl - Wheal, Ahmed
Remaining picks - Denly/Inglis/Wiese/Banton (any 2), Cullen/Payne
GL Picks - Du Plooy, Cockbain, Bopara, Crane