MATCH NO – 14th Match
SERIES – The Hundreds – 2024
DATE – 03rd August, 2024
TIME – 11:05 PM IST
VENUE – Trent Bridge, Nottingham
INTRODUCTION
The Hundred is a professional franchise 100-ball cricket tournament involving eight men’s teams and eight women’s teams located in major cities across England and Wales. The tournament is organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and features a unique format designed to attract new audiences to the sport.
Teams in The Hundred Men’s Competition:
- Birmingham Phoenix
- London Spirit
- Manchester Originals
- Northern Superchargers
- Oval Invincibles
- Southern Brave
- Trent Rockets
- Welsh Fire
Format:
100 Balls Per Innings: Each team faces 100 balls.
Change of Ends: Ends change after 10 balls.
Bowlers: Each bowler can deliver a maximum of 20 balls per game. They can bowl five or ten consecutive balls.
Powerplay: A 25-ball powerplay is in place at the start of each inning, during which only two fielders are allowed outside the 30-yard circle.
MATCH PREVIEW
Fourteen match of The Hundreds-2024 tournament will be played between one time Champion Trent Rockets vs Welsh Fire. Last time when both teams played against each other Trent Rockets team scored 152 runs and Welsh Fire failed to chase the total and Trent Rocket won the match by 3 runs. ( statsforfantasy )
Both teams boast of strong batting & bowling attacks but India’s team looks more balanced and strong, so the battle between the batsmen and bowlers will be crucial in deciding the outcome of the match.
Considering the form and capabilities of both teams, this match has the potential to be a close contest. It will be interesting to see how the teams strategize and adapt to the conditions. Fans can again expect an exciting and competitive match between Trent Rockets and Welsh Fire.
PITCH REPORT
Trent Bridge in Nottingham, England, is known for being one of the most picturesque and historically significant cricket grounds. Here’s an overview of its pitch characteristics:
General Characteristics:
Batting-Friendly Surface: Trent Bridge often has a reputation for being a good batting wicket. The pitch tends to be flat, offering consistent bounce, making it easier for batsmen to score runs.
Swing and Seam Movement: While the surface is conducive to batting, it also provides assistance to swing and seam bowlers, especially under overcast conditions which are common in England. Early in a match, especially in Test cricket, the ball can swing considerably.
Spin: Spin bowlers might find it challenging to extract significant turn from the Trent Bridge pitch, although as the match progresses into the later days, some assistance can be found. Spinners generally play a containing role rather than a wicket-taking one in the early stages.
Historical Trends:
ODIs and T20s: In limited-overs cricket, the pitch tends to favor batsmen more, leading to high-scoring games. The ground has witnessed some record-breaking scores in ODIs.
Recent Trends
Recent Years: In recent years, pitches at Trent Bridge have seen some very high-scoring matches, especially in ODIs. The outfield is fast, and the boundaries are relatively short, contributing to the run-fest.
Conditions
Weather Influence: The performance of the pitch can be significantly affected by weather conditions. Overcast conditions favour swing bowlers, while sunny weather tends to help batsmen.
Key Considerations for Teams
Batsmen: Look to capitalise on the good batting conditions, but be cautious during the first session when the ball is new and likely to swing.
Bowlers: Fast bowlers should exploit early movement, while spinners should aim to maintain control and look for opportunities as the pitch wears.
Captains: Winning the toss might tempt captains to bat first to take advantage of the favourable batting conditions before the pitch starts to deteriorate later in the game.
GROUND STATS (100s)
| TOTAL MATCH | 13 |
| AVERAGE SCORE | 150+ |
| BATTING 1ST WON | 08 |
| BATTING 2ND WON | 05 |
| NO RESULT | 00 |
SCORING PATTERN
| BELOW SCORE 130 | 03 |
| BETWEEN 130 TO 149 | 05 |
| BETWEEN 150 TO 169 | 02 |
| ABOVE SCORE 170 | 03 |
BOWLERS STATS ON TRENT BRIDGE (100s)
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 13
PACER WICKETS – 99
SPINNER WICKETS – 58.
TRE TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
TEAM NEWS
- One time champion Trent Rockets did not perform well in the previous season of The Hundreds tournament.Trent Rocket team won 3 matches and lost 4 out of 8 matches.
- Trent Rockets started the season with good wins against Northerns Superchargers by 47 runs but they lost the second match by 6 runs against Birmimngha Phoenix.
- Last time when both teams played against each other the Trent Rocket team successfully defended a total of 152 runs and the won match by 3 runs.
- In the last match Trent Rockets failed to chase a total of 138 runs and won the match by 6 runs against Trent Rockets.
- Alex Hales scored 38 runs, Joe Root scored 33 runs in 19 balls, and Rovman Powell scored 21 runs in the previous match against Birmingham Phoenix.
- Rashid Khan took 2 wickets, Lewis Gregory, Luke Wood, Imad Wasim, Joe Root & Sam Cook took 1-1 wickets each in the previous match against Birmingham Phoenix.
- Both teams have played 3 matches and Trent Rockets won all 3 matches against Welsh Fire.
SQUADS
Batting – Rovman Powell, Alex Hales, Joe Root, Adam Lyth, Sam Hain, Tom Banton (wk), Tom Alsop (wk).
Bowling – Ollie Robinson, Josh Turner, Luke Wood, Riley Meredith, Sam Cook, Calvin Harrison.
All Rounder – Imad Wasim, Rashid Khan, Jordan Thompson, Lewis Gregory ©.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Tom Banton (wk), Alex Hales, Sam Hain, Rovman Powell, Joe Root, Lewis Gregory ©, Imad Wasim, Rashid Khan, Jordan Thompson, Luke Wood, Sam Cook.
TRE – PLAYER:
1. TOM BANTON (WK) – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 7r, 45r, 66r, 28r, 8r. |
| Stats on venue | 3 INNINGS – 16 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs WEF | 0r. |
| Total Stats vs WEF | 1 INNING – 0 RUN. |
2. ALEX HALES – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 38r, 10r, 6r, 6r, 36r. |
| Stats on venue | 13 INNINGS – 301 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs WEF | 4r, 38r, 26r. |
| Total Stats vs WEF | 3 INNINGS – 68 RUNS. |
3. JOE ROOT – RHB+RAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 33+1W, 87r, 122r, 14r, 68r. |
| Stats on venue | 6 INNINGS – 114 RUNS – 4 W. |
| 5 Innings Against vs WEF | 33+1W. |
| Total Stats vs WEF | 1 INNING – 33 RUNS – 1W. |
4. SAM HAIN – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 15r, 12r, 49r, 94r, 52r. |
| Stats on venue | 4 INNINGS – 116 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs WEF | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs WEF | NOT PLAYED YET. |
5. ROVMAN POWELL – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 21r, 27r, 12r, 1r, 36r. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 21 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs WEF | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs WEF | NOT PLAYED YET. |
6. LEWIS GREGORY © – RHB+RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 0W, 2W, 7+0W, 6+0W. |
| Stats on venue | 9 INNINGS – 93 RUNS – 8W. |
| 5 Innings Against vs BRM | 18+0W, 35+0W, 5+1W, 25r, 3r. |
| Total Stats vs BRM | 5 INNINGS – 86 RUNS – 1W. |
7. IMAD WASIM – LHB+LAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 2W, 1W, 17+1W, 2W. |
| Stats on venue | 3 INNINGS – 29 RUNS – 3W. |
| 5 Innings Against vs WEF | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs WEF | NOT PLAYED YET. |
8. RASHID KHAN – RHB+RALB
| Recent 5 Innings | 2W, 15+2W, 3W, 14+1W, 2W. |
| Stats on venue | 6 INNINGS – 8 WICKETS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs WEF | 0W. |
| Total Stats vs WEF | 1 INNING – 0 WICKET. |
9. JORDAN THOMPSON – LHB+RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 0W, 1W, 50+3W, 40+0W, 1W. |
| Stats on venue | 2 INNINGS – 0 WICKET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs WEF | 0W 1W. |
| Total Stats vs WEF | 2 INNINGS – 1 WICKET. |
10. LUKE WOOD – LAF
| Recent 5 Innings | 0W, 1W, 1W, 0W, 3W. |
| Stats on venue | 10 INNINGS – 10 WICKETS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs WEF | 1W, 0W, 1W. |
| Total Stats vs WEF | 3 INNINGS – 2 WICKETS. |
11. SAMUEL COOK – RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 2W, 0W, 0W, 1W. |
| Stats on venue | 10 INNINGS – 11 WICKETS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs WEF | 2W. |
| Total Stats vs WEF | 1 INNING – 2 WICKETS. |
WEF TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
TEAM NEWS
- Welsh Fire did perform good in the previous season of The Hundreds tournament. Welsh Fire team won 4 matches and lost 3 out of 8 matches.
- Welsh Fire started the season with a good win against Manchester originals. But after that win they have lost back to back 2 matches against London Spirits & Oval Invincible.
- Last time when both teams played against each other the Welsh Fire team failed to chase a total 152 runs and lost the match by 3 runs.
- In the last match Welsh Fire failed to defend a total of 95 runs and lost the match by 3 wickets against London Spirits.
- Luke Wells scored 23 runs, Jonny Bairstow scored 12 runs and Glenn Phillips scored 12 runs in the previous match against London Spirits.
- Matt Henry & Haris Rauf took 3-3 wickets each, Mason Crane took 1 wicket in the previous match against London Spirits.
- Both teams have played 3 matches and Welsh Fire lost all 3 matches against Trent Rockets.
SQUADS
Batting – Glenn Phillips, Luke Wells, Joe Clarke (wk), Jonny Bairstow (wk), Tom Kohler Cadmore, Stephan Eskinazi, Chris Cooke.
Bowling – Haris Rauf, David Payne, Mason Crane, Roelof van der Merwe, Jake Ball, Matt Henry, Joshua Little.
All Rounder – Tom Abell ©, David Willey, Ben Green.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Jonny Bairstow, Joe Calrke (wk),Tom Kohler Cadmore, Glenn Phillips, Tom Abell ©, Luke Wells, David Willey, David Payne, Haris Rauf, Matt Henry, Mason Crane.
WEF – PLAYER:
1. JONNY BAIRSTOW – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 12r, 5r, 18r, 0r, 16r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs TRE | 3r. |
| Total Stats vs TRE | 1 INNING – 3 RUNS. |
2. TOM-KOHLER CADMORE – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 4r, 22r, 18r, 0r, 20r. |
| Stats on venue | 8 INNINGS – 158 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs TRE | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs TRE | NOT PLAYED YET. |
3. JOE CLARKE (WK) – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 5r, 0r, 33r, 2r, 0r. |
| Stats on venue | 2 INNINGS – 42 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs TRE | 54r, 15r, 27r. |
| Total Stats vs TRE | 3 INNINGS – 96 RUNS. |
4. GLENN PHILLIPS – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 11r, 0r, 0r, 15r, 31r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs TRE | 12r, 50r. |
| Total Stats vs TRE | 2 INNINGS – 62 RUNS. |
5. TOM ABELL © – RHB+RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 12r, 16r, 11r, 29r, 47r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs TRE | 32r. |
| Total Stats vs TRE | 1 INNING – 32 RUNS. |
6. LUKE WELLS – LHB+RALB
| Recent 5 Innings | 23r, 7+0W, 10+2W, 5+0W, 0W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs TRE | 8+0W. |
| Total Stats vs TRE | 1 INNING – 8 RUNS – 0W. |
7. DAVID WILLEY – LHB+LAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 13+0W, 4+2W, 3W, 26+2W, 13+2W. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 0 WICKET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs TRE | 2W, 0W. |
| Total Stats vs TRE | 2 INNINGS – 2 WICKETS. |
8. MASON CRANE – RALB
| Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 1W, 1W, 1W, 1W. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 0 WKTS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs TRE | 0W, 1W. |
| Total Stats vs TRE | 2 INNINGS – 1 WICKET. |
9. DAVID PAYNE – LAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 0W, 2W, 1W, 1W, 3W. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 1 WICKET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs TRE | 1W, 1W. |
| Total Stats vs TRE | 2 INNINGS – 2 WICKETS. |
10. MATT HENRY – RAF
| Recent 5 Innings | 3W, 0W, 2W, 0W, 0W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs TRE | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs TRE | NOT PLAYED YET. |
11. HARUS RAUF – RAF
| Recent 5 Innings | 3W, 1W, 0W, 0W, 0W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs TRE | 0W. |
| Total Stats vs TRE | 1 INNING – 0 WICKET. |
HEAD TO HEAD RECORDS
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 03
- TRE WIN – 03
- WEF WIN – 00
- NO RESULT – 00.
FANTASY TEAM/DREAM 11 TEAM
SMALL LEAGUE(SL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – T. Banton.
BATSMEN – A. Hales, J. Root, S. Hain.
ALL-ROUNDERS – L. Gregory, I. Wasim, J. Thompson, D.Willey.
BOWLERS – R. Khan, M. Henry, H. Rauf.
GRAND LEAGUE(GL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – J. Bairstow.
BATSMEN – A. Hales, J. Root, G. Phillips, S. Hain.
ALL-ROUNDERS – L. Gregory, I. Wasim, D. Willey.
BOWLERS – R. Khan, M. Henry, D. Payne.
BACK-UPS – R. Powell, L. Wells, L. Wood, S. Cook.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (SL) – D. Willey, J. Root.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (GL) – R. Khan, A. Hales.
POSSIBLE OUTCOME –
TRENT ROCKETS MAY BE THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH.