MATCH NO – 6th Match
SERIES – The Hundreds – 2024
DATE – 28th July, 2024
TIME – 11:00 PM IST
VENUE – Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
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
Sixth match of The Hundreds-2024 tournament will be played between Defending Champion Oval Invincible vs Welsh Fire. Last time when both teams played against each other Welsh Fire team scored 138 runs and Oval Invincible scored 138 runs and the match was tied the total. ( 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 Oval Invincible and Welsh Fire.
PITCH REPORT
Sophia Gardens, also known as the Cardiff Wales Stadium, is a cricket ground in Cardiff, Wales. Here’s a general pitch report for Sophia Gardens:
General Characteristic:
Pitch Type: The pitch at Sophia Gardens is generally known to be batting-friendly, especially in the shorter formats of the game. It tends to be hard and flat, which aids the batsmen in playing their shots.
Pace and Bounce: The pitch offers decent pace and bounce, which can help fast bowlers early on. However, it can become slower as the game progresses, especially in limited-overs matches.
Spin: Spinners can come into play as the pitch wears down. The surface can sometimes assist turn, particularly in the latter stages of the game, making spin a crucial factor.
Weather Impact: Being in Wales, the weather can be quite unpredictable. Overcast conditions can help seam bowlers due to the swing on offer. Rain interruptions are also a common feature, which can affect the nature of the pitch and the game strategy.
ODI and T20 Matches
ODIs: Typically, the pitch remains good for batting throughout the 50 overs. Teams often prefer to chase, knowing that the pitch is likely to stay true.
T20s: In the shortest format, the pitch at Sophia Gardens tends to be high-scoring. Batsmen can exploit the shorter boundaries, but spinners and variations from pacers play a key role in the middle overs..
GROUND STATS (100s)
| TOTAL MATCH | 12 |
| AVERAGE SCORE | 130+ |
| BATTING 1ST WON | 05 |
| BATTING 2ND WON | 07 |
| NO RESULT | 00 |
SCORING PATTERN
| BELOW SCORE 130 | 05 |
| BETWEEN 130 TO 149 | 02 |
| BETWEEN 150 TO 169 | 05 |
| ABOVE SCORE 170 | 00 |
BOWLERS STATS ON SOPHIA GARDENS (100s)
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 12
PACER WICKETS – 88
SPINNER WICKETS – 32.
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.
- Last time when both teams played against each other the Welsh Fire team scored 138 runs and the match was tied and both teams got 1-1 points each.
- In the last match Welsh Fire successfully chased a total of 86 runs and won the match by 8 wickets against Manchester originals.
- Joe Clarke scored 33 runs, Tom Kohler Cadmore scored 18 runs and Jonny Bairstow took 18 runs in the previous match against Manchester Originals.
- David Willey took 3 wickets, Joshua Little 2 wickets, Jake Ball, David Payne & Mason Crane took 1-1 wicket each in the previous match against Manchester Originals.
- Both teams have played 3 matches and Welsh Fire lost 2 matches and 1 match tied against Oval Invincible.
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, Jake Ball, Mason Crane, Joshua Little.
WEF – PLAYER STATS:
1. JONNY BAIRSTOW – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 18r, 0r, 16r, 48r, 31r. |
| Stats on venue | 4 INNINGS – 116 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs OVL | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs OVL | NOT PLAYED YET. |
2. TOM-KOHLER CADMORE – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 18r, 0r, 20r, 43r, 51r. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 6 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs OVL | 14r, 13r. |
| Total Stats vs OVL | 2 INNINGS – 27 RUNS. |
3. JOE CLARKE (WK) – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 33r, 2r, 0r, 39r, 23r. |
| Stats on venue | 9 INNINGS – 182 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs OVL | 69r, 37r, 15r. |
| Total Stats vs OVL | 3 INNINGS – 121 RUNS. |
4. GLENN PHILLIPS – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 0r, 15r, 31r, 58r, 52r. |
| Stats on venue | 8 INNINGS – 209 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs OVL | 6r, 8r. |
| Total Stats vs OVL | 2 INNINGS – 10 RUNS. |
5. TOM ABELL © – RHB+RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 11r, 29r, 47r, 30+0W, 9r. |
| Stats on venue | 3 INNINGS – 70 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs OVL | 0r. |
| Total Stats vs OVL | 1 INNING – 0 RUN. |
6. LUKE WELLS – LHB+RALB
| Recent 5 Innings | 10+2W, 5+0W, 0W, 7+0W, 150+2W. |
| Stats on venue | 3 INNINGS – 65 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs OVL | 12r. |
| Total Stats vs OVL | 1 INNING – 12 RUNS. |
7. DAVID WILLEY – LHB+LAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 3W, 26+2W, 13+2W, 1W, 2W. |
| Stats on venue | 5 INNINGS – 24 RUNS – 6W. |
| 5 Innings Against vs OVL | 13+0W, 4+0W. |
| Total Stats vs OVL | 2 INNINGS – 17 RUNS – 0W. |
8. MASON CRANE – RALB
| Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 1W, 1W, 19+0W, 18+1W. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 1 WKTS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs OVL | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs OVL | NOT PLAYED YET. |
9. DAVID PAYNE – LAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 1W, 3W, 0W, 3W. |
| Stats on venue | 10 INNINGS – 9 WICKETS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs OVL | 1W, 1W, 0W. |
| Total Stats vs OVL | 3 INNINGS – 2 WICKETS. |
10. JAKE BALL – RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 0W, 1W, 2W, 1W. |
| Stats on venue | 7 INNINGS – 4 WICKETS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs OVL | 0W. |
| Total Stats vs OVL | 1 INNING – 0 WICKET |
11. JOSHUA LITTLE – LAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 2W, 0W, 0W, 0W, 0W. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNINGS – 2 WICKETS |
| 5 Innings Against vs OVL | 1W, 1W, 5W. |
| Total Stats vs OVL | 3 INNINGS – 7 WICKETS. |
OVL TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
TEAM NEWS
- Defending Champion Oval Invincible team played really well cricket in the previous season of The 100s. Oval team won 6 matches and lost 2 matches out of 8 matches in the previous season.
- Oval Invincible started the season like a champion and bowled out Birmingham Phoenix team at just 89 runs and won the match by 8 wickets.
- Last time when Oval Invincible and Welsh Fire played against each other Welsh Fire team scored 138 runs and Oval Invincible also scored 138 runs the match was tied and both teams got 1-1 points each.
- In the last match The 100s Oval Invincible successfully chased a total of 89 runs and won the match by 8 wickets against Birmingham Phoenix.
- Sam BIllings scored 31 runs, David Malan scored 24 runs and Tawanda Muyeye scored 23 runs in the previous match against Birmingham Phoenix.
- Adam Zampa took 3 wickets, Mohammad Amir, Saqib Mahmood & Will Jacks took 2-2 wickets each, Nathan Sowter took 1 wicket in the previous match against Birmingham Phoenix.
- Both teams have played 03 matches and Oval invincible team won 2 matches and 1 match was tied against Welsh Fire.
SQUADS
Batting – Dawid Malan, Tawanda Muyeye, Tom Lammonby, Jordan Cox (wk), Sam Billings © (wk), Donovan Ferreira.
Bowling – Adam Zampa, Gus Atkinson, NathanSowter, Spencer Johnson, Saqib Mahmood, Mohammad Amir.
All Rounder – Will Jacks, Sam Curran, Tom Curran.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Dawid Malan, Will Jacks, Sam Billings © (wk), Tawanda Muyeye, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Donovan Ferreira, Mohammad Amir, Saqib Mahmood, Nathan Sowter, Adam Zampa.
OVL – PLAYER STATS:
1. DAWID MALAM – LHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 31r, 93r, 29r, 0r, 54r. |
| Stats on venue | 2 INNINGS – 20 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs WEF | 10r, 58r, 20r. |
| Total Stats vs WEF | 3 INNINGS – 88 RUNS. |
2. WILL JACKS – RHB+RAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 6+2W, 20r, 6r, 86r, 9+1W. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 81 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs WEF | 16r, 81r, 20+0W. |
| Total Stats vs WEF | 3 INNINGS – 117 RUNS – 0W. |
3. SAM BILLINGS © (WK) – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 31r, 37r, 33r, 14r, 12r. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 14s RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs WEF | 4r, 14r, 40r. |
| Total Stats vs WEF | 3 INNINGS – 58 RUNS. |
4. TAWANDA MUYEYE – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 23r, 61r, 7r, 45r, 73r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs WEF | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs WEF | NOT PLAYED YET. |
5. SAM CURRAN – LHB+LAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 0W, 24r, 102+0W, 0+1W, 59r. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 26 RUNS – 1W. |
| 5 Innings Against vs WEF | 1+0W, 26+1W. |
| Total Stats vs WEF | 2 INNINGS – 27 RUNS – 1W. |
6. DONOVAN FERRERIO – LHB+LAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 22r, 7r, 12r, 44r, 66r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs WEF | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs WEF | NOT PLAYED YET. |
7. TOM CURRAN – RHB+RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 48+1W, 24+3W, 18+1W, 3W, 3W. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 4 RUNS – 2W. |
| 5 Innings Against vs WEF | 38+2W, 4+2W, 3W. |
| Total Stats vs WEF | 3 INNINGS – 42 RUNS – 7W. |
8. ADAM ZAMPA – RALB
| Recent 5 Innings | 3W, 0W, 2W, 2W, 1W. |
| Stats on venue | 2 INNINGS – 2 WICKETS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs WEF | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs WEF | NOT PLAYED YET. |
9. MOHAMMAD AMIR – LAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 2W, 0W, 2W, 0W, 0W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs WEF | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs WEF | NOT PLAYED YET. |
10. NATHAN SOWTER – RALB
| Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 2W, 2W, 2W, 1W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs WEF | 0W. |
| Total Stats vs WEF | 1 INNING – 0 WICKET. |
11. SAQIB MAHMOOD – RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 2W, 1W, 1W, 2W, 3W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs WEF | 1W. |
| Total Stats vs WEF | 1 INNING – 1 WICKET. |
HEAD TO HEAD RECORDS
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 03
OVL WIN – 02
WEF WIN – 00
NO RESULT – 01.
FANTASY TEAM/DREAM 11 TEAM
SMALL LEAGUE(SL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – J. Bairstow, J. Clark/T. Curran, S. Billings.
BATSMEN – D. Malan G. Phillips.
ALL-ROUNDERS – S. Curran, W. Jacks, D. Willey.
BOWLERS – M. Amir, A. Zampa, J. Little.
GRAND LEAGUE(GL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – J.Bairstow, S. Billings.
BATSMEN – D.Malan, T. Muyeye.
ALL-ROUNDERS – T. Curran, S. Curran, W. Jacks, D. Willey.
BOWLERS – M. Amir, A. Zampa, S. Mahmood.
BACK-UPS – D. Payne, T. Kohler Cadmore, T. Abell, L. Wells.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (SL) – W. Jacks, D. Willey.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (GL) – D. Malan, J. Bairstow.
POSSIBLE OUTCOME –
OVAL INVINCIBLE MAY BE THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH.