MATCH NO – 25th Match
SERIES – The Hundreds – 2024
DATE – 10th August, 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 organized 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
25th match of The Hundreds-2024 tournament will be played between Birmingham Phoenix vs Welsh Fire.Last time when both teams played against each other Birmingham team scored 112 runs and Welsh Fire chased the total and won the match by 6 wickets.
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 Welsh Fire and Birmingham Phoenix. ( statsforfantasy )
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 | 15 |
| AVERAGE SCORE | 130+ |
| BATTING 1ST WON | 07 |
| BATTING 2ND WON | 07 |
| NO RESULT | 01 |
SCORING PATTERN
| BELOW SCORE 130 | 07 |
| BETWEEN 130 TO 149 | 03 |
| BETWEEN 150 TO 169 | 05 |
| ABOVE SCORE 170 | 00 |
BOWLERS STATS ON SOPHIA GARDENS (100s)
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 15
PACER WICKETS – 115
SPINNER WICKETS – 42.
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 they lost 2 matches. They have lost 3 matches and won 2 matches out of 5 in this season and sixth position in the points table.
- Last time when both teams played against each other the Welsh Fire team successfully chased a total of 112 runs and won the match by 6 wickets.
- In the last match Welsh Fire Successfully chased a total of 25 runs and won the match by wickets against Northern Superchargers.
- David Willey scored 21 runs, Jonny Bairstow scored 16 runs and Tom Abell scored 11 runs in the previous match against Southern Brave.
- Haris Rauf & Matt Henry took 2-2 wickets each and David Willey took 1 wicket in the previous match against Northern Superchargers.
- Both teams have played 3 matches and Welsh Fire won 1 match and lost 2 matches against Birmingham Phoenix.
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 | 2r, 16r, 55r, 12r, 5r. |
| Stats on venue | 7 INNINGS – 139 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs BRM | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs BRM | NOT PLAYED YET. |
2. TOM-KOHLER CADMORE – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 3r, 14r, 4r, 22r, 18r. |
| Stats on venue | 3 INNINGS – 31 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs BRM | 11r, 11r, 0r, 71r. |
| Total Stats vs BRM | 4 INNINGS – 93 RUNS. |
3. JOE CLARKE (WK) – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 10r, 5r, 5r, 0r, 33r. |
| Stats on venue | 11 INNINGS – 192 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs BRM | 16r, 0r. |
| Total Stats vs BRM | 2 INNINGS – 16 RUNS. |
4. GLENN PHILLIPS – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 8r, 6r, 11r, 0r, 0r. |
| Stats on venue | 10 INNINGS – 217 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs BRM | 6r, 8r. |
| Total Stats vs BRM | 2 INNINGS – 14 RUNS. |
5. TOM ABELL © – RHB+RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 11r, 33r, 12r, 16r, 11r. |
| Stats on venue | 5 INNINGS – 97 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs BRM | 23r. |
| Total Stats vs BRM | 1 INNINGS – 23 RUNS. |
6. LUKE WELLS – LHB+RALB
| Recent 5 Innings | 8+1W, 1W, 23r, 7+0W, 10+2W. |
| Stats on venue | 5 INNINGS – 80 RUNS -1W. |
| 5 Innings Against vs BRM | 2+0W. |
| Total Stats vs BRM | 1 INNING – 2 RUNS – 0W. |
7. DAVID WILLEY – LHB+LAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 21+0W, 0W, 13+0W, 4+2W. |
| Stats on venue | 7 INNINGS – 49 RUNS – 9W. |
| 5 Innings Against vs BRM | 15+0W, 1+2W, 7+1W. |
| Total Stats vs BRM | 3 INNINGS – 23 RUNS – 3W. |
8. MASON CRANE – RALB
| Recent 5 Innings | 0W, 1W, 1W, 1W, 1W. |
| Stats on venue | 3 INNINGS – 2 WICKETS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs BRM | 0W. |
| Total Stats vs BRM | 1 INNING – 0 WICKET. |
9. DAVID PAYNE – LAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 2W, 0W, 2W, 1W. |
| Stats on venue | 12 INNINGS – 12 WICKETS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs BRM | 2W, 2W, 3W. |
| Total Stats vs BRM | 3 INNINGS – 7 WICKETS. |
10. MATT HENRY – RAF
| Recent 5 Innings | 2W, 1W, 0W, 3W, 0W. |
| Stats on venue | 3 INNINGS – 5 WICKETS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs BRM | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs BRM | NOT PLAYED YET. |
11. HARUS RAUF – RAF
| Recent 5 Innings | 2W, 2W, 2W, 3W, 1W. |
| Stats on venue | 5 INNINGS – 4 WICKETS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs BRM | 2W. |
| Total Stats vs BRM | 1 INNING – 2 WICKETS. |
BRM TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
TEAM NEWS
- Birmingham Phoenix did not perform well in the previous season of The Hundreds tournament. Birmingham team won only 2 matches and lost 6 out of 8 matches.
- In this season Birmingham Phoenix lost 2 matches and won 3 matches out of 5 and fourth position in the points table..
- Last time when both teams played against each other the Birmingham team failed to defend a total of 112 runs and lost the match by 6 wickets.
- In the last match Birmingham Phoenix successfully chased the total of 86 in just 39 balls and won the match by 10 wickets against Northern Superchargers.
- Ben Duckett scored 43 runs in just 20 balls and Moeen Ali scored 37 runs in the previous match against Northern Superchargers.
- Tim Southee & Adam Milne took 3-3 wickets each, Chris Wood took 2 wickets and Benny Howell took 1 wicket in the previous match against Northern Superchargers.
- Both teams have played 3 matches and the Birmingham Phoenix won 2 matches, lost 1 match against Welsh Fire.
SQUADS
Batting – Ben Duckett, Will Smeed, Jamie Smith (wk), Aneurin Donald (wk).
Bowling – Naseem Shah, Adam Milne, Tom Helm, James Fuller.
All Rounder – Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Benny Howell, Dan Mousley, Jacob Bethell, Chris Woakes, Sean Abbott.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Ben Duckett, Jamie Smith (wk), Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Dan Mousley, Benny Howell, Sean Abbott, Jacob Bethell, Chris Wood, Adam Milne, Tim Southee.
BRM – PLAYER STATS:
1. JAMIE SMITH (WK) – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 95r, 6r, 36r, 70r, 100r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs WEF | 11r. |
| Total Stats vs WEF | 1 INNING – 11 RUNS. |
2. BEN DUCKETT – LHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 43r, 92r, 21r, 3r, 25r. |
| Stats on venue | 8 INNINGS – 199 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs WEF | 25. |
| Total Stats vs WEF | 1 INNING – 25 RUNS |
3. MOEEN ALI © – LHB+RAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 37+0W, 5+0W, 4+0W, 0W, 1+0W. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 10 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs WEF | 17+1W, 10r, 59+1W. |
| Total Stats vs WEF | 3 INNINGS – 86 RUNS – 2W. |
4. LIAM LIVINGSTONE – RHB+RALB
| Recent 5 Innings | 11+0W, 30+0W, 4+0W, 0r, 36+2W. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 4 RUNS – 0W. |
| 5 Innings Against vs WEF | 28+0W, 4+0W, 31r. |
| Total Stats vs WEF | 3 INNINGS – 63 RUNS – 0W. |
5. DAN MOUSLEY – LHB+RAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 0+0W, 11+3W, 39+0W, 1+0W, 11r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs WEF | 10+0W. |
| Total Stats vs WEF | 1 INNING – 10 RUNS – 0W. |
6. JACOB BETHELL – LHB+LAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 0r, 46r, 43r, 22r, 19+2W, 50r. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 0 RUN. |
| 5 Innings Against vs WEF | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs WEF | NOT PLAYED YET. |
7. BENNY HOWELL – RHB+RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 1W, 24+1W, 24+0W, 0W. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 21 RUNS – 1W. |
| 5 Innings Against vs WEF | 3+2W, 21+1W, 6+2W. |
| Total Stats vs WEF | 3 INNINGS – 30 RUNS – 5W. |
8. SEAN ABBOTT – RHB+RAF
| Recent 5 Innings | 11+0W, 1W, 0W, 4W, 0W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs WEF | 3W. |
| Total Stats vs WEF | 1 INNING – 3 WICKETS. |
9. CHRIS WOOD – LAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 2W, 2W, 0W, 0W, 1W |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs WEF | 4W. |
| Total Stats vs WEF | INNING – 4 WICKETS. |
10. ADAM MILNE – RAF
| Recent 5 Innings | 3W, 0W, 2W, 0W, 0W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs WEF | 0W, 1W. |
| Total Stats vs WEF | 2 INNINGS – 1 WICKET. |
11. TIM SOUTHEE – RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 3W, 0W, 1W, 2W, 2W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs WEF | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs WEF | NOT PLAYED YET. |
HEAD TO HEAD RECORDS
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 03
- BRM WIN – 02
- WEF WIN – 01
- NO RESULT – 00.
FANTASY TEAM/DREAM 11 TEAM
SMALL LEAGUE(SL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – J. Bairstow.
BATSMEN – B. Duckett, J. Bethell.
ALL-ROUNDERS – M. Ali, D. Willey, B. Howell.
BOWLERS – M. Henry, H. Rauf, D. Payne, T. Southee, A. Milne.
GRAND LEAGUE(GL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – J. Smith, J. Bairstow.
BATSMEN – B. Duckett, L. Livingstone.
ALL-ROUNDERS – D. Willey, D. Mousley.
BOWLERS – M. Henry, H. Rauf, T. Southee, S. Abott, L. Wood.
BACK-UPS – T. Abell, J. Clark, L. Wells.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (SL) – D. Willey, T. Southee.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (GL) – B. Duckett, H. Rauf.
POSSIBLE OUTCOME –
BIRMINGHAM PHOENIX MAY BE THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH.