We are down to 6 teams left between the Women and the Men’s The Hundred and we take a look at the 2 Eliminator games taking place on Saturday.
WOMEN
The Welsh Fire Women are the 1/1 favourites to win the Hundred ahead of the Oval Invincibles priced at 5/2, London Spirit are also 5/2 and you can click here for the Outright Betting.
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ELIMINATOR – OVAL INVINCIBLES vs LONDON SPIRIT
The Oval Invincibles finished 2nd on the log, level on points with Welsh Fire, but with an inferior net run rate. They won 5 and lost 2 of their 8 matches with 1 tie and their last game was against the Trent Rockets where they won the toss and chose to field. They restricted the Rockets to 91 for 8 off their 100 bundles with Marizanne Kapp picking up 3 for 8 in 20 balls. The Invincibles chased the runs down with 6 balls to spare finishing on 92 for 5, Player of the Match, Kapp getting 26 not out off 24 balls.
Their opponents the London Spirit finished 3rd on the log with 4 wins, 3 losses and a tie. Their last match was against the Northern Super Chargers with the Super Chargers won the toss and chose to bat and London Spirit restricted them to 99 for 7 off their 100 balls. Eva Gray was the star with the ball with 3 for 17 off 20 balls. London Spirit chased the runs down with 14 balls to spare finishing on 105 for 3 with Heather Knight scoring an unbeaten 43 off 35 balls. Player of the Match was London Spirit’s, Deepti Sharma.
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Oval Invincibles 15/20
London Spirit 23/20
HEAD-TO-HEAD
These sides last met on the 11th of August with London Spirit choosing to bat and scoring 120 for 8, a score the Oval Invincibles chased down with just 2 wickets fallen and 9 balls to spare.
I am expecting the Oval Invincibles to get the job done.
BET: Oval Invincibles win at 15/20
Deepti Sharma top scored that day for London Spirit and I am going to have a go at her repeating the dose at 5/1
BET: London Spirit Top Batter, Deepti Sharma at 5/1
MEN
The Oval Invincibles are the 9/10 favourites to win The Hundred for men with Birmingham Phoenix and Southern Brave both priced at 28/10.
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BIRMINGHAM PHOENIX vs SOUTHERN BRAVE
Birmingham Phoenix finished 2nd on the log, level on points with the Oval Invincibles, but behind on net run rate. They won 6 and lost 2 of their 8 matches and their last action was a rain-shortened match against the Manchester Originals on Thursday night. The game was reduced to 30 balls and Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and chose to field, restricting Manchester Originals to 41 for 5. Adam Milne was the star with the ball with 2 for 8 off 10 balls. Phoenix had few problems chasing it down with 8 balls to spare and with just 1 wicket lost. Ben Duckett scored an unbeaten 22 off 12 balls.
Southern Brave finished 3rd on the log, just 1 point behind Birmingham Phoenix and level with the Northern Super Chargers, but ahead on net run rate. They won 5, lost 2 and had 1 no result. The Southern Brave’s last action was on Wednesday when they played the Welsh Fire and they looked to be in some trouble when the rain came down forcing that no result. Prior to that they played the Trent Rockets where they chased down 127 for victory with 1 ball to spare. The stars for them on the day were Chris Jordan who took 3 wickets for 22 off his 20 balls and with the bat Kieron Pollard with 45 off 23 balls.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
These sides met on the 3rd of August with Birmingham Phoenix winning the toss and deciding to field. Southern Brave scored 169 for 2 off their 100 balls with James Vince getting an unbeaten 90. Birmingham Phoenix were restricted to 137 for 9 despite a 92 off 53 balls from Ben Duckett. Chris Jordan was the stand-out bowler for the Southern Brave with 3 for 19 off his 20 balls
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Birmingham Phoenix 17/20
Southern Brave 19/20
There is not much between these sides, but Southern Brave were convincing winners when the teams last met and I am happy to back them here as slight underdogs.
BET: Southern Brave win at 19/20
Kieron Pollard has hit some good form and I expect the Southern Brave’s will want to get him to the crease early and will back him to be their top bat.
BET: Kieron Pollard Top Southern Brave Bat at 27/4
Note: All prices correct at the time of writing but are subject to change
