This article will talk about the probable XIs for both teams and continue with the Dream11 predictions and the winning fantasy team for the Match 32 of “The Hundred” between the Welsh Fire and London Spirit that is scheduled to take place on the 18th of August 2021.
Both Welsh Fire and London Spirit have been eliminated from the competition finishing in the last 2 places with 2 and 1 wins respectively. This will be the last match of the league stages and will be played at Cardiff on Wednesday.
London Spirit lost a hard-fought contest against the Oval Invincibles by 2 wickets with 5 balls to spare on Saturday. Batting first they made 146/7 with skipper Eoin Morgan top-scoring with 41 off just 20 and the openers playing a role in laying a solid foundation. But it wasn’t enough as Laurie Evans’ blitz of 37-ball 67 took the game away from the Spirits.
Likewise, the Welsh Fire lost their previous match after making a similar sort of score against the Southen Brave. The Fire reached 144/5 batting first thanks to 4 of their batters scoring 25+ in their innings. But it proved to be not sufficient as half-centuries from Quinton De Kock and Brave’s skipper James Vince meant they chased the target in 87 balls with the fall of just 2 wickets.
Match Details
Venue: Sophia Garden. Cardiff
Pitch and Weather: Cardiff has been a batting-friendly wicket in recent times and the last game here was an example. Over 280 runs were scored in that game. So the batsman will enjoy this surface as another run feast is on the cards. The average score in this match will be around 150. The weather is expected to be cloudy and the temperatures will be around 18C.
Date & Time: August 18, 6.30 PM Local time, 11.00 PM IST
Probable Playing XIs
Welsh Fire bowlers continued to go for plenty which meant they couldn’t defend 145 against the Brave. 4 of their batters got a start but none of them went onto score a match-defining knock either. So they need to improve in both departments to finish off with a win.
London Spirits’ are also in danger of finishing last on the table and they would want their bowling department to perform much better than what they did last game against the Invincibles.
London Spirit
Adam Rossington, Josh Inglis (wk), Eoin Morgan (capt), Jack Cracknell, Joe Denly, Ravi Bopara, David Wiese, Roelof van der Merwe, Blake Cullen, Brad Wheal, Mason Crane
Welsh Fire
Ian Cockbain, Tom Banton, David Lloyd, Ben Duckett, Glenn Phillips, Jimmy Neesham, Leus du Plooy, Graeme White, Luke Fletcher, David Payne, Qais Ahmad
Match Prediction
Both teams have nothing to lose as they are eliminated from the Hundred. So we can expect it to be a close game with the Welsh Fire having an advantage of playing at home.
Fantasy Tips
Batsmen: Skippers from both the teams Eoin Morgan and Ben Duckett can be picked. While Morgan has shown signs of getting back to form scoring runs in the recent games, Duckett is a mainstay for Welsh Fire. Ian Cockbain who have made some runs at the top of the other for them, so they can complete the batsman here.
Wicket-keepers: London Spirit’s opener Adam Rossington, who has scored a couple of half-centuries can be picked as one of the wicket-keepers along with Tom Banton from Welsh Fire.
All-rounders: R Van der Merwe, James Neesham, and David Wiese, 3 of the most prominent all-rounders in the T20 format can be picked in the fantasy XI.
Bowlers: Blake Cullen is one of the impressive bowlers this season in the London Spirit’s ranks and has taken 7 wickets in the tournament. The other pacer can be Brad Wheal from the same team while Qais Ahmed of Welsh can round up the fantasy XI.
Captaincy Choices
Fantasy Team: Adam Rossington(VC), Tom Banton, Eoin Morgan, Ben Duckett(C), Ian Cockbain, R Van der Merwe, James Neesham, David Wiese, Blake Cullen, Brad Wheal, Qais Ahmed
Captain: Ben Duckett
The Welsh Fire skipper is the most consistent batsman for the team in this Hundred edition and has the ability to play a longer inning for the side.
Vice-Captain: Adam Rossington
The young opener from London Spirit has been in amazing form in the recent games and has the ability to play for a long time. So he can be made the vice-captain of the team.