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Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions: The Hundred Men's 2023 - Match 30- Welsh Fire vs Northern Superchargers - 22 August

by CricDirect Monday 21 August 2023

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Here are the Fantasy Cricket Predictions and Betting Tips for The Hundred Men's match which will be played on August 22nd at The Headingley, Leeds.

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August 22- Match 30- Northern Superchargers vs Welsh Fire (The Headingley, Leeds)

Northern Superchargers Form Guide:

Northern Superchargers are currently placed at the 7th position on the points table with 2 wins to their name.

The top run scorer for Northern Superchargers in the competition is Matthew Short with 150 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Northern Superchargers in the competition is Reece Topley with 13 scalps under his belt.

Northern Superchargers have lost their previous match against Manchester Originals by a huge margin of 81 runs.

Manchester Originals batted first and they posted a total of 164 for 6 in 100 balls. Philip Salt and Jos Buttler went all guns blazing right from the word go. Salt made 28 off 18 balls while Jos Buttler went on to score 75 off just 47 balls. Paul Walter provided the finishing punch with a valuable knock of 28 in 17 balls to take Manchester Originals past the 160 run mark to finish at 164 in 100 balls of play.

During the chase, Northern Superchargers lost their way right from the word go. They were 48 for 5 at one point and there was no fightback offered by the lower middle order batters. As a result, Northern Superchargers were bowled out for 83, losing the match by 81 runs. For Manchester Originals, Calvin Harrison picked up 5 wickets.

Welsh Fire Form Guide:

Welsh Fire are placed at the 5th position on the points table with 3 wins to their credit.

The top run scorer for Welsh Fire in The Hundred Men's is Stephen Eskinazi with 150 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Welsh Fire in The Hundred Men's is David Willey with 7 scalps under his belt.

Welsh Fire have won their previous match against London Spirit by 6 wickets.

London Spirit batted first and they posted a total of 109 for 9 in 100 balls. Zak Crawley, Adam Rossington and Dan Lawrence all got out very cheaply and London Spirit seemed to be in trouble early on. The middle order also failed terribly except for Ravi Bopara who scored 24 off 20 balls. On the back of a terrible batting performance, London Spirit were restricted to 109 in 100 balls of play.

During the chase, Welsh Fire lost Stephen Eskinazi, Joe Clarke and Luke Wells early on, but Jonny Bairstow took the responsibility of taking Welsh Fire over the line. He scored a patient 40 run knock to seal the deal in favor of his team. Tom Abell then finished the game with a knock of 37 runs in 26 balls to take Welsh Fire home with 6 wickets in hand.

Let's have a look at the squads:

Welsh Fire

Jonny Bairstow, Tom Abell, David Willey, Shaheen Afridi, Joe Clarke, Glenn Phillips, Ben Green, Haris Rauf, David Payne, Roelof van der Merwe, Jake Ball, Stephen Eskinazi, Dan Douthwaite, George Scrimshaw, Luke Wells, Chris Cooke

Northern Superchargers

Ben Stokes, Adil Rashid, Harry Brook, Reece Topley, Tom Banton, Matthew Short, Adam Lyth, Adam Hose, Brydon Carse, Matthew Potts, David Wiese, Bas de Leede, Wayne Parnell, Callum Parkinson, Ollie Robinson, Saif Zaib

Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay

Who will win the toss? – Northern Superchargers

Who will win?- Welsh Fire

Top Batter (Runs Scored) – Jonny Bairstow (Welsh Fire), Adam Hose (Northern Superchargers)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Matt Henry (Welsh Fire), Reece Topley (Northern Superchargers)

Most Sixes – Jonny Bairstow (Welsh Fire), Adam Hose (Northern Superchargers)

Player of the Match- Jonny Bairstow (Welsh Fire)

Team Scores Batting first – Welsh Fire 145+, Northern Superchargers 135+

Match Handicap: Welsh Fire

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*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.

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