The Hundred Women's 2024 - Final - Welsh Fire Women vs London Spirit Women - Cricket Match Predictions - August 18th

Cricket Predictions and Betting Tips for the 34th Match and the Final Match of The Hundred Women's, to be played between Welsh Fire Women vs London Spirit Women, on August 18th,  at Lord's, London.

Match 34 (The Final)- Welsh Fire Women vs London Spirit Women vs (Lord's, London)


Current Form London Spirit Women:

London Spirit Women have beaten Oval Invincibles Women in the Eliminator match to qualify for the Finals, to be played against an in-form Welsh Fire Women.

The top run scorer for London Spirit Women in The Hundred Women's is Heather Knight with 247 runs to her name.

The top wicket taker for London Spirit Women  in The Hundred Women's is Marizanne Kapp with 10 scalps under her belt.

In the Eliminator match, Oval Invincibles Women batted first and they could only post a modest total of 113 for 9 in 100 balls. The in-form batter Paige Scholfield got out cheaply, leaving it to the middle orders to enforce a counter attack. Alice Capsey played very slow. She scored 30 off 33 balls and it cost her team. Due to a lackluster effort from the Oval Invincibles Women batters, they had to settle for a low total of 113 in 100 balls of play.

During the chase, Meg Lanning and Georgia Redmayne started off very well. They stitched a partnership of 35 runs for the 1st wicket. After Meg Lanning got out, Heather Knight and Georgia Redmayne scored runs in all directions of the ground. They made 36 and 53 runs respectively to win the match for London Spirit Women with 8 wickets in hand.

Current Form Welsh Fire Women:

Welsh Fire Women finished at the 1st position on points table after league stages and have automatically qualified to play in the Final match, to be played against London Spirit Women.

The top run scorer for Welsh Fire Women in The Hundred Women's is Hayley Matthews with 176 runs to her name.

The top wicket taker for Welsh Fire Women in The Hundred Women's is Jess Jonassen with 12 scalps under her belt.

In their previous completed fixture, Welsh Fire Women had won against Southern Brave Women by 9 wickets.

Southern Brave Women batted first and they posted a total of 103 before they were bowled out. Smriti Mandhana, Danielle Wyatt, Georgia Adams and Freya Kemp all failed. They couldn't really get going against a disciplined bowling performance by Welsh Fire Women. Chloe Tryon played well, scored 55 runs off 38 balls to help Southern Brave Women get past the 100 run mark.

During the chase, Welsh Fire Women lost their key batter Sophia Dunkley early on in the innings. However, after her dismissal, there was no complacency shown by Tammy Beaumont and Hayley Matthews, who smashed 59 and 35 runs respectively to win the match for Welsh Fire Women with 9 wickets in hand.

Let’s have a look at the squads:

London Spirit Women

Meg Lanning, Heather Knight, Deepti Sharma, Danielle Gibson, Charlie Dean, Sarah Glenn, Cordelia Griffith, Georgia Redmayne, Eva Gray, Sophie Munro, Hannah Jones, Tara Norris, Niamh Holland, Abbey Freeborn, Ellie Anderson, Erin Burns

Welsh Fire Women

Hayley Matthews, Sophia Dunkley, Shabnim Ismail, Tammy Beaumont, Jess Jonassen, Georgia Elwiss, Sarah Bryce, Freya Davies, Phoebe Franklin, Emily Windsor, Ella McCaughan, Beth Langston, Alex Griffiths, Georgia Davis, Kate Coppack

Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay

Who will win the toss? -  Welsh Fire Women

Who will win?-  London Spirit Women

Top Batter (Runs Scored) - Georgia Redmayne (London Spirit Women), Tammy Beaumont (Welsh Fire Women)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Sarah Glenn (London Spirit Women), Hayley Matthews (Welsh Fire Women)

Most Sixes – Heather Knight (London Spirit Women), Tammy Beaumont (Welsh Fire Women)

Player of the Match- Sarah Glenn (London Spirit Women)

Team Scores Batting first (100 Balls)– Welsh Fire Women 140+, London Spirit Women 145+

Match Handicap: London Spirit Women



*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.


© CricDirect 2024