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Southern Brave travel to Welsh Fire having won three from four so far, but will need to be at it from the start against the home side, who are coming off the back of an unlikely, but fantastic win over Trent Rockets in Nottingham.
DATE & TIME: Monday August 5th 2024: USA ET – 1:30pm / USA PT – 10:30am / UK – 6:30pm / India – 11:00pm
VENUE: Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Wales
WEATHER: Cloudy, but dry with a gentle breeze and very hot temperatures of 23c come the start of play.
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WELSH FIRE MEN FORM: FIRE BACK TO WINNING WAYS WITH BRILLIANT HEIST AT ROCKETS
Welsh Fire looked like heading for defeat away to Trent Rockets, but an excellent display of death bowling and regular wickets saw them strangle the hosts and eventually win by four runs, a serious impressive feat when considering that the Rockets needed just 14 runs from the final ten balls of the match to triumph.
SOUTHERN BRAVE MEN FORM: VINCE PUTS BIRMINGHAM TO THE SWORD AS BRAVE MAKE IT THREE FROM FOUR.
It was a masterful display by James Vince at Edgbaston, who’s magnificent 90 from 47 balls helped parachute Southern Brave to a winning score of 169/2, which Birmingham Phoenix never got close to despite the efforts of Ben Duckett. That victory leaves the Brave second-place in the table and with the opportunity to go top by winning here.
WELSH FIRE MEN BETTING ANALYSIS
Pakistan fast bowler Haris Rauf is delivering fire right now with the ball and taking plenty of wickets in the process. The right-arm pacer boasts five wickets across Welsh Fire’s last two games, with his speed proving so difficult to attack against in the latter stages of an innings and such figures cannot be ignored from a betting perspective. Therefore, back Rauf to pick up over 1.5 match wickets for a third straight men’s Hundred fixture.
SOUTHERN BRAVE MEN BETTING ANALYSIS
Another pace bowler set to be on show in this encounter who is picking up an impressive volume of wickets lately is Southern Brave’s Tymal Mills. Unlike Welsh’s Fire’s Rauf, Mills is a left-armer which offers a different dimension to the visitors’ bowling attack and he is coming off the back of 2+ wickets in each of his last two appearances. With that in mind, utilise the ‘Bowler Milestones’ market and back a repeat performance here from Mills.
WELSH FIRE MEN VS SOUTHERN BRAVE MEN EXPERT PREDICTION
This is a match that really could go either way, especially when considering the inconsistent nature of Welsh Fire. The hosts have been excellent in patches of the men’s Hundred so far, but in other periods have been really poor and right now it’s hard to tell which Welsh Fire will turn up in this one, although anything less than a very good showing against a strong Southern Brave will more than likely see them beaten.
One player who is expected to turn up and play extremely well is James Vince. The Brave captain is now the highest run-scorer across the short history of the men’s Hundred competition and has started this year’s tournament so well. His stylish nature of batting and super stroke-play should see him find the boundary a number of times again here and he’s well worth backing to hit over 2.5 match fours, regardless of the final result.
WELSH FIRE MEN VS SOUTHERN BRAVE MEN TOP TIP: JAMES VINCE TO HIT OVER 2.5 MATCH FOURS
