Kieron Pollard’s assault on Rashid Khan ensured that Southern Brave have the destiny in their own hands going into their final group stage clash in the men’s Hundred against the Welsh Fire on Wednesday, August 14. Should the Brave trump the Welsh Fire, the inaugural champions are likely to finish in the second spot while they await either Northern Superchargers or the Birmingham Phoenix as their opponent for the eliminator.
Welsh Fire, despite having some of the best players in the line-up, haven’t been able to string together a collective performance. The batters are to blame for Fire’s disappointing show as they just haven’t been able to put up decent scores for their bowling attack to be able to defend it. In the one game, the batters came to the party, the bowlers let the Phoenix chase down 147 runs with relative ease. The Fire have already been eliminated from the competition but would want to end their campaign on a high but it won’t be easy as the Brave have found ways to get results in their favour.
Brave win and they will leapfrog the Northern Superchargers to take the second spot in the top three. Hence, apart from a win and the two points, nothing else should be Brave’s concern for the day.
My Dream11 team for The Hundred Men’s 2024 Match 30, SOB vs WEF
Leus du Plooy, James Vince (c), Joe Clarke, Stephen Eskinazi, Luke Wells, Glenn Phillips, Kieron Pollard, Jofra Archer, Craig Overton (vc), Haris Rauf, David Willey
Probable Playing XIs
Southern Brave: Alex Davies(w), James Vince(c), Andre Fletcher, Leus du Plooy, Laurie Evans, Kieron Pollard, Chris Jordan, Akeal Hosein, Jofra Archer, Danny Briggs/Craig Overton, Tymal Mills
Welsh Fire: Stephen Eskinazi, Luke Wells, Joe Clarke(w), Tom Abell(c), Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Glenn Phillips, Ross Whiteley, David Willey, David Payne, Matt Henry, Haris Rauf
