The Hundred 2024 Final, OVI vs SOB | Playing 11 Prediction, Cricket Tips, Preview, Live Streaming

Chris Jordan celebrating Southern Brave's Eliminator win (x.com)

Oval Invincibles and Southern Brave will face each other in the final of The Hundred Men’s 2024 season on Sunday, August 18. 

The highly-anticipated title showdown will be hosted by the iconic Lord’s stadium in London and the action will commence from 10:30 PM IST onwards.

OVI vs SOB: Team Previews

Oval Invincibles

Defending champions Oval Invincibles qualified for the finals of Men’s The Hundred 2024 season by topping the league stage with six wins from eight matches. 

Sam Billings and co. will now be eying their second successive title when they take field against an insurgent Southern Brave unit at Lord’s.

Jordan Cox, Dawid Malan and Sam Curran have ably helmed Oval Invincibles’ batting department this season, considering the three blistering batters have tallied around 180 runs each in the tournament so far. 

Moreover, Curran has also harvested 17 wickets with the ball to become the season’s most successful bowler. He is followed by his own teammate Adam Zampa, who has also snapped 17 wickets from eight matches.

Southern Brave

Southern Brave secured five wins and two defeats from seven completed fixtures to qualify for the playoffs. 

In the Eliminator, they defeated Birmingham Phoenix in a hard-fought Super Over thriller to set a date in the finals with defending champions Oval Invincibles.

Captain James Vince has emerged as the leading run-scorer of The Hundred Men’s 2024 season. 

Heading into the finals, the cricketer has already plundered 400 runs from nine innings and is leading second-placed Ben Duckett (269) by 131 runs. 

Chris Jordan, who has picked up 14 wickets with the ball, is also a handy commodity with the bat as evidenced by his Super Over exploits against Phoenix. 

Tymal Mills will be expected to lead Brave’s pace attack once again alongside Jordan in the finals.

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OVI vs SOB: Match Details & Live Streaming  

OVI vs SOB: Lord’s Pitch Report

The fast bowlers will be expected to generate some seam movement with the new-ball at the Lord’s surface. Spinners will likely come to the fore during the middle overs of the innings. 

The average first innings total at the venue this season has turned out to be a lowly 126. Any total of above 140 will be considered imposing on this surface in the final.

The Hundred 2024, OVI vs SOB: Probable Playing XIs

Oval Invincibles: Will Jacks, Dawid Malan, Jordan Cox, Sam Billings (c & wk), Sam Curran, Donovan Ferreira, Tom Lammonby, Tom Curran, Saqib Mahmood, Nathan Sowter, Adam Zampa.

Southern Brave: James Vince (c), Alex Davies (wk), Leus du Plooy, James Coles, Laurie Evans, Kieron Pollard, Chris Jordan, Akeal Hosein, Craig Overton, Jofra Archer, Tymal Mills.

OVI vs SOB: Fantoss Fantasy Tips 

The Hundred 2024, OVI vs SOB: Winner Prediction

Courtesy of recent form and a superior head-to-head record, coupled that with the defending champions tag makes Oval Invincibles slight favorites to defeat Southern Brave in the final and claim the The Hundred Men’s 2024 season.

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