Having lost their first match against Birmingham Phoenix in a close encounter at Edgbaston, London Spirit would now welcome Invincicobles from Oval in a London derby, the first of the season at the iconic Lord’s. Imagine the home of cricket hosting its newest format ever The Hundred, even the imagination of it will give you goosebumps to people.
But the stars on display in the form of English white-ball captain Eoin Morgan Pakistan bowling talisman Mohammad Amir, Afghan missile guy Mohammad Nabi and the T20 merchant showcasing his skills around the world- Ravi Bopara. While this is all the home firepower, the opposition has something of its own as well.
Oval Invincibles who started off The Hundred’s Men’s competition campaign with a win against Manchester Originals in London at their home Kennington Oval, would be looking to make it to two in two and secure the bragging rights in the first London derby of the season.
To help them achieve it, they have in their arsenal some real gun players like skipper Sam Billings, West Indian spin maestro Sunil Narine, English opener Jason Roy and the Curran brothers Tom and Sam.
Match Number- 05
Date and Time: Jul 25, 2021, 7:00:00 PM IST, 02:30 pm Local
Venue: Lord's, London
Live Stream: Fancode
The Lord’s ground has always had some juice in it for the bowlers and if exploited well, could help both side bowlers. The slope square to the wicket will be really helpful for the batting team and a high scoring game is expected.
Although The Hundred has so far hasn’t been marred by rain, but this seems to be the game where rain might play spoilsport. With the Yellow warning issued by the Met Department of the UK Govt., there are chances of rain with thunderstorms and 60% precipitation has been forecasted for the match hours between 02:30 and 05:00 pm.
Zak Crawley, Josh Inglis (wk), Daniel Lawrence, Eoin Morgan (c), Joe Denly, Ravi Bopara, Mohammad Nabi, Roelof van der Merwe, Blake Cullen, Chris Wood, Mohammad Amir
Jason Roy, Will Jacks, Colin Ingram, Laurie Evans, Sam Billings (c & wk), Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Nathan Sowter, Sunil Narine, Saqib Mahmood, Reece Topley
Josh Inglis (wk), Jason Roy, Sam Billings (wk), Zak Crawley, Ravi Bopara, Sam Curran, Sunil Narine, Reece Topley, Chris Wood, Mohammad Amir
Captain: Sam Billings
Vice Captain: Sam Curran