The Hundred | London Spirit vs Southern Brave: Where to watch Live, Probable XI, Fantasy XI

London Spirit has a horrid time at the start of the competition, unable to quin any of their two completed games and the only point that they have is from the washout against the Oval Invincibles in the London Derby. Eoin Morgan’s side got close to a whiff of a win against the Trent Rockets but were unable to finish off because of their batting woes.

Now the Spirit faces the Brave spirit from the Southerners who have tested their first win in this competition in their very first home match. Buoyant by that confidence they would look to keep going the winning trail and with skipper James Vince in form, they have every chance to get the win.

London Spirit vs Southern Brave: Match Details

Match Number- 15

Date and Time: August 01, 2021, 11:00 pm IST, 06:30 pm Local, 05:30 pm GMT

Venue: Lord’s London

Broadcast and Live Stream: Fancode App

Pitch Report

The pitch at Lord’s has seen only one of the men’s actions of The Hundred so far. Although considered one of the best cricketing wickets for providing assistance to bowlers. But in The Hundred, such wickets become a bore for people who come out to see runs and boundaries. Similar was the case in the last game when Spirit could only score 116, losing the game by seven runs, unable to chase down even 124.

Will there be a change in its attitude for this game is yet to be seen.

Weather Forecast

The chances of precipitation are 35% at the start of the game and will go on decreasing as time progresses, so hopefully, the audience will have a game at hand, How long will be the match is a question that shall be answered only by time.

London Spirit Probable XI

Adam Rossington (wk), Josh Inglis, Joe Denly, Eoin Morgan (c), Ravi Bopara, Mohammad Nabi, Roelof van der Merwe, Chris Wood, Blake Cullen, Mason Crane, Mohammad Amir

Southern Brave Probable XI

James Vince (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Devon Conway, Alex Davies, Colin de Grandhomme, Ross Whiteley, George Garton, Liam Dawson, Chris Jordan, Tymal Mills, Jake Lintott

Fantasy XI

James Vince, Devon Conway, Quinton de Kock, Eoin Morgan, Mohamad Nabi, Colin de Grandhomme, Roelof van der Merwe, Chris Jordan, Mohammad Amir, Mason Crane, Jake Lintott

Captain James Vince

Vice-Captain Roelof van der Merwe

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