The London Spirit are now officially out of the race of the Playoffs having been unable to win even a single game of the five matches that they have played so far in the inaugural season. Led by England’s limited-overs skipper Eoin Morgan, it has been a disappointing season for the team so far. However, they would like to end it on a high in their last two games, the first one of which would be against Manchester Originals.
Originals on the other hand have been marred by bad weather more than anything else. They have lost only of their four games and are still in fifth place with five points to their name. Unlike Spirit, they can make it to the Playoffs, all they have got to do is win at least two of their three games left.
Their game against a Spirit with nothing to do would be crucial as a loss here could get them under a lot of pressure when they would be ford to win both of their last two games.
Match Number- 24
Date and Time: 10 August 2021, 11:30 pm IST, 07:00 pm Local, 06:00pm GMT
Venue: Emirates Old Trafford Manchester
Live Stream: FanCode
The pitch at manchester has invariably assisted spinners this season, be it Blast or The Hundred. Although a lot of rain might have helped it regain some freshness, still its wear and tear from playing throughout the summer wouldn’t have gone away in a few days of rainfall and hence support for spinners would be obvious.
Warm sunny weather would welcome the London Spirit from the recent gloom of their home town to Manchester. There is no forecast of rain and hence this match, unlike the last Originals encounter won’t be washed away.
Philip Salt, Joe Clarke (wk), Colin Munro, Colin Ackermann, Tom Lammonby, Carlos Brathwaite (c), Calvin Harrison, Tom Hartley, Lockie Ferguson, Steven Finn, Matthew Parkinson
Adam Rossington (wk), Josh Inglis, Luis Reece, Eoin Morgan (c), Joe Denly, Ravi Bopara, Mohammad Nabi, Roelof van der Merwe, Blake Cullen, Mason Crane, Mohammad Amir
Philip Salt, Josh Inglis, Joe Clarke (wk), Colin Munro, Eoin Morgan, Carlos Brathwaite, Mohammad Nabi, Roelof van der Merwe, Blake Cullen, Lockie Ferguson, Matthew Parkinson
Captain Carlos Brathwaite
Vice-Captain Mohammad Nabi