The Hundred | Oval Invincibles vs Welsh Fire: Where to watch Live, Probable XI, Fantasy XI

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

"Frustrating" to not play regularly, but Jack Leach accepts England's selection of all-seam attack

Left-arm spinner Jack Leach was one of England’s most prominent positives among very far and few positives from the tours of Sri Lanka and England earlier this year. His guile, and control, over line and length almost made up for the shortcomings in other spinners and pace departments. After the end of the series against India, it appeared as if Jack Leach has strengthened his position as the number one spin bowler in the England Test side. Situations have not changed a lot for both Leach and England, who are yet to come to terms with the benefits of adding one spinner in the playing XI irrespective of conditions. Leach is yet to play a Test match after the last Test against India as Joe Root and Chris Silverwood did not cinder his left-arm spin worthy of a place in the playing XI against New Zealand. On a whole as well, England season so far has been dominated by white-ball series and Leach has not been in a groove. Now, Leach has expressed his “frustration” after sitting out against New Zealand as he believes that the challenges of a stop-start career have not stopped yet in his career. However, he conceded the understating and logic on the part of the team management of not selecting him to play the Kiwis as they believed early-season pitches will have a lot to offer to the pacers than a finger spinner. "I think I said to Spoons it was frustrating because I want to be playing as many games as possible at that level. I guess the thing I've struggled with over the past couple of years has been that momentum of playing games and feeling like you're learning from those experiences. You can do as much as you want in the nets, but you want to put that into a game situation. There are things you don't get in the nets that you only get in games. "That was the frustrating thing. I understood it from a team point of view, in terms of the balance of the team. If it had been three seamers and a spinner, that would have been the first time I'd have played in that balance of the team. Even at Somerset, we're playing with four-seamers, and even a batter who bowls seam, Tom Abell, or Tom Lammonby, who bowls left-arm seam. My experience hasn't been in that balance of team, so having not done that before, it would have been a huge challenge which I'd have loved to do, but I understand why they want four-seamers, especially in England. Leach also threw support behind Ben Stokes for showing “bravery and courage” by putting his mental wellbeing ahead of the game. He rated Stokes “focal point” and conceded that England will dearly miss him in the series against India. "All the lads are behind Ben and supporting him where we can. He has shown courage and bravery to prioritise his mental health. He is a focal part of our team and we will miss him. His priority is to take some time out from the game to get better. We can't wait to welcome him back in the near future and winning games of cricket for England,” Leach said. Jack Leach should come into the England playing XI as pitches in August would have a fair bit of wear and tear and the team management would be eager to see how bowls in England. Leach troubled Indian right-handers, especially Cheteshwar Puajra, in the Test series earlier this year and Joe Root will hope the story will not change its course. However, he was taken to the cleaners by Rishabh Pant and the duel between the two augurs well for the series.

Nicholas Pooran's heroics go in vain, Pakistan hold their nerves to go 1-0 up against West Indies

Pakistan took a 1-0 lead in the four-match T20I series against West Indies after winning the second T20I by 7 runs in Guyana. Chasing 158 in 20 overs, West Indies were restricted to 150/4 in 20 overs. The hosts had a disappointing start to the chase after they lost Andre Fletcher on the second delivery of the innings for a duck. Chris Gayle who had come in at number three stitched a partnership of 31 runs with opener Evin Lewis. Gayle was eventually cleaned up by Hasan Ali for 16 off 20. The home side was now reduced to 31/2 when Lewis was joined by Shimron Hetmyer and the two batsmen put 39 runs on the board for the third wicket before Hetmyer departed 17 off 18. West Indies were 76/3 when Lewis got retired hurt and the hosts had two new batsmen in Nicholas Pooran and skipper Kieron Pollard at the crease. Pooran took on the Pakistan bowling attack and hammered them all around the park to notch up an unbeaten 62 off 33 that included six sixes and four fours during the course. Pooran along with Pollard scored 64 runs for the fourth wicket before Pollard walked back to the pavilion for 13 off 14 in the last over. West Indies needed 18 off the last four balls but they could only manage to get 10 runs eventually and failed to go over the line. For Pakistan, it was Mohammad Hafeez who returned with some brilliant figures of 1/6 in 4 overs while Shadab Khan also bowled an economical spell. The spinner didn’t pick any wickets but gave only 22 runs in allotted four overs. Earlier, after batting first, Pakistan managed to put 157/8 in 20 overs. Sharjeel Khan and Mohammad Rziwan provided the visitors with a decent start as the two batsmen scored 46 for the first wicket before Sharjeel departed for 20 off 16. Rizwan was then joined by captain Babar Azam in the middle. They stitched a stand of 67 for the second wicket before Rizwan was dismissed for 46 off 36, courtesy a runout. Babar though continued his form and scored yet another half-century before getting out to Jason Holder. But the captain’s scalp saw a fall of wickets at a quick succession as the middle-order failed to fire and the visiting team scored 157/8 in 20 overs. Holder bagged a four-wicket haul for West Indies after giving away just 26 runs in 4 overs while Dwayne Bravo picked up a couple of wickets at the cost of 24 runs in his four overs. Pakistan captain Babar Azam admitted that the side was 10-15 runs short but also lauded the efforts of his bowling unit. “We were 10-15 runs short after the rain. But a nice victory. Bowlers bowled really very well. Credit to our bowlers, they bowled really well,” he said after the match. The two sides will now lock horns in the third match at the same venue on Sunday.

Either Kashmir Premier League or playing/working in India: BCCI draws red line for overseas players

Hours after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and former South African batsman Herschelle Gibbs alleged it of bringing “politics” and “disrepute” to the game, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has drawn a red line for the foreign players willing to play in the Kashmir Premier League. The board has clearly stated that players who are choosing to play in the tournament will be barred from playing or working in the country and that they are keeping “national interest” in mind on the line of the Indian government. The BCCI official asserted that the board has no problems with players playing in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). Notably, the KPL will be played in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, which the Indian government deems illegal occupation “While asking the boards not to allow their players to take part in the Kashmir league, we have informed them that in case they do, they can’t be part of any cricketing activity in India. We have done this keeping national interest in mind,” a top BCCI official told The Sunday Express. “We have no problems with those playing the Pakistan Super League (PSL) but this is a league in PoK. We are toeing our government’s line.” The issue of KPL has become another throne in the flesh of relations between the PCB and the BCCI which is already at an all-time low.