The Hundred, which has witnessed record viewership so far will head into its second doubleheaders day and today is not just a doubleheader, it’s rather four matches on the trot and what could be better than this for cricket lovers on the weekend. Among those four matches is the most anticipated one between Northern Superchargers and Welsh Fire.
While T20 superstars of the likes of Ben Stokes, Adil Rashid, Faf du Plessis, Bryden Carse and Chris Lynn will be taking the field for the home tea, Superchgarges, the visitors from Welsh will also have services of New Zealanders Glenn Phillips and Jimmy Neesham, homegrown Yorkshire hero playing against their team in Jonny Bairstow, World Cup hero Liam Plunkett and young guns in Ollie Pope and Tom Banton.
With such players on display, the Headingley Stadium in Leeds, which witnessed its first-ever T20I for the national team against Pakistan, will be waiting eagerly for this encounter.
Match Number- 04
Date and Time: July 24, 2021, 11:00 pm IST, 05:30 pm GMT, 06:30 pm Local
Venue: Headingley, Leeds
Live Stream in India: Fancode
The pitch is going to be a belter of a wicket as has been seen in all The Hundred games so far. Leeds anyway offers great help to batters and the pitches are drying as the English summer is progressing. But as it is just 100 balls, whether or not Adil Rashid would be able to extract any help is yet to be seen.
Till now, we can say it has been a miracle that The Hundred, even after being hosted in England hasn’t faced a rain hurdle. And with chances of rain as low as 2-3%, this match would also have no intervention from rain.
Adam Lyth, Chris Lynn, Faf du Plessis(c), Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, John Simpson(w), David Willey, Adil Rashid, Brydon Carse, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Tom Banton, Jonny Bairstow(w/c), Glenn Phillips, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, James Neesham, David Lloyd, Liam Plunkett, Qais Ahmad, Jake Ball, David Payne
Chris Lynn, Tom Banton, Jonny Bairstow(w/k), Glenn Phillips, Harry Brook, Ollie Pope, Ben Stokes, James Neesham, Jake Ball, Adil Rashid, Brydon Carse
Captain: Ben Stokes
Vice Captain: Jonny Bairstow