London Spirit vs Oval Invincibles Match Prediction & Betting Tips, The Hundred 2023
London Spirit host Oval Invincibles at Lord’s on Wednesday evening in Match 3 of the 2023 Men’s Hundred. This London derby brings together London Spirit who lost in the Eliminator last year with Oval Invincibles who finished fourth in 2021 and fifth in 2022. Read on as we preview this match. The evening fixture gets underway at 18:30 local time in London.
London Spirit had a very poor first season in the competition but were much improved last year. They will fancy their chances of getting off to a winning start in this home fixture.
Oval Invincibles have got a brilliant squad of players for this year’s tournament many of who have been in strong T20 form across the globe this year. We are backing Oval Invincibles to win this match.
London Spirit vs Oval Invincibles Live Streaming
TV channels: This game will be broadcast on Sky Sports
Live Streaming: You can live-stream the match on Sky Go and FanCode.
LNS vs OVI Match Toss Prediction
Batting conditions look likely to be better later into the evening so we predict that both skippers will want to field first ahead of this game.
LNS vs OVI Pitch Report
This looks like being a good batting wicket although the overhead conditions could favour the bowlers. A par score will be around 125-130.
London Weather Report
Heavy rain is forecast for the first innings of the game with showers later in the evening. The temperature will be around 18 degrees throughout the match.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for London Spirit vs Oval Invincibles, The Hundred 2023
London Spirit Team News & Playing 11
LNS Team News
After a much improved 2022 season, London Spirit have again assembled a strong looking squad for The Hundred 2023 season. For this first match against Oval Invincibles, we expect them to be without England Test players Zak Crawey and Mark Wood.
LNS Key Players
- Adam Rossington- the 30 year old right-handed keeper-batter played in the inaugural SA20 league earlier this year and regularly bats with a high strike-rate.
- Daryl Mitchell- the New Zealand batting all-rounder enjoyed a strong couple of months with Lancashire earlier this season. He has been in brilliant batting form over the last three years.
- Jordan Thompson- the bowling all-rounder has taken wickets in many of the top T20 leagues and took 9 wickets across two games in the Blast earlier this summer.
LNS Team Form
Although overall it was a strong campaign for London Spirit, they lost all three of their final matches in 2022.
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London Spirit Predicted Playing 11
Daniel Bell-Drummond, Adam Rossington (wk), Matthew Wade, Daryl Mitchell, Ravi Bopara, Dan Lawrence (c), Liam Dawson, Jordan Thompson, Nathan Ellis, Chris Wood, Daniel Worrall
Oval Invincibles Team News & Playing 11
OVI Team News
Sam Billings’ side look likely to have a full squad to select from ahead of this game with none of their players involved in the Ashes. Heinrich Klaasen and Adam Zampa come into this match off the back of playing in the Major League Cricket tournament.
OVI Key Players
- Jason Roy- the England international is one of the most powerful hitters in short format cricket. Even when out of form, he still looks to bat aggressively from the start of his innings.
- Heinrich Klaasen- the South African keeper-batter was very impressive with the bat in the 2023 IPL and followed that form up with 110 not out in Major League Cricket.
- Gus Atkinson- the 25 year old right arm fast medium bowler has had a breakthrough year in 2023. He had best figures of 3-20 in this year’s T20 Blast.
OVI Team Form
Oval Invincibles lost three of their last four matches in 2022 but have a squad which should be able to compete at the top of the table in this competition.
Oval Invincibles Predicted Playing 11
Jason Roy, Will Jacks, Jordan Cox, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Sam Curran, Sam Billings (c),Tom Lawes, Ross Whiteley, Tom Curran, Adam Zampa, Gus Atkinson
London Spirit vs Oval Invincibles Head to Head
Oval Invincibles lead the head to head 2-1 with one game finishing as a no-result in 2021. Both sides beat each other once last year.
LNS vs OVI Head to Head Stats in The Hundred
| |
Matches Played |
LNS Won |
OVI Won |
Tie |
NR |
| Overall |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
| Last 5 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
London Spirit vs Oval Invincibles Betting Odds
The bookmakers are predicting a very close first game of the campaign for both sides. We are backing Oval Invincibles but you can back both teams at 1.83.
Who will win London Spirit vs Oval Invincibles Match?
London Spirit have arguably got the stronger squad of players but, in terms of players available for this London derby, we think that Oval Invincibles have the players to win the game.
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🏆 London Spirit vs Oval Invincibles Prediction
Whenever the two London sides go head to head in the Hundred, you are sure to get a big crowd and plenty of tension throughout the match. Both sides look very strong and this could well be the final line-up later in the tournament. Player for player, we think that Oval Invincibles are the stronger side and we are backing them to win.
Aug 02, 2023
23:00 IST / 17:30 GMT
Lords Cricket Ground - London, England
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