Southern Brave vs Oval Invincibles Match Prediction & Betting Tips, The Hundred 2023
Match 26 of the 2023 Men’s Hundred sees Southern Brave take on Oval Invincibles at The Rose Bowl on Saturday evening. After both teams have played six games, Southern Brave are in second place in the table with Oval Invincibles top of the table on nine points. Read on as we preview this fixture. The game gets underway in Southampton at 18:00 local time.
Southern Brave have won their last two games by 9 wickets and 4 wickets and have moved up the table. However, this will be their toughest game for a while.
Oval Invincibles responded well to their surprise defeat against Birmingham Pheonix by getting over the line with a narrow victory against London Spirit and retained their place at the top of the table.
Southern Brave 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, SonyLiv and FanCode.
SOB vs OVI Match Toss Prediction
Southern Brave Women won the last game at this venue with 6 balls remaining after fielding first. We expect both skippers to want to field first in this match.
SOB vs OVI Pitch Report
14 wickets fell on this pitch in the last game in the tournament. There is assistance for both the pace bowlers and the spinners in Southampton.
Southampton Weather Report
The forecast is for cloudy weather on the south coast of England for this game on Saturday evening. Humidity levels will rise to above 60% in this game.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Southern Brave vs Oval Invincibles, The Hundred 2023
Southern Brave Team News & Playing 11
SOB Team News
Joe Weatherley, James Fuller and Matthew Fisher were all taken out of Southern Brave’s side after the win against Welsh Fire ahead of the win over Birmingham Phoenix. Rehan Ahmed, Colin Ackermann and Chris Jordan came into the side as James Vince kept his side fresh.
SOB Key Players
- James Vince - The former England Test captain has the ability to play according to the game situation. Over the last 12 months he has developed a range of ultra-attacking strokes.
- Chris Jordan - The experienced bowling all-rounder has played alongside many of the Oval Invincibles players for Surrey and he is a match-winner with both bat and ball.
- Tymal Mills- The 31 year old opening bowler is the leading wicket taker in the tournament with 11 wickets at an average of 10.54.
SOB Team Form
Southern Brave have lost only one of their last five matches in this competition.
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Southern Brave Predicted Playing 11
Finn Allen, Devon Conway (wk), James Vince (c), Leus du Plooy, George Garton, Tim David, Colin Ackermann, Chris Jordan, Rehan Ahmed, Craig Overton, Tymal Mills
Oval Invincibles Team News & Playing 11
OVI Team News
With Sunil Narine now over in Saint Lucia for the 2023 Caribbean Premier League and Jordan Cox ruled out for the rest of the The Hundred 2023 due to injury, Oval Invincibles made two changes from the match against Birmingham Phoenix with Tawanda Muyeye and Adam Zampa coming in.
OVI Key Players
- Will Jacks - The England international took the Player of the Match Award in the last game after hitting five fours, four sixes and taking 2-22.
- Heinrich Klaasen - The South African continues to record useful contributions in short format cricket in 2023. He struck 46 not out from 24 balls against London Spirit.
- Adam Zampa - The Australian international spinner marked his debut in this year’s competition with the big wickets of Dan Lawrence and Daryl Mitchell.
OVI Team Form
Oval Invincibles were beaten by Birmingham Phoenix in Match 19 but have won three of their last four.
Oval Invincibles Predicted Playing 11
Will Jacks, Jason Roy, Heinrich Klaasen, Sam Curran, Ross Whiteley, Sam Billings (c) (wk), Tawanda Muyeye, Zak Chappell, Adam Zampa, Nathan Sowter, Spencer Johnson
Southern Brave vs Oval Invincibles Head to Head
The two teams have gone head to head two times before in 2022 and in 2021. Southern Brave won the first meeting between the sides before Oval Invincibles won by 7 wickets last year.
SOB vs OVI Head to Head Stats in The Hundred
| |
Matches Played |
SOB Won |
OVI Won |
Tie |
NR |
| Overall |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Last 5 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Southern Brave vs Oval Invincibles Betting Odds
According to the bookies, Southern Brave are the slight outsiders and can be backed at 2.00. Oval Invincibles are the favourites at 1.80.
Who will win Southern Brave vs Oval Invincibles Match?
This looks like being an exciting game between the two highest placed teams in the tournament. Oval Invincibles are in stronger form and top the table so we have them as the top team for this clash.
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🏆 Southern Brave vs Oval Invincibles Prediction
Whenever the top two sides go head to head in any competition there is always added excitement both on and off the pitch. This should be an entertaining game with some top batters taking on some quality bowlers on a surface which should offer more assistance to the bowlers. We are predicting a close contest but are backing Oval Invincibles to come out on top.
Aug 19, 2023
22:30 IST / 17:00 GMT
The Rose Bowl - Southampton, England
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