London Spirit Men vs Manchester Originals Men Preview & Prediction | The Hundred 2024 | League Stage
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The bottom two sides in this year’s men’s Hundred collide with London Spirit needing to win against Manchester Originals to keep themselves in with a chance of making the top three.
DATE & TIME: Friday August 9th 2024: USA ET – 1:30pm / USA PT – 10:30am / UK – 6:30pm / India – 11:00pm
VENUE: Lord’s, London, England
WEATHER: Very hot conditions at the start of play with sunshine and temperatures of 23c.
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LONDON SPIRIT MEN FORM: DEFEAT HERE WOULD SEE SPIRIT DROP TO BOTTOM SPOT
Since their narrow win over Welsh Fire, back-to-back losses have dropped London Spirit back down to seventh-place and getting beaten here by the only team below them in the table would put them rock bottom and eliminate them from the competition.
MANCHESTER ORIGINALS MEN FORM: ORIGINALS JUST CANNOT GET OVER THE FINISH LINE
Manchester Originals became the first team to be knocked out of the 2024 men’s Hundred after once again finding themselves on the wrong end of a close one, this time vs Oval Invincibles, who won a nail-biter by three runs at Emirates Old Trafford earlier in the week.
LONDON SPIRIT MEN BETTING ANALYSIS
Since Keaton Jennings has been recruited by London Spirit and given an opportunity at the top of the order, the Lancashire star has gotten starts without accruing a large score, but has certainly showed his six-hitting potential. Jennings has cleared the rope at least once in each of his two appearances so far and backing him against the struggling Originals to record over 0.5 match sixes may well wind up being a profitable move.
MANCHESTER ORIGINALS MEN BETTING ANALYSIS
Whilst Manchester Originals continues to fail on the results front, one young player is standing out from the rest. Another Lancashire player, Matthew Hurst has now racked up consecutive half centuries for the Originals, backing up his 78 against Northern Superchargers with 50 vs Oval Invincibles, both times opening the batting. Such form warrants investment from bettors, so back Hurst to accumulate 20+ runs for a third straight match at good value.
LONDON SPIRIT MEN VS MANCHESTER ORIGINALS MEN EXPERTPREDICTION
It’s been a really tough campaign for both of these two teams, with neither being able to get anything going. Away from home is where the two sides have struggled the most however, examples being Manchester Originals’ thrashing at the hands of Southern Brave, whilst London Spirit were beaten heavily on the road by Trent Rockets, as well as the Brave.
With that in mind, home advantage being in the Spirit’s favour on this occasion could be important. On paper, the depth of London’s batting looks strong and Andre Russell will no doubt have a point to prove against his old side. Therefore, back the hosts to pick up the two points and almost certainly consign Manchester to the wooden spoon this season.
LONDON SPIRIT MEN VS MANCHESTER ORIGINALS MEN TOP TIP: LONDON SPIRIT MEN TO WIN
