Manchester Originals Men vs Northern Superchargers Men Preview & Prediction | The Hundred 2024 | League Stage
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After being knocked out of third-place in the table by Birmingham Phoenix, the pressure has firmly shifted onto the shoulders of Northern Superchargers, who can move back into the top three by beating Manchester Originals.
DATE & TIME: Sunday August 11th 2024: USA ET – 1:00pm / USA PT – 10:00am / UK – 6:00pm / India – 10:30pm
VENUE: Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester, England
WEATHER: Bright sunshine with light winds and high temperatures of 25c at the start of play
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MANCHESTER ORIGINALS MEN FORM: WIN OVER SPIRIT CRUCIAL IN BID TO AVOID WOODEN SPOON
Manchester Originals deserve credit for not throwing in the towel for this year’s men’s Hundred despite their title hopes having already been ended and victory over London Spirit last time out was what they deserved. It was their first triumph of the 2024 competition and leaves eighth-placed Originals now only trailing the Spirit on net-run-rate.
NORTHERN SUPERCHARGERS MEN FORM: ONE POINT FROM THEIR LAST TWO LEAVES BROOK’S SIDE OUT OF TOP THREE
Northern Superchargers can count themselves lucky to get out of Cardiff with a point after rain abandoned their last game vs Welsh Fire with the Superchargers well behind the eight-ball. However, that’s the only point Harry Brook’s men have collected across their most recent two fixtures, underlining how much they need a positive result in Manchester.
MANCHESTER ORIGINALS MEN BETTING ANALYSIS
Having a left-arm pacer in your line-up can prove worth its weight in gold when it comes to this form of cricket and Fazalhaq Farooqi showed why against London Spirit, taking three of his side’s five wickets across the contest. The Afghanistan star should be effective again earlier on in the Superchargers’ innings when considering how aggressive their batters will likely play, so a stake on Farooqi to gain over 1.5 match wickets is well worth backing.
NORTHERN SUPERCHARGERS MEN BETTING ANALYSIS
Northern Superchargers would love a captain’s innings from Harry Brook at some point across this game, whether they are batting first or second. Brook’s sheer quality could well see him rack up another good score as he did the last time these two sides collided back at Headingley earlier in the month. Therefore, bettors would be wise to consider making a play on Brook to finish as the Superchargers’ top batter.
MANCHESTER ORIGINALS MEN VS NORTHERN SUPERCHARGERS MEN EXPERT PREDICTION
Even though they cannot end the league stage inside the top three, Manchester Originals have already shown that they’ll still fight for every point in a bid to avoid that bottom-placed finish and with that in mind, Northern Superchargers will need to be in good form to get the better of them at Emirates Old Trafford.
However, when you look down at the visitors’ batting line-up and their top order in particular, an explosion of runs feels due and it could well come here. If that happens, then it would be no surprise if it propels the Superchargers to victory on Andrew Flintoff’s Emirates Old Trafford homecoming, so back it to be a happy return for Freddie.
MANCHESTER ORIGINALS MEN VS NORTHERN SUPERCHARGERS MEN TOP TIP: NORTHERN SUPERCHARGERS MEN TO WIN
