The 22nd match of The Hundred League 2022 is scheduled to play between Welsh Fire and Southern Brave on Monday, 22nd August 2022 at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff.

Welsh Fire had totally failed to give the best performance in this edition of The Hundred League. They had played four matches and are still searching for a win. They had lost all four matches played and are laying at the bottom of the points table. On the other side, Southern Brave is the other team in The Hundred League that had failed to perform as many of us were expecting. They had played five matches with just one win to their name. They had lost four matches and are situated at the second position from the bottom of the points table.

Welsh Fire lost their most recent match against Manchester Originals by a huge margin of 46 runs and earlier, they were beaten by Birmingham Phoenix by the margin of just four runs. The way how their batting order performed in that match was just outstanding. They leaked just 130 runs in their 100 balls inning. D Payne, Pretorius, J Ball, Scrimshaw, J Cobb, and Adam Zampa were leading the bowling unit of Welsh Fire, and these all bowlers performed well. Scrimshaw and D Payne picked two wickets each while J Ball, Zampa, and the skipper, J Cobb picked one wicket each.

Welsh Fire lost the previous match due to the worst performance by their batting order. They failed to chase a low target on the board and scored 126 runs while chasing the target of 131 runs. Tom Banton was the most successful batter from their side who scored 44 runs on just 32 balls with the help of two boundaries and the same huge sixes. David Miller was the other batter who was just good with the bat. He remained not out after scoring 35 runs on 30 balls. Sam Hain scored 23 runs while no other batter from their side could even enter into the double figure. We think that Welsh Fire will win this match and today prediction of this match had also been confirmed.

Southern Brave was beaten by Manchester Originals in the previous match by a handsome margin of 68 runs. They were beaten by Oval Invincibles earlier by the margin of seven wickets. The performance of their batting order was not very good. They scored 137 runs on 100 balls inning. Stoinis was the highest run-scorer from their side who scored 37 runs on 27 balls with the help of two boundaries and the same huge sixes. Tim David was the other batter who was just good with the bat. He scored 27 runs while he faced 17 balls and smashed three boundaries during his inning. Ross Whiteley scored 18 runs for the skipper, and J Vince had 15 runs to his name.

The performance of the bowling department of Southern Brave was also not impressive in the previous match. They failed to defend a low target of 138 runs on the board and leaked this target in 82 balls. George Garton, Michael Hogan, Marcus Stoinis, James Fuller, Rehan Ahmed, and Jake Lintott are the leading bowlers of this team. James Fuller was the only successful bowler from their side with one wicket to his name in 20 balls against 22 runs. George Garton also picked one wicket in the previous match. This match is going to be very interesting as both teams will try hard to win this match.

Southern Brave is overall a strong team as compared to the Welsh Fire at least on papers. According to The Hundred prediction, Southern Brave is the favorite team that will win this match. There are many factors that make Welsh Fire a favorite team to win this match. Some of the key factors are mentioned as under:

• Both teams had not performed well in this edition of The Hundred League
• The batting order of Southern Brave is in good form
• The bowling department of Welsh Fire is very fantastic

Southern Brave is full of experienced and young players of the t20 format. The batting order of this team is also strong and some well-known hitters of the t20 format are part of the squad of this team, so the winning chances of today’s match for Southern Brave have been increased. The equation of who will win today’s cricket match prediction and who will win the cricket match today is mentioned as under.

Southern Brave has a 52% chance of winning this match
Welsh Fire has a 48% chance of winning this match

The toss will play an important role in the decision of all matches of The Hundred League. Having a good total on the board is always a big advantage in these kinds of big matches. According to our toss prediction, the team who will win the toss may choose to bat first.

The 22nd Match match of The Hundred League 2022 is going to be held at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. We had observed in the previous matches played here that the pitch here at this venue is good for batting. The track is slower than the others we have seen and helps the spinners quite a bit. We are hoping that the surface is bound to get slower and be a bit more difficult for batting in this match. A score of 185 is going to be tough to chase.

The weather forecast in Cardiff is predicting some clouds around on match day but the weather forecast does not predict rain. We should be able to have a full uninterrupted match.

Welsh Fire
Joe Clarke (wk), Tom Banton, Sam Hain, Ben Duckett, David Miller, Josh Cobb (c), Dwaine Pretorius, Matthew Critchley, Adam Zampa, David Payne, Jake Ball.

Southern Brave
Quinton de Kock (wk), James Vince (c), Alex Davies, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Ross Whiteley, James Fuller, George Garton, Jake Lintott, Daniel Moriarty, Michael Hogan.

We will update you shortly.

Date: Monday, 22nd August 2022
Time: 05:30 PM GMT / 06:30 PM LOCAL / 11:00 PM IST

• Stadium: Sophia Gardens
• Location: Cardiff, Wales
• Capacity: 5500 (15,000 after redevelopment)
• Known as: The SWALEC Stadium
• Ends: River Taff End, Cathedral Road End
• Time Zone: UTC +01:00
• Home to: Glamorgan
• Floodlights: Yes

• Total matches: 10
• Matches won batting first: 3
• Matches won bowling first: 7
• Average 1st Inns scores: 145
• Average 2nd Inns scores: 138
• The highest total recorded: 207/3 (20 Ov) by RSA vs ENG
• The lowest total recorded: 89/10 (18.4 Ov) by PAK vs ENG
• The highest score chased: 175/3 (19.2 Ov) by ENG vs PAK
• The lowest score defended: 182/5 (20 Ov) by ENG vs AUS
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Ryan Higgins, Leus du Plooy, Matt Milnes, Noor Ahmad, Jacob Bethell, George Scrimshaw, Joe Clarke (wk), Tom Banton, Sam Hain, Ben Duckett, David Miller, Josh Cobb (c), Dwaine Pretorius, Matthew Critchley, Adam Zampa, David Payne, Jake Ball.