The Hundred Men’s 2024 Match 03 | MNR vs WEF | Fantasy Tips, Prediction & Preview

Manchester Originals will take on Welsh Fire in the third game of The Hundred Men’s 2024. Manchester were the runners-up in 2022 and 2023 whereas Welsh gave their best showing last season when they finished fourth.

Manchester Originals finished in second place in The Hundred 2023 group stage. They played eight games in the group stage, where they won four matches and lost three, with one game producing no result. Originals had lost in the Final match of the last edition against Oval Invincibles. Led by the experienced Jos Buttler, Manchester Originals squads boast of great talent like Phil Salt, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Paul Walter and Wayne Madsen. If any of 2 of these skillful players click, Originals will win the match on any given day.

On the other hand, Welsh Fire finished the group stage in fourth place, with four wins and three losses in eight matches. They have a lot of firepower in their top order including the likes of Jonny Bairstow, Tom Abell, Glenn Phillips and Stephen Eskinazi. Welsh have a good bowling attack as well with Haris Rauf and Roelof van der Merve making into their squad. This balanced squad has good chances to make it to the Playoffs.

Match Timings

Match Toss Time - 10:30 PM IST (05:00 PM GMT)

Match Start Time - 11:00 PM IST (05:30 PM GMT)

Match Venue - Old Trafford, Manchester 

Head to Head

Matches Played - 03

MNR won - 02      WEF won - 01

Last 5 meetings

MNR won - 02        WEF won - 01

Pitch Report

The surface at Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester is one that is preferred by the batters. A high-scoring encounter could be quite a possibility on such a surface. Hence the skipper winning the toss will choose to bat first.

Weather Report

The weather at Manchester is expected to be cloudy. There are 20% chances of rain. The temperature is likely to be around 21°C  with 71% humidity.

Probable Playing XI  

Manchester Originals (MNR) - Jos Buttler(c & wk), Phil Salt, Wayne Madsen, Max Holden, Jamie Overton, Sikandar Raza, Tom Hartley, Paul Walter, Josh Hull, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Usama Mir

Welsh Fire (WEF) - Glenn Phillips, Tom Kohler Cadmore, Tom Abell(c), David Willey, Roelof van der Merwe, Jonny Bairstow(wk), Joe Clarke, Haris Rauf, Jake Ball, Matt Henry, David Payne

Must Picks

MNR - Jos Buttler, Sikandar Raza

WEF - Glenn Phillips, David Willey

MNR vs WEF Fantasy Team

Wicket-Keeper : Jos Buttler

Batters : Tom Kohler Cadmore, Phil Salt, Glenn Phillips

All-rounder : Sikandar Raza, Jamie Overton, David Willey, Paul Walter

Bowlers : Matt Henry, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Haris Rauf

Captain and Vice-Captain picks

Captain : Sikandar Raza

Vice-Captain : David Willey

Prediction

Looking at the past performances Manchester Originals are favorites to win this match against Welsh Fire.

Sportco predicts Manchester Originals to beat Welsh Fire in match 03 of The Hundred Men’s 2024.

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