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Welsh Fire Women vs London Spirit Women Predictions - Matthews to power the Fire to their first Hundred title

Simon Lewis

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Last updated: 17 Aug 2024

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Simon Lewis 17 Aug 2024

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Hayley Matthews scored an impressive 78* off 46 balls during their previous league match against London Spirit.
Both Welsh Fire Women and London Spirit Women are vying for their first Hundred title.
The final promises to be a high-energy match with key performances expected from top players.

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Hayley Matthews cuts fine against the Brave. (credit: Dan Istitene / Getty Images)

Welsh Fire Women vs London Spirit Women Predictions

The Fire finished top of the table with one win more than the Spirit, who finished third. This is likely to be a really tight match, but I’m backing the Fire because they won the earlier meeting with the Spirit this season and finished top of the table.

Welsh Fire Women’s Hayley Matthews has scored 78*, 20, 35 & 35* in her last 5 innings.
Welsh Fire Women’s Tammy Beaumont has scored 34 & 59* in her last 3 innings.
London Spirit Women’s Heather Knight has scored 29, 29*, 43* & 36* in her last 5 innings.
London Spirit Women’s Georgia Redmayne has scored 66* & 53* in her last 4 innings.

Head-to-Head

The two teams have met four times in The Hundred. The Spirit won the first two matches, while the Fire have won the most recent two, including the group match just over a fortnight ago.

Welsh Fire Women Form

The Fire’s unbeaten run was broken by an abandoned match and a loss to the Phoenix, but they bounced back with a nine-wicket win over the Brave.

Hayley Matthews (2/14, rpb 0.70) was in incredible form with the ball as the Brave were bowled out for 103 off their 100 balls.

Tammy Beaumont (59* off 40 balls) and Hayley Matthews (35* off 26 balls) added an unbroken 72 for the second wicket to power the Fire to the top of the table to clinch a spot in the final.

Welsh Fire Women Team News

The Fire are in great form and are unlikely to make any changes to their team.

London Spirit Women Form

After losing to the Invincibles by eight wickets, the Spirit beat the Superchargers by seven wickets and then beat the Invincibles in the Eliminator by eight wickets.

The Invincibles batted first in the Eliminator, scoring 113/9 off their 100 balls, with Charlie Dean (3/24) returning the best figures with the ball.

Georgia Redmayne (53* off 47 balls) and Heather Knight (36 off 23 balls) added an unbroken 72 runs for the third wicket to overturn the Invincibles and win their place in the final.

London Spirit Women Team News

Heather Knight is second on The Hundred runs list with 247 runs (ave 49.40) and will be a key player for the Spirit.

Verdict

Welsh Fire Women v London Spirit Women - The Hundred

I am backing the Welsh Fire Women to win. I am also backing Hayley Matthews to top score for the Welsh Fire Women.

Heather Knight is a good bet to top score for the London Spirit Women.

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