Southern Brave succumbed to their fourth loss in six matches on Monday, August 3 at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff. They remain in fourth place in the points table with eight points. Welsh Fire have climbed to second place after a comfortable six-wicket win.
Pos
Team
P
W
L
Tie
NR
Pts
NRR
1
Trent Rockets
5
4
1
0
0
16
+0.760
2
Welsh Fire
5
4
1
0
0
16
-0.081
3
MI London
5
3
2
0
0
12
+0.399
4
Southern Brave
6
2
4
0
0
8
+0.022
5
Manchester Super Giants
5
2
3
0
0
8
0.021
6
Sunrisers Leeds
4
2
2
0
0
8
-0.036
7
London Spirit
4
1
3
0
0
4
-0.055
8
Birmingham Phoenix
4
1
3
0
0
4
-1.208
What were the talking points in WEL vs SOU, Men's Hundred Match 19?Southern Brave lost both their openers for ducks after being invited to bat first. They couldn’t recover from the blow completely and it was only due to Marcus Stoinis and, to some extent, David Miller that they managed to cross the 100-run mark.
Welsh Fire lost Phil Salt early in the run-chase, but Matthew Short batted superbly to stitch a 56-run partnership with Joe Root. Even though the Fire collapsed from 60-1 to 70-4 in the space of 15 balls, the Fire got over the line with five balls and six wickets in hand.
Who were the top performers in Welsh Fire vs Southern Brave?Short was the star performer for Welsh Fire with his all-round skills. He picked up two wickets in five balls and then remained unbeaten on 60 in the run-chase. Sam Cook was the best bowler for the Fire, picking up three wickets for just 14 runs.
For Southern Brave, Stoinis was the best batter, scoring 55 off 39 balls with eight fours and a six to his name.
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