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The Hundred — match preview

London Spirit v Birmingham Phoenix

Lord's | 9 Aug 2026, 18:00100-ball

Ground trends — Lord's

  • Bat first advantage: 62% win rate batting first vs 38% chasing

In-play & trading angles

  • Defendable totalA first-innings score of 110+ is defended 70% of the time here. Once a side posts it, the fielding team is live in-play — the market often overrates the chase.
  • Chasing is hard hereChasing sides win only 38% at this ground. A batting-first team stays value even at level par — don't back the chase too early.
  • Chase edgeBirmingham Phoenix chase better than London Spirit (58.3% vs 21.4% in the Hundred). If Birmingham Phoenix are chasing, they hold value deeper than the scoreboard suggests.
  • Toss mattersTeams batting first win 62% here (vs 38% chasing). Back the side that wins the toss and bats.

Average runs in the last five 5-ball sets at Lord's are 8.9, 7.3, 8.4, 8.2, 10.1 — about 42.9 runs in the closing quarter (26 Hundred matches). Runs lines below that, with batting in hand, are the overs angle.

Full ground stats

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Avg 1st innings143 (7.35 rpo)
Median 1st innings147
Chase success rate38%
Bat first win rate62%
Toss winner win rate42%
Avg powerplay (1st inns)32.8/1.2
Boundaries per match22.3 fours, 9.8 sixes
Highest chase / lowest defended164 / 123

Based on 26 Hundred matches at this ground.

Team trends

London Spirit

Overall13-33 · 28.3%
Recent form
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Batting first33.3% (30)
Chasing21.4% (14)
At this ground38.9% (18)

Birmingham Phoenix

Overall23-23 · 50%
Recent form
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Batting first42.9% (21)
Chasing58.3% (24)
At this ground66.7% (3)

Head-to-head (last 5 Hundred meetings): London Spirit 0, Birmingham Phoenix 5.

Teams

London Spirit

  • · Winless at Lord's this season (0/3) (3 matches at the ground)
  • · Recently failed to defend 160 v MI London; fell short chasing 241 v Sunrisers Leeds; failed to defend 105 v Southern Brave (last 3 matches)
  • · Averaging 154 with the bat (132 at home, 176 away) (6 matches in 2026)
  • · Conceding an average of 163 — 181 bowling first, 145 bowling second (6 matches in 2026)
  • · Won only 2 of last 10 (10 matches)

Birmingham Phoenix

  • · Recently failed to defend 111 v Trent Rockets; failed to defend 137 v Welsh Fire; fell short chasing 128 v Southern Brave (last 3 matches)
  • · Averaging 135.6 with the bat (175.5 at home, 109 away) (5 matches in 2026)
  • · Conceding an average of 154.6 — 157.5 bowling first, 152.7 bowling second (5 matches in 2026)
  • · Wins 58.3% chasing vs 42.9% the other way (21 bat-first / 24 chasing)

Players

London Spirit

Lhuan-dre Gilbert Pretoriusbat
  • · 168 runs in 6 innings in 2026 at an average of 28, striking at 178.7 (6 inns, 94 balls)
  • · Low score of 5, best of 64 (6 inns, 94 balls)
  • · 2.3 sixes per innings (14 total) (6 inns, 94 balls)
Liam Stephen Livingstonebat
  • · 163 runs in 6 innings in 2026 at an average of 27.17, striking at 145.5 (6 inns, 112 balls)
  • · Low score of 5, best of 69 (6 inns, 112 balls)
  • · 1.5 sixes per innings (9 total) (6 inns, 112 balls)
Adam Fraser Milnebowl
  • · 5 wickets in 6 innings in 2026 at 6.5 runs per 5-ball set (6 inns, 109 balls)
  • · 0.83 wickets per innings (6 inns, 109 balls)
David Jonathan Willeybowl
  • · 5 wickets in 6 innings in 2026 at 7.9 runs per 5-ball set (6 inns, 95 balls)
  • · 0.83 wickets per innings (6 inns, 95 balls)

Birmingham Phoenix

Joe Michael Clarkebat
  • · 192 runs in 5 innings in 2026 at an average of 38.4, striking at 150 (5 inns, 128 balls)
  • · Low score of 7, best of 68 (5 inns, 128 balls)
  • · 2.2 sixes per innings (11 total) (5 inns, 128 balls)
  • · Strikes at 122.8 against London Spirit in the Hundred, 11.5% below the league average, averaging 14 (57 balls faced)
William Conrad Francis Smeedbat
  • · 105 runs in 5 innings in 2026 at an average of 21, striking at 125 (5 inns, 84 balls)
  • · Low score of 5, best of 51 (5 inns, 84 balls)
  • · 0.8 sixes per innings (4 total) (5 inns, 84 balls)
Saqib Mahmoodbowl
  • · 2 wickets in 5 innings in 2026 at 9.2 runs per 5-ball set (5 inns, 85 balls)
  • · 0.4 wickets per innings (5 inns, 85 balls)
Usman Tariqbowl
  • · 2 wickets in 4 innings in 2026 at 5.6 runs per 5-ball set (4 inns, 75 balls)
  • · 0.5 wickets per innings (4 inns, 75 balls)

Stats are computed from ball-by-ball Hundred data only — never mixed with T20 — and show their sample sizes.