The Hundred — match preview

London Spirit v Manchester Super Giants

Lord's | 23 Jul 2026100-ball

Result: Manchester Super Giants won defending

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 edgeManchester Super Giants chase better than London Spirit (35.3% vs 18.2% in the Hundred). If Manchester Super Giants 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

Overall12-28 · 30%

Recent form

WLLWL

Batting first37% (27)

Chasing18.2% (11)

At this ground38.9% (18)

Manchester Super Giants

Overall17-26 · 39.5%

Recent form

LWLLW

Batting first45.8% (24)

Chasing35.3% (17)

At this ground25% (4)

Head-to-head (last 5 Hundred meetings): London Spirit 2, Manchester Super Giants 3.

Teams

London Spirit

· Wins 37% batting first vs 18.2% the other way (27 bat-first / 11 chasing)

Manchester Super Giants

No angles cleared the sample thresholds.

Players

London Spirit

Kane Stuart Williamsonbat

· 204 runs in 8 innings in the last 15 matches at an average of 25.5, striking at 129.9 (8 inns, 157 balls)
· Low score of 9, best of 53 (8 inns, 157 balls)
· 0.6 sixes per innings (5 total) (8 inns, 157 balls)
· Strikes at 95 against Manchester Super Giants in the Hundred, 31.5% below the league average, averaging 19 (20 balls faced)

Jamie Luke Smithbat

· 203 runs in 7 innings in the last 15 matches at an average of 29, striking at 170.6 (7 inns, 119 balls)
· Low score of 0, best of 52 (7 inns, 119 balls)
· 1.7 sixes per innings (12 total) (7 inns, 119 balls)
· Strikes at 157.7 against Manchester Super Giants in the Hundred, 13.7% above the league average, averaging 13.67 (26 balls faced)

Liam Andrew Dawsonbowl

· 17 wickets in 15 innings in the last 15 matches at 6.1 runs per 5-ball set (15 inns, 245 balls)
· 1.13 wickets per innings (15 inns, 245 balls)

Daniel James Worrallbowl

· 9 wickets in 11 innings in the last 15 matches at 5.6 runs per 5-ball set (11 inns, 177 balls)
· 0.82 wickets per innings (11 inns, 177 balls)

Manchester Super Giants

Philip Dean Saltbat

· 431 runs in 15 innings in the last 15 matches at an average of 30.79, striking at 140.8 (15 inns, 306 balls)
· Low score of 3, best of 61 (15 inns, 306 balls)
· 1.3 sixes per innings (19 total) (15 inns, 306 balls)
· Strikes at 145.4 against London Spirit in the Hundred, 4.8% above the league average, averaging 31.5 (130 balls faced)

Joseph Charles Buttlerbat

· 283 runs in 8 innings in the last 15 matches at an average of 40.43, striking at 144.4 (8 inns, 196 balls)
· Low score of 0, best of 70 (8 inns, 196 balls)
· 1.6 sixes per innings (13 total) (8 inns, 196 balls)
· Strikes at 135.7 against London Spirit in the Hundred, 2.2% below the league average, averaging 38 (84 balls faced)

Scott William Curriebowl

· 15 wickets in 15 innings in the last 15 matches at 7.3 runs per 5-ball set (15 inns, 236 balls)
· 1 wickets per innings (15 inns, 236 balls)

Joshua Charles Tonguebowl

· 14 wickets in 6 innings in the last 15 matches at 6.7 runs per 5-ball set (6 inns, 115 balls)
· 2.33 wickets per innings (6 inns, 115 balls)

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