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London Spirit v MI London

Lord's | 6 Aug 2026100-ball

Result: MI London won chasing

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 edgeMI London chase better than London Spirit (68% vs 21.4% in the Hundred). If MI London 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

Overall13-32 · 28.9%
Recent form
LLWLL
Batting first34.5% (29)
Chasing21.4% (14)
At this ground38.9% (18)

MI London

Overall32-15 · 68.1%
Recent form
WLWLW
Batting first68.2% (22)
Chasing68% (25)
At this ground100% (7)

Head-to-head (last 10 Hundred meetings): London Spirit 2, MI London 8.

Teams

London Spirit

  • · Winless at Lord's this season (0/2) (2 matches at the ground)
  • · Recently fell short chasing 241 v Sunrisers Leeds; failed to defend 105 v Southern Brave; chased 164 v MI London (last 3 matches)
  • · Averaging 152.8 with the bat (118 at home, 176 away) (5 matches in 2026)
  • · Conceding an average of 162.8 — 181 bowling first, 135.5 bowling second (5 matches in 2026)
  • · Trails the H2H vs MI London 2-8 (10 meetings)

MI London

  • · Recently defended 183 v Manchester Super Giants; failed to defend 164 v London Spirit; chased 129 v Southern Brave (last 3 matches)
  • · Averaging 154.6 with the bat (163.7 at home, 141 away) (5 matches in 2026)
  • · Conceding an average of 148.4 — 146.3 bowling first, 151.5 bowling second (5 matches in 2026)
  • · Won 7 of last 10 (10 matches)
  • · Strong overall record at Lord's: 7-0 (7 matches)
  • · Leads the H2H vs London Spirit 8-2 (10 meetings)

Key matchups

L Pretorius vs T Boult15/9 · SR 167 · 1w

L Pretorius has dominated T Boult — SR 167 off 9 balls

D Brevis vs R Khan6/8 · SR 75 · 0w

6 runs off 8 balls, 0 dismissals

From these two sides' historical Hundred meetings — a guide to duels that may recur.

Players

London Spirit

Liam Stephen Livingstonebat
  • · 157 runs in 5 innings in 2026 at an average of 31.4, striking at 152.4 (5 inns, 103 balls)
  • · Low score of 5, best of 69 (5 inns, 103 balls)
  • · 1.8 sixes per innings (9 total) (5 inns, 103 balls)
  • · Strikes at 153.8 against MI London in the Hundred, 10.9% above the league average, averaging 28 (91 balls faced)
Dewald Brevisbat
  • · 137 runs in 5 innings in 2026 at an average of 34.25, striking at 150.5 (5 inns, 91 balls)
  • · Low score of 1, best of 39 (5 inns, 91 balls)
  • · 1.8 sixes per innings (9 total) (5 inns, 91 balls)
Adam Fraser Milnebowl
  • · 4 wickets in 5 innings in 2026 at 6.2 runs per 5-ball set (5 inns, 90 balls)
  • · 0.8 wickets per innings (5 inns, 90 balls)
David Jonathan Willeybowl
  • · 5 wickets in 5 innings in 2026 at 7.8 runs per 5-ball set (5 inns, 85 balls)
  • · 1 wickets per innings (5 inns, 85 balls)

MI London

William George Jacksbat
  • · 195 runs in 5 innings in 2026 at an average of 39, striking at 154.8 (5 inns, 126 balls)
  • · Low score of 2, best of 65 (5 inns, 126 balls)
  • · 2 sixes per innings (10 total) (5 inns, 126 balls)
  • · Strikes at 141.7 against London Spirit in the Hundred, 2.2% above the league average, averaging 31.6 (223 balls faced)
James Michael Vincebat
  • · 138 runs in 5 innings in 2026 at an average of 27.6, striking at 140.8 (5 inns, 98 balls)
  • · Low score of 0, best of 66 (5 inns, 98 balls)
  • · 1.2 sixes per innings (6 total) (5 inns, 98 balls)
  • · Strikes at 138.8 against London Spirit in the Hundred, 0.1% above the league average, averaging 18.5 (80 balls faced)
Trent Alexander Boultbowl
  • · 6 wickets in 5 innings in 2026 at 5.8 runs per 5-ball set (5 inns, 99 balls)
  • · 1.2 wickets per innings (5 inns, 99 balls)
Rashid Khanbowl
  • · 7 wickets in 5 innings in 2026 at 6.4 runs per 5-ball set (5 inns, 95 balls)
  • · 1.4 wickets per innings (5 inns, 95 balls)

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