The Hundred — match preview

Manchester Super Giants v Welsh Fire

Old Trafford | 5 Aug 2026100-ball

Result: Manchester Super Giants won chasing

Ground trends — Old Trafford

Batter-friendly powerplay: Only 1 wickets in PP vs 1.3 globally

In-play & trading angles

Defendable totalA first-innings score of 160+ is defended 75% of the time here. Once a side posts it, the fielding team is live in-play — the market often overrates the chase.

Average runs in the last five 5-ball sets at Old Trafford are 7.5, 8.3, 10.3, 10.6, 8.7 — about 45.4 runs in the closing quarter (20 Hundred matches). Runs lines below that, with batting in hand, are the overs angle.

Full ground stats

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Avg 1st innings146 (7.61 rpo)

Median 1st innings152

Chase success rate55%

Bat first win rate45%

Toss winner win rate55%

Avg powerplay (1st inns)40.1/1

Boundaries per match22 fours, 11.5 sixes

Highest chase / lowest defended193 / 142

Based on 20 Hundred matches at this ground.

Team trends

Manchester Super Giants

Overall19-29 · 39.6%

Recent form

WWLLL

Batting first46.4% (28)

Chasing33.3% (18)

At this ground41.2% (17)

Welsh Fire

Overall15-30 · 33.3%

Recent form

WWLWW

Batting first30% (20)

Chasing39.1% (23)

At this ground50% (2)

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

Teams

Manchester Super Giants

· Won 1 of 2 at Old Trafford this season (2 matches at the ground)
· Recently fell short chasing 183 v MI London; failed to defend 137 v Trent Rockets; failed to defend 181 v Sunrisers Leeds (last 3 matches)
· Averaging 156.2 with the bat (162 at home, 152.3 away) (5 matches in 2026)
· Conceding an average of 148 — 183 bowling first, 139.3 bowling second (5 matches in 2026)

Welsh Fire

· Recently chased 115 v Southern Brave; chased 137 v Birmingham Phoenix; failed to defend 122 v Trent Rockets (last 3 matches)
· Averaging 136.2 with the bat (135 at home, 138 away) (5 matches in 2026)
· Conceding an average of 133 — 129 bowling first, 139 bowling second (5 matches in 2026)

Players

Manchester Super Giants

Joseph Charles Buttlerbat

· 226 runs in 5 innings in 2026 at an average of 75.33, striking at 167.4 (5 inns, 135 balls)
· Low score of 2, best of 90 (5 inns, 135 balls)
· 2.8 sixes per innings (14 total) (5 inns, 135 balls)
· Strikes at 178.3 against Welsh Fire in the Hundred, 28.6% above the league average, averaging 61.5 (69 balls faced)

Tim Louis Seifertbat

· 125 runs in 5 innings in 2026 at an average of 25, striking at 148.8 (5 inns, 84 balls)
· Low score of 1, best of 67 (5 inns, 84 balls)
· 1.2 sixes per innings (6 total) (5 inns, 84 balls)

Angus Alexander Patrick Atkinsonbowl

· 5 wickets in 5 innings in 2026 at 7.1 runs per 5-ball set (5 inns, 100 balls)
· 1 wickets per innings (5 inns, 100 balls)

Noor Ahmadbowl

· 4 wickets in 5 innings in 2026 at 8.4 runs per 5-ball set (5 inns, 98 balls)
· 0.8 wickets per innings (5 inns, 98 balls)

Welsh Fire

Rachin Ravindrabat

· 145 runs in 5 innings in 2026 at an average of 29, striking at 170.6 (5 inns, 85 balls)
· Low score of 0, best of 98 (5 inns, 85 balls)
· 1.4 sixes per innings (7 total) (5 inns, 85 balls)

Joseph Edward Rootbat

· 124 runs in 5 innings in 2026 at an average of 31, striking at 113.8 (5 inns, 109 balls)
· Low score of 5, best of 58 (5 inns, 109 balls)
· Strikes at 134.5 against Manchester Super Giants in the Hundred, 3% below the league average, averaging 19.5 (29 balls faced)

Marco Jansenbowl

· 4 wickets in 5 innings in 2026 at 6 runs per 5-ball set (5 inns, 97 balls)
· 0.8 wickets per innings (5 inns, 97 balls)

Christopher Roger Woakesbowl

· 3 wickets in 5 innings in 2026 at 6.8 runs per 5-ball set (5 inns, 95 balls)
· 0.6 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.