The Hundred — match preview

MI London v London Spirit

Kennington Oval | 29 Jul 2026100-ball

Result: London Spirit won chasing

Ground trends — Kennington Oval

Six-friendly: 14 sixes per match vs 11.3 globally
Chase advantage: 62% win rate chasing vs 38% batting first

In-play & trading angles

Defendable totalA first-innings score of 170+ is defended 71% of the time here. Once a side posts it, the fielding team is live in-play — the market often overrates the chase.
Chasing is favouredChasing sides win 63% here. The side bowling first holds value; the par score plays lower than it looks.
Chase edgeMI London chase better than London Spirit (68% vs 16.7% in the Hundred). If MI London are chasing, they hold value deeper than the scoreboard suggests.

Average runs in the last five 5-ball sets at Kennington Oval are 7.8, 9.8, 8.5, 10.4, 11.1 — about 47.6 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 innings149 (7.81 rpo)

Median 1st innings146

Chase success rate63%

Bat first win rate38%

Toss winner win rate54%

Avg powerplay (1st inns)37/1.3

Boundaries per match22.8 fours, 14 sixes

Highest chase / lowest defended201 / 125

Based on 26 Hundred matches at this ground.

Team trends

MI London

Overall31-14 · 68.9%

Recent form

WWWLW

Batting first70% (20)

Chasing68% (25)

At this ground80% (20)

London Spirit

Overall12-30 · 28.6%

Recent form

LWLLL

Batting first35.7% (28)

Chasing16.7% (12)

At this ground20% (5)

Head-to-head (last 9 Hundred meetings): MI London 8, London Spirit 1.

Teams

MI London

· Recently chased 129 v Southern Brave; fell short chasing 167 v Welsh Fire; chased 143 v Sunrisers Leeds (last 3 matches)
· Averaging 142 with the bat (3 matches in 2026)
· Conceding an average of 146.3 (3 matches in 2026)
· Won 7 of last 10 (10 matches)
· Strong overall record at Kennington Oval: 16-4 (20 matches)
· Leads the H2H vs London Spirit 8-1 (9 meetings)

London Spirit

· Recently failed to defend 159 v Trent Rockets; fell short chasing 138 v Manchester Super Giants (last 2 matches)
· Averaging 145 with the bat (2 matches in 2026)
· Conceding an average of 149 — 138 bowling first, 160 bowling second (2 matches in 2026)
· Wins 35.7% batting first vs 16.7% the other way (28 bat-first / 12 chasing)
· Poor overall record at Kennington Oval: 1-4 (5 matches)
· Trails the H2H vs MI London 1-8 (9 meetings)

Players

MI London

Samuel Matthew Curranbat

· 90 runs in 3 innings in 2026 at an average of 45, striking at 130.4 (3 inns, 69 balls)
· Low score of 0, best of 60 (3 inns, 69 balls)
· 1.3 sixes per innings (4 total) (3 inns, 69 balls)
· Strikes at 169.9 against London Spirit in the Hundred, 22.5% above the league average, averaging 29.17 (103 balls faced)

James Michael Vincebat

· 83 runs in 3 innings in 2026 at an average of 27.67, striking at 143.1 (3 inns, 58 balls)
· Low score of 0, best of 66 (3 inns, 58 balls)
· 1.3 sixes per innings (4 total) (3 inns, 58 balls)
· Strikes at 141.7 against London Spirit in the Hundred, 2.2% above the league average, averaging 17 (60 balls faced)

Trent Alexander Boultbowl

· 4 wickets in 3 innings in 2026 at 4 runs per 5-ball set (3 inns, 60 balls)
· 1.33 wickets per innings (3 inns, 60 balls)

Rashid Khanbowl

· 2 wickets in 3 innings in 2026 at 7.6 runs per 5-ball set (3 inns, 55 balls)
· 0.67 wickets per innings (3 inns, 55 balls)

London Spirit

Liam Stephen Livingstonebat

· 102 runs in 2 innings in 2026 at an average of 51, striking at 159.4 (2 inns, 64 balls)
· 3 sixes per innings (6 total) (2 inns, 64 balls)
· Strikes at 169.9 against MI London in the Hundred, 22.5% above the league average, averaging 31 (73 balls faced)

Dewald Brevisbat

· 61 runs in 2 innings in 2026 at an average of 30.5, striking at 129.8 (2 inns, 47 balls)
· 2 sixes per innings (4 total) (2 inns, 47 balls)

David Jonathan Willeybowl

· 2 wickets in 2 innings in 2026 at 5.9 runs per 5-ball set (2 inns, 40 balls)

Adam Fraser Milnebowl

· 3 wickets in 2 innings in 2026 at 5.1 runs per 5-ball set (2 inns, 35 balls)

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