- Southern Brave have had the highest opening partnership in both of their games so far
- The opposition have had the highest opening partnership in both of Manchester Originals’ matches
- Recommended bet: Southern Brave highest opening partnership

Southern Brave will be looking to bounce back after suffering defeat over Northern Superchargers last time out and they will be glad to return to the Rose Bowl to face Manchester Originals.

The visitors will be reeling after suffering the most narrow defeat in the history of The Hundred, going down by a single run to Trent Rockets last time out.

They have now lost both of their games in this year’s tournament.

Team news

Jos Buttler’s status remains unclear for Manchester Originals but he seems unlikely to return for this clash.

Tom Aspinwall and Scott Currie remain in place of Fred Klaassen and Josh Tongue for the visitors.

It remains to be seen whether Daniel Hughes or Alex Davies will open the batting for the Southern Brave alongside James Vince, with the latter the most likely.

The stats

Tom Hartley took 3-25 in defeat last time out for the Manchester Originals.

Manchester Originals have made the two highest totals of any team in The Hundred history, scoring 208-5 in 2022 and 201-3 last year. The latter came against these opponents.

Phil Salt has the most runs of any player in the history of this tournament.

Southern Brave’s Tymal Mills is one of the leading wicket-takers in the history of The Hundred, joining Tom Hartley in the top five.

Prediction

Southern Brave are a short price to get the better of Manchester Originals in this clash but a way to extract more value from siding with the hosts may be to take them to have the highest opening partnership.

They have had the highest opening partnership in both of their two games while the opposite has been true in both of Manchester Originals games as they have struggled to replace their talisman and England white-ball captain Jos Buttler.

The Brave’s strength is their bowling attack and they could make an early breakthrough against these opponents so take the home team to have the higher opening partnership. 

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