Southern Brave will face the Welsh Fire in the second match of The Hundred Men 2026 campaign at The Rose Bowl in Southampton on Wednesday, July 22.
Southern Brave occupied fourth place in The Hundred Men’s 2025 season with 16 points in eight games, getting eliminated from the league phase. Meanwhile, Welsh Fire held the wooden spoon with eight points from eight games, having a pretty poor season last time around.
Southern Brave vs Welsh Fire, The Hundred Men 2026, Match 2, Match Details
Match: Southern Brave vs Welsh Fire, The Hundred Men 2026, Match 2
Time & Date: 11:00 PM IST, Wednesday, July 22
Venue: The Rose Bowl, Southampton
Southern Brave vs Welsh Fire, The Hundred Men 2026, Match 2 Probable XIs
Southern Brave
Tom Abell, Jamie Smith, Marcus Stoinis, Tristan Stubbs, Nikhil Chaudhary, Michael Pepper, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer, Chris Jordan (c), Luke Wood, Daniel Worrall
Welsh Fire
Phil Salt (c), Asa Tribe, Jordan Cox, Joe Root, Tom Kohler Cadmore, Rachin Ravindra, Matthew Short, Chris Woakes, Sam Cook, Marco Jansen, Lockie Ferguson
Southern Brave vs Welsh Fire, The Hundred Men 2026, Match 2 Pitch Report
With the average first innings score being 136 in the four games played at this venue last season, we can expect batters to come out all guns blazing. It’s wise to bowl first after winning the toss.
Southern Brave vs Welsh Fire, The Hundred Men 2026, Match 2 Top Picks
Matthew Short
In the just-concluded MLC 2026 season, Short scored 513 runs from 12 innings and scalped 17 wickets with the ball in hand.
Joe Root
Joe Root concluded the three-match ODI series against India as the leading run-scorer, amassing 249 runs from three innings.
Southern Brave vs Welsh Fire, The Hundred Men 2026, Match 2 Captain picks
Phil Salt
Phil Salt was the third-leading run-scorer for England in the recently concluded T20I series against India, scoring 135 runs from four innings.
Jordan Cox
Jordan Cox was the leading run-scorer in the previous season, accumulating 367 runs from nine innings with three fifties.
Southern Brave vs Welsh Fire, The Hundred Men 2026, Match 2 Head to Head Dream11 team
Phil Salt (c), Jordan Cox, Joe Root, Tom Kohler Cadmore, Tristan Stubbs, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Short (vc), Jofra Archer, Chris Jordan, Luke Wood, Lockie Ferguson
Southern Brave vs Welsh Fire, The Hundred Men 2026, Match 2 Grand League Dream11 team
Phil Salt, Jordan Cox (c), Joe Root (vc), Tom Kohler Cadmore, Tristan Stubbs, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Short, Jofra Archer, Chris Jordan, Marco Jansen, Lockie Ferguson
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