When analysing the wretched shows of Welsh Hearth within the 2022 version of The Hundred, Sky Sports activities Cricket pundit Nasser Hussain didn’t maintain again.
“Not a lot Welsh and never a lot hearth,” was his take as the boys’s facet misplaced all eight video games and the ladies’s 5 from six.
You can’t accuse Oval Invincibles Males – who, on Sunday, might be eyeing the match’s first threepeat – of not dwelling as much as their title, although. They’ve loads of Oval and an air of invincibility.
Among the many two-time defending champions’ squad are a number of Surrey gamers who’ve an affinity with The Oval and the native space – Sam Curran, huge brother Tom, Will Jacks, Gus Atkinson and, for this yr after a spell with Northern Superchargers, Jordan Clark.
Sam and Tom are the heartbeat, taking 23 wickets between them to this point this season – 12 for the previous, together with some along with his sub-50mph moon balls, and 11 for the latter.
Sam has additionally contributed 223 runs, with two half-centuries, at a strike-rate of 178.40, which makes you surprise as soon as once more why he has slipped from England rivalry.
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Invincibles, in fact, additionally signify Kent and that county is effectively served at The Oval crew by Sam Billings, Jordan Cox (born in Kent and performed for Kent earlier than becoming a member of Essex) and Tawanda Muyeye.
Billings knits issues collectively as captain, along with his facet profitable 20 of their earlier 26 matches stretching again to the beginning of 2023, whereas Muyeye has shone in patches this time period, most notably with a 28-ball 59 not out versus Manchester Originals.
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