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The Hundred | Rockets vs Originals: When & where to watch match Live, Probable XI, Fantasy XI
Seemingly equal on paper in terms of possessing impact players in their ranks, the contest between the Trent Rockets and the Manchester Originals will be a contest of equals. However, their journey and standings on the points table have not been equal as the Rockets find themselves at the fourth position on the points table while the Originals are languishing at the sixth position. The Rockets have won more games than they have lost out of the seven matches played so far while the Originals have been able to win only two games out of seven games so far this season. The presence of Dawid Malan and Alex Hales gives them solidity and flamboyance at the top of the order while Rashid Khan brings his X-factor to give the Rockets a competitive advantage over other sides. For Originals, Colin Munro, skipper Carlos Brathwaite and Matt Parkinson, who has only strengthened his reputation in the world of cricket in the last few months take the mettle of helping them to win. Trent Rockets vs Manchester Originals Match Number- 29 Date and Time: August 15, 2021, 11:00 pm IST, 06:30 pm Local, 05:30pm GMT Venue: Trent Bridge, Nottingham Live Stream: FanCode Pitch Report The pitch at Trent Bridge is likely to be true in nature and stroke players on both sides will love the ball coming onto their bats. Bowlers should also get decent help with the new ball but the margin of error will be too less due to the true nature of pace and bounce on the surface. Trent Rockets probable XI D Arcy Short, Alex Hales, Dawid Malan, Tom Moores (wk), Samit Patel, Steven Mullaney, Lewis Gregory (c), Rashid Khan, Matthew Carter, Marchant de Lange, Samuel Cook Manchester Originals probable XI Philip Salt (wk), Joe Clarke, Colin Munro, Colin Ackermann, Tom Lammonby, Carlos Brathwaite (c), Calvin Harrison, Lockie Ferguson, Tom Hartley, Steven Finn, Matthew Parkinson Fantasy XI Phil Salt, Dawid Malan, Alex Hales (C), Colin Munro, Carlos Brathwaite, Samit Patel, Rashid Khan, Matthew Carter, Steve Finn, Tom Hartley, Rashid Khan(VC).
Oval Invincibles vs Manchester Originals: When & where to watch match LIVE, Probable XI, Fantasy XI
The inaugural edition of ‘The Hundred’ competition began on Wednesday with the match between the Oval Invincibles women’s team and Manchester Originals women’s team. The men’s tournament will now begin on Thursday (July 22, 2021) with Oval Invincibles locking horns with Manchester Originals at The Oval. Both the sides have some big names in the line ups and with the likes of Sam Curran, Sam Billings, Sunil Narine, Jos Buttler and Carlos Brathwaite featuring in the tournament, a high-voltage drama is expected to take place. Match Details Match: OVL vs MCR, 1st Match, The Hundred Mens Competition 2021 Date: Thursday, July 22, 2021 Time: 11:00 PM Venue: Kennington Oval, London Oval Invincibles Squad Rory Burns, Colin Ingram, Jason Roy, Laurie Evans, Sunil Narine, Sam Billings, Jordan Clark, Sam Curran, Sandeep Lamichhane, Will Jacks, Jordan Cox, Brandon Glover, Nathan Sowter, Saqib Mahmood, Tom Curran, Reece Topley, Alex Blake Manchester Originals Squad Colin Munro, Philip Salt, Carlos Brathwaite, Colin Ackermann, Tom Lammonby, Sam Hain, Jos Buttler, Fred Klaassen, Tom Hartley, Lockie Ferguson, Richard Gleeson, Matthew Parkinson, Joe Clarke, Ollie Robinson, Jamie Overton, Steven Finn The match would be live on the FanCode app in India. Pitch Report The batsmen might get some assistance at The Oval considering the shorter boundaries around the park. Moreover, there is almost no chance of rain as well. But the spinners might get something from the pitch in the middle overs as the game progresses but if you win the toss, elect to bat first. Probable XI Oval Invincibles Rory Burns, Jason Roy, Sam Billings, Sunil Narine, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Saqib Mahmood, Colin Ingram, Reece Topley, Will Jacks, Nathan Sowter Manchester Originals Jos Buttler, Philip Salt, Joe Clarke, Colin Munro, Sam Hain, Steve Finn, Matthew Parkinson, Ollie Robinson, Jamie Overton, Carlos Brathwaite, Lockie Ferguson Fantasy XI Jos Buttler (VC), Sam Billings, Jason Roy, J Clark, Colin Munro, Sam Curran (C), Will Jacks, Saqib Mahmood, Reece Topley, Steven Finn, Lockie Ferguson
Steven Finn opens up on mental well being and dark days of his Eng career
England fast bowler Steven Finn, once known for his deadly outswingers and the ability to swing the ball at sheer pace has come out with his side of the story behind a horrific run in the 2013-14 season, which saw him being sent back to England from a tour down under. Talking about it to The Cricket Monthly, Finn said, “I’d I got sent home from [the 2013-14] tour because I found myself down a rabbit hole that was so hard to get out of.” “If I was braver and more confident in knowing what was going on, I'd have probably sent myself home a long time before I did get sent home,’ he added, signifying the amount of trauma that he had been through. The pain and the mental illness started from the time when Finn’s ‘hitting the stumps with his legs’ became too frequent that ICC had to make a law regarding it being a no-ball. It’s often called ‘Finn’s Law’. “It's frustrating that it happened - a knee-jerk reaction from the ICC to change the rules of the game that had a knock-on effect on me,” Finch said about the law. Finn, 31, has been plagued by injuries, and courtesy that he hasn’t played a single game since 2017 having debuted in 2010-11. Talking about the trauma that he went through after the law change, Finch said, “You're in your hotel room in tears, or if someone asks you about your bowling, you get really emotional, because you're in this rabbit hole where you don't see a way out. Every day you're practicing and there are people lining up behind the nets to watch you suffer through the process.” Saying that it was the right decision to send him, the Middlesex bowler also agreed that he wasn’t able to express himself better, mostly because he wasn’t willing to listen to his inner self. “People are aware and willing to talk and be vulnerable [about]. I wasn't willing to be vulnerable and honest about my mental state and that cost me,” said Finch. “You're not selectable because your mental frame of mind is affecting how you're performing, and if you were to go out onto a pitch, you'd be more fragile than you would usually be,” he added. But where did he learn to bowl so close to the stumps and did it ever cause problems in his childhood, did he knock stumps back them as well? Answering such questions, the man with the record for fastest Englishman to 50 Test wickets said, “I loved Glenn McGrath when I was a kid. He was my favorite bowler ever - I'm ashamed to say it but for the '99 World Cup I had an Australia shirt.” “I loved how he and Shaun Pollock and those guys got real tight to the stumps. From watching McGrath get so close to the stumps and have that little dart in, it naturally came into my game as a result of trying to copy him,” added Finn, who has 125 wickets in 36 Tests for the English side. What added more to Finn’s mental pressure was the fact that players couldn’t talk more freely to the Press back then. Finch, who plans to detail his playing career through various talks as motivational lessons in the future said, “We had a wall up around ourselves at that time, and this was part of the regime: you don't say anything to the press that isn't acceptable. It meant the media didn't get a true depiction of what we were like as people.” “Now I think you do interviews with players and they seem more like humans - you know more about where they're at,” he added.