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London Spirit vs Southern Brave Predictions - London Spirit to edge Southern Brave in The Hundred clash

Nigel Williams

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Last updated: 01 Aug 2026

Nigel Williams 01 Aug 2026

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London Spirit are favoured due to recent form and home advantage.
Key players: Livingstone, Brevis, Overton (Spirit); Stoinis, Stubbs (Brave).
Pitch expected to assist fast bowlers early, then favour batsmen.

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London Spirit backed to edge Southern Brave in The Hundred clash (Getty Images)

London Spirit vs Southern Brave Predictions

The Spirit to overcome the Brave in a closely contested match. London Spirit comes off a strong seven-wicket win over MI London, while Southern Brave recently scraped their first win against Birmingham Phoenix.

London Spirit vs Southern Brave Predictions
Head-to-Head
London Spirit Form
Southern Brave Form
Team news

London Spirit’s Liam Livingstone has scored 31, 60, 69 & 33 in his last five innings.
London Spirit’s Dewald Brevis has scores of 37*, 39, 22 & 44 in his last 5 innings.
London Spirit’s Jamie Overton has taken 3/30, 1/30 & 3/36 in his last four innings.
London Spirit has won 2 of their last 5 matches.
London Spirit has won 2, lost 2, and tied 1 of the last 5 meetings against Southern Brave.
Southern Brave’s Tristan Stubbs has scored 43* & 38 in his last 3 knocks.
Southern Brave’s Jamie Smith has scores of 30 & 49 in his 3 innings.
Southern Brave’s Marcus Stoinis has figures of 5/46, 1/29, 3/17 & 2/18 in 5 innings.
Southern Brave has won 2 of their last 5 matches.

Head-to-Head

London Spirit has won two, lost two, and tied one of the last five meetings against Southern Brave.

London Spirit won their recent match against Southern Brave by 47 runs. Batting first, they posted 186/4 and bowled Southern Brave out for 139 in 92 balls.

London Spirit Form

London Spirit beat MI London by seven wickets at The Oval in their previous match. MI London were put in to bat and scored 164/5 in their 100 balls. London Spirit chased down the target in 89 balls, scoring 165/3 with 11 balls to spare.

Lhuan-dré Pretorius smashed a blistering 64 runs off 28 balls, hitting seven sixes. Jonny Bairstow contributed 23 runs off 12 balls as the pair put up a rapid opening stand. Dewald Brevis finished things off smoothly, scoring an unbeaten 37 runs off 18 balls to secure the victory.

Jamie Overton led the Spirit bowling attack brilliantly, taking 3/30.

Dewald Brevis has scores of 37*, 39, 22 & 44 in his last 5 innings, while Liam Livingstone has scored 31, 60, 69 & 33 in his last five innings.

Jamie Overton has taken 3/30, 1/30 & 3/36 in his last four innings.

Southern Brave Form

Southern Brave defeated Birmingham Phoenix by 12 runs in the 13th match of The Hundred at the Utilita Bowl in Southampton. Southern Brave scored 128/8 off 100 balls and restricted Birmingham Phoenix to 116/9 off 100 balls.

Marcus Stoinis injected vital momentum into the Brave's first innings with a 34-run knock off 26 balls, including massive back-to-back sixes, supported by David Miller with 24 from 21.

Luke Wood 3/24 and Marcus Stoinis 2/16 were the stand-out bowlers.

Tristan Stubbs has scored 43* & 38 in his last 3 knocks, while Jamie Smith has scores of 30 & 49 in his 3 innings.

Marcus Stoinis has figures of 5/46, 1/29, 3/17 & 2/18 in 5 innings.

Team news

The pitch at Lord's typically assists fast bowlers early on, before turning into a great track for the batters to post scores.

London Spirit Probable XI: Liam Livingstone (c), Jonny Bairstow (wk), Dewald Brevis, Kiran Carlson, James Coles, Jamie Overton, David Willey, Mason Crane, Adam Zampa, Matthew Fisher, Henry Crocombe.

Southern Brave Probable XI: Chris Jordan (c), Tom Abell, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Marcus Stoinis, Michael Pepper, Jamie Smith (wk), Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Luke Wood, Daniel Worrall.

Verdict

London Spirit v Southern Brave

London Spirit are favoured against Southern Brave due to their winning momentum and home advantage at Lord's Cricket Ground.

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Nigel combines a love of business and sport as one of the leading experts on South African sport.

Since a young age, he played football, cricket, golf, tennis and squash, and is an avid Arsenal supporter.

His initial foray into the business world was in the financial industry, completing various diploma’s including financial and investment management and credit management, and held various positions in banking.

He subsequently worked on the Leadership media publication and the Global Africa Network Media Trade and Investment platforms, before switching to sport.