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Welsh Fire vs Southern Brave The Hundred Predictions - Fire pushing to take top spot on the table

Simon Lewis

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Last updated: 02 Aug 2026

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Simon Lewis 02 Aug 2026

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The Welsh Fire have won three of their four matches in The Hundred this season.
The Southern Brave have won their last two matches in The Hundred.
The Sophia Gardens pitch is a bowler-friendly strip with first-innings scores averaging 123.5 runs in recent T20s.

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David Miller is scoring conistently in the middle order (Getty Images).

Welsh Fire vs Southern Brave Predictions

The Welsh Fire are one of the form sides in The Hundred, but the Southern Brave are enjoying a good run of form after a poor start to their season.

Welsh Fire vs Southern Brave Predictions
Head-to-Head
Welsh Fire Form
Southern Brave Form
Team news

Welsh Fire’s Joe Root has scored 74*, 29 & 58* in his last 5 knocks.
Welsh Fire’s Phil Salt has scores of 32, 47* & 46 in his last 5 innings.
Welsh Fire’s Lockie Ferguson has figures of 4/27 & 2/20 in 3 matches.
Southern Brave’s David Miller has scored 44, 24 & 39* in his last 5 matches.
Southern Brave’s Tristan Stubbs has scores of 43*, 38 & 12* in his last 4 innings.
Southern Brave’s Marcus Stoinis has taken 3/17, 2/16 & 3/17 in his last 3 matches.

Head-to-Head

Welsh Fire won their last match against the Southern Brave in The Hundred. The Brave won the previous three completed matches between the two sides.

Welsh Fire Form

The Fire beat the Phoenix by seven wickets in their last match to make it three wins from their first four matches of the season.

The Fire attack had the Phoenix in trouble at 79/5 off 59 balls, with Marco Jansen (2/21) and Lockie Ferguson (2/20) putting in a good shift to restrict the hosts to a score of 137/9 off their 100 balls.

Phil Salt (46 off 36) and Joe Root (58* off 40) added 77 for the first wicket to setup a comfortable seven-wicket win with four balls to spare.

Southern Brave Form

The Brave had a disastrous start to their season, losing their opening three matches between snatching back-to-back wins over the Phoenix and the Spirit.

The Brave rolled the London Spirit for 105 off 92 balls. Adil Rashid (2/17) knocked over two of the Spirit’s top four batters, while Jofra Archer (4/9) and Marcus Stoinis (3/17) devastated the rest of the Spirit’s batters.

The Brave collapsed to 60/5 off 58 balls but opener Jamie Smith (36 off 22) played a cool hand to take his side close. David Miller (39* off 28) took the Brave over the line with three balls to spare.

Team news

Both sides are in good form and are unlikely to fiddle with their lineups, but they will adjust their tactics to bat with more caution early in their innings on the tricky Sophia Gardens track.

Welsh Fire (possible XI): Philip Salt (c), Matthew Short, Joe Root, Rachin Ravindra, Jordan Cox, Marco Jansen, Asa Tribe, Ben Kellaway, Chris Woakes, Lockie Ferguson, Sam Cook.

Southern Brave (possible XI): Chris Jordan (c), Jamie Smith, Ben McKinney, Marcus Stoinis, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Nikhil Chaudhary, Saif Zaib, Jofra Archer, Luke Wood, Adil Rashid.

Verdict

Welsh Fire v Southern Brave

Welsh Fire are tipped for the win that could lift them to the top of the table. Joe Root has been in a great run of form and is worth backing to be the Fire’s best batter, with David Miller looking good to contribute runs in the middle order for the Brave.

Lockie Ferguson and Marcus Stoinis are backed to both pick up two or more wickets.

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