Toss & Conditions

Head-to-Head

Southern Brave W lead the last three meetings 2-1. In the most recent meeting last season, Brave won by 8 wickets with 6 balls remaining after overhauling Spirit’s 125/8 with 126/2. The chase was defined by Brave keeping wickets intact, finishing with only two down. Across the last three games, both teams have won away from home once, but Brave have taken the edge in tight finishes.

LSLondon Spirit W 125/8

SBSouthern Brave W 126/2

2025-08-23 · SB-W won by 8 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)

SBSouthern Brave W 151/6

LSLondon Spirit W 153/4

2024-07-24 · LS-W won by 6 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)

LSLondon Spirit W 104/5

SBSouthern Brave W 108/5

2023-08-08 · SB-W won by 5 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)

London Spirit W

London Spirit W are 4th in the regular season on 6 points and sit outside the playoff zone. Their recent form has swung sharply from being bowled out for 80 in a home defeat to a chase win with 3 balls left, then a tied match after matching 151. The 80 all out is the clearest red flag heading into this one.

LSLondon Spirit W 151/5

MIMI London W 151/4

2026-07-29 · Match tied

LSLondon Spirit W 146/5

TRTrent Rockets W 142/6

2026-07-26 · LS-W won by 5 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)

LSLondon Spirit W 80/10

MSManchester Super Giants W 86/3

2026-07-23 · MSG-W won by 7 wickets (with 41 balls remaining)

Southern Brave W

Southern Brave W are 1st in the regular season on 16 points and are currently in the playoff zone. They are 4-0 and their last three wins have included both a 1-run squeeze and a 24-run control win. The 1-run victory over MI London W underlines their ability to close out tight games.

SBSouthern Brave W 140/3

BPBirmingham Phoenix W 116/5

2026-07-30 · SB-W won by 24 runs

SBSouthern Brave W 126/7

MIMI London W 125/3

2026-07-27 · SB-W won by 1 run

SBSouthern Brave W 117/5

SLSunrisers Leeds W 116/10

2026-07-25 · SB-W won by 5 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)

Playing XI

Key Stats

Prediction

All four models favour Southern Brave W, with the average probability at 65% (range 56–72%). Bookmakers agree, pricing Southern Brave W at 59% (1.60) vs London Spirit W at 41% (2.30). Key stats lean heavily to Brave overall (5-1), driven by their superior season position and recent momentum. The match likely turns on whether Spirit can avoid another batting collapse and whether Brave can keep winning the close finishes they’ve been nailing.

Molineux leaves Spirit gasping

Sophie Molineux’s spell was the match’s defining act, squeezing London Spirit into survival mode and setting up a controlled chase. Spirit never truly recovered from the early damage, and even a late counterpunch couldn’t hide how hard runs were to find. Southern Brave kept their nerve to reach 115/5 in 15.3 overs, winning by five wickets with seven balls remaining.

Powerplay strangled Spirit early

The game was effectively shaped in the first phase: Spirit crawled to 11/2 in the powerplay, a start that forced them to play catch-up on a pitch where timing was scarce. With wickets down and the run rate stuck at 2.8, they couldn’t access their boundary options and were pushed into low-percentage shots later. Even though they struck 40 at 10 an over at the death, the earlier squeeze meant 114 all out in 16.4 overs was always a touch light.

Bouchier and Molineux set it up

Molineux’s 3/7 was the standout impact, repeatedly forcing miscues and killing any platform Spirit tried to build. For the chase, Maia Bouchier’s 47 (38) anchored the innings, and her 48-run partnership with Molineux gave Brave their decisive cushion. For Spirit, de Klerk’s 38 off 28 and her 2/13 kept the game alive longer than it should have, but the early batting hole proved too deep.

Brave’s edge showed in control

Pre-match, Brave were expected to have the stronger bowling and the steadier finishing, and that’s exactly how the contest unfolded. Their superior momentum translated into ruthless discipline with the ball, then calm batting through the middle when chases can wobble. Spirit did create a brief pocket of pressure with Nadine de Klerk and Marizanne Kapp picking up key wickets, but Brave’s middle-overs tempo never let the required rate spike.