• Welsh Fire have lost their first two games of the competition

• Jonny Bairstow has scored 42 and 86 in his last two games

• Recommended bet: Jonny Bairstow to score over 23.5 runs

Welsh Fire will go in search of their first win of this year's Hundred when they take on Manchester Originals at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff.

Michael Hussey's team have got to get a move on if they want to progress in the competition, while the Originals beat London Spirit by 10 runs on Monday in what was their first success after successive defeats.

Team News

The Fire have named the same starting XI for the last two games, but with no wins to their name, they may make some alterations on Wednesday.

Seamer Chris Woakes has been ruled out for the season due to a shoulder injury that he picked up while playing for England.

New Zealand paceman Matt Henry was signed as Woakes' replacement and will look to impress after taking 16 wickets in two Test wins over Zimbabwe.

New Zealand's Mark Chapman is due to make his last appearance in The Hundred for the Originals before being replaced by Rachin Ravindra when he flies in from Test duty.

James Anderson was left out of the Originals' last win and could be recalled.

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The stats

Welsh Fire have lost their opening two games of The Hundred.

Fire batter Jonny Bairstow has scored 42 and 86 in those two defeats.

The Fire have averaged 149 runs — the highest in the competition to date.

Welsh Fire's Henry has taken at least two wickets in each of his last five T20s.

Originals batsman Phil Salt has scored 132 runs in three matches in the competition.

Prediction

Welsh Fire's Bairstow has been Mr. Reliable with the bat this summer and the former England ace has carried the flag for his team.

He hit 42 off 23 in his team's eight-wicket defeat to Northern Superchargers, before then smashing 86 off 50 in the defeat to the Spirit.

Bairstow has made some errors as a wicketkeeper, but his performances with the bat have been devastating.

With his team desperately needing a win this week, the Yorkshire star can lead by example and cover his run line, which is set at 23.5.

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