Let’s look into Welsh Fire Squad Analysis 2023. Welsh Fire Retained five players for the Hundred 2023. Welsh Fire faces a major rebuild after retaining just five men for The Hundred in 2023.
It was the £250,000 gamble that defined their season of 2022. they used their top two picks in the draft to sign Joe Clarke and Tom Banton for £125,000 each. Both ended the season as a total failure in the Hundred 2022. Their team ended at the top bottom and remained winless.
Welsh Fire Released Players for the Hundred 2023
Men: Tom Banton, Adam Zampa, Ben Duckett, David Miller, Dwaine Pretorius, Sam Hain, Leus du Plooy, Noor Ahmad, Ryan Higgins, Matt Critchley, Jacob Bethell, Josh Cobb, Naseem Shah, Ish Sodhi
Welsh Fire Retained Players for the Hundred 2023
1. Jonny Bairstow, 2. Ollie Pope, 3. David Payne, 4. Joe Clarke, 5. George Scrimshaw.
Welsh Fire New Draft Picks for the Hundred 2023
1. Shaheen Shah Afridi, Harif Rauf, 3. Glenn Phillips, 4. David Willey, 5. Tom Abell, 6. Roelof van der Merwe, 7.Jake Ball, 8. Stevie Eskinazi, 9. Dan Douthwaite, 10.Luke Wells,11. Chris Cooke.
Highest Paid Players of Welsh Fire for the Hundred 2023
Jonny Bairstow (Central Contract), Tom Abell (£125,000 ), David Willey (£125,000), Joe Clarke (£100000), Shaheen Shah Afridi (£100000), Haris Rauf (£75000), Ollie Pope (£75000), Glenn Phillips (£75000), David Payne (£60000 ), Roelof van der Merwe (£50000)Jake Ball (£50000 ), Stevie Eskinazi (£40000 ), Dane Douthwaite (£40000), George Scrimshaw (£30000)
Welsh Fire Final Playing XI for the Hundred 2023
1. Jonny Bairstow, 2. Stevie Eskinazi, 3.Ollie Pope, 4.Tom Abell, 5. Glenn Phillips,6.David Willey, 7. Roelof van der Merwe, 8.Jake Ball, 9. Shaheen Shah Afridi, 10. Harif Rauf, 11.David Payne
Welsh Fire Squad Analysis for the Hundred 2023
Welsh Fire released some of the X-factor players of T20 with the likes of David Miller, Adam Zampa, Noor Ahmad, Ish Sodhi, and Ben Duckett. But hope for the best for their new rebuilding for the Hundred 2023.
This time they have some match-winner players with the likes of Shaheen Shah Afridi, Jonny Bairstow, and Roelof van de Merwe.
WelshFire finished rock bottom of the league table last year, losing all eight of their matches, and have since swapped head coach Gary Kirsten for Mike Hussey.
Hope for the best season of the Hundred for Welsh Fire. Bowling is strong and very balanced with many wicket-taking options. Batting needs to click in all matches to be in playoffs at least. There is also uncertainty over the availability of their top guns including Shaheen Shah Afridi and Harif Rauf for the full season.
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