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Welsh Fire Playing XI: Last XI and Batting Order

The XI from 12 Aug 2026 v London Spirit

Updated , after the London Spirit game

1 Philip Salt Welsh Fire Philip Salt Keeper, batted 1 26 21 balls 2 Matthew Short Welsh Fire Matthew Short All-rounder, batted 2 0 3 balls 3 Joe Root Welsh Fire Joe Root Batter, batted 3 31 31 balls 4 Jordan Cox Welsh Fire Jordan Cox Keeper, batted 4 44 28 balls 5 Rachin Ravindra Welsh Fire Rachin Ravindra All-rounder, batted 5 9 10 balls 6 Tom Kohler-Cadmore Welsh Fire Tom Kohler-Cadmore Batter, batted 6 0 1 balls 7 Marco Jansen Welsh Fire Marco Jansen All-rounder, batted 7 1 4 balls 8 Chris Woakes Welsh Fire Chris Woakes All-rounder, batted 8 7* 2 balls 9 Samuel Cook Welsh Fire Samuel Cook Bowler 1-35 bowling 10 Lockie Ferguson Welsh Fire Lockie Ferguson Bowler 2-31 bowling
Last match: London Spirit won by 6 runs, 12 Aug 2026. The scorecard →

Welsh Fire Batting Order

Who batted where over the last 40 matches, and the runs there

PositionInnsAvgSRAlso
1Stevie Eskinazi 9 29.8 147.3 J. Clarke (9), P. Salt (8)
2Jonny Bairstow 13 28.6 128.5 M. Short (7), T. Banton (6)
3Joe Clarke 9 22.1 126.0 J. Root (6), L. Wells (6)
4Tom Abell 16 18.0 121.9 B. Duckett (6), R. Ravindra (5)
5Tom Kohler-Cadmore 11 23.9 144.0 G. Phillips (7), D. Miller (7)
6Glenn Phillips 5 15.5 126.5 J. Cobb (5), L. du Plooy (4)
7David Willey 5 9.8 102.6 C. Green (4), B. Green (3)
8David Payne 4 10.7 152.4 C. Green (3), R. van der Merwe (3)
9David Payne 6 3.3 59.1 M. Henry (2), Q. Ahmad (1)
10Matt Henry 3 - 186.7 D. Payne (2), M. Crane (2)
11Haris Rauf 2 4.0 80.0 R. Meredith (1), J. Ball (1)
Inns is how often each batted there. A player who did not bat is left out.

Welsh Fire Selections

Every player Welsh Fire picked in the last 40 matches, the most first

PlayerXIBatsLast
David Payne 30/40 9 -
Joe Clarke 22/40 3 -
Tom Abell 20/40 4 -
Luke Wells 19/40 3 -
Tom Kohler-Cadmore 18/40 5 XI
Jonny Bairstow 17/40 2 -
Glenn Phillips 15/40 5 -
David Willey 14/40 7 -
Stevie Eskinazi 12/40 1 -
Jake Ball 11/40 11 -
Ben Duckett 10/40 4 -
Haris Rauf 10/40 11 -
Lockie Ferguson 10/40 - XI
Joshua Cobb 9/40 6 -
Philip Salt 8/40 1 XI
Steven Smith 8/40 2 -
Tom Banton 8/40 2 -
Rachin Ravindra 8/40 4 XI
Jordan Cox 8/40 5 XI
Marco Jansen 8/40 6 XI
Saif Zaib 8/40 6 -
Chris Green 8/40 7 -
Chris Woakes 8/40 8 XI
Matt Henry 8/40 10 -
Samuel Cook 8/40 - XI
Matthew Short 7/40 2 XI
Joe Root 7/40 3 XI
David Miller 7/40 5 -
Ben Kellaway 7/40 6 -
Roelof van der Merwe 7/40 8 -
Matthew Critchley 6/40 4 -
Leus du Plooy 6/40 6 -
Shaheen Afridi 6/40 9 -
Riley Meredith 6/40 10 -
Paul Walter 5/40 7 -
Dwaine Pretorius 5/40 8 -
Josh Hull 5/40 10 -
Mason Crane 5/40 10 -
Asa Tribe 4/40 7 -
Ben Green 4/40 7 -
Ryan Higgins 4/40 7 -
Adam Zampa 4/40 8 -
George Scrimshaw 4/40 10 -
Sam Hain 3/40 3 -
Ish Sodhi 3/40 8 -
Ajeet Dale 3/40 11 -
Jacob Bethell 2/40 2 -
David Lloyd 2/40 2 -
Ollie Pope 2/40 4 -
Qais Ahmad 2/40 9 -
Joshua Little 2/40 10 -
Luke Fletcher 2/40 - -
Stephen Eskinazi 1/40 1 -
Ian Cockbain 1/40 3 -
Ross Whiteley 1/40 7 -
James Neesham 1/40 7 -
Noor Ahmad 1/40 9 -
Jordan Clark 1/40 - -
Matt Milnes 1/40 - -
Graeme White 1/40 - -

Welsh Fire Hundred Lineups Questions

What was Welsh Fire's last XI?

Welsh Fire's last XI, from 12 Aug 2026 against London Spirit: Philip Salt, Matthew Short, Joe Root, Jordan Cox, Rachin Ravindra, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Marco Jansen, Chris Woakes, Samuel Cook, Lockie Ferguson.

Who opens the batting for Welsh Fire?

Over the last 40 matches, Stevie Eskinazi batted at one 9 times and Jonny Bairstow at two 13 times.

Who bats at three for Welsh Fire?

Joe Clarke, 9 times in the last 40 matches, then Joe Root (6).

Who has played every match for Welsh Fire recently?

Nobody played all of Welsh Fire's last 40 matches. David Payne played the most, 30.