The Hundred 2025: Batters to Watch in the 2nd Match of MO vs SB

The Hundred is back, and so is the elevated drama and excitement that comes with the format! On Match 2 of the competition’s 2025 edition, we have the Manchester Originals up against the Southern Brave. There will be some strategic manoeuvring for both teams, but the batters are sure to be the stars of the show. If you’re after clean hitting, monstrous sixes and icy-cold finishes, this fixture should fulfil your cricketing itch. Let’s discuss the big guns who could turn Old Trafford into a firing range, with three players, three narratives, and potential for plenty of chaos.

Jos Buttler: MO

Mention modern T20 batting, and Jos Buttler’s name echoes prominently—and for very good reason. The Manchester Originals captain is not only a power-hitter, but a tactician, a game-reader, and a finisher rolled into one player. Buttler’s statistics are a bowler’s nightmare: he has over 13,000 runs in T20 cricket, a strike rate just shy of 146, and he has eight centuries to his name.

He will be playing at home, where the fans act as his added limb. The ball flies at Old Trafford, so Buttler knows best how to use the short boundaries to his advantage. If he gets going, the Southern Brave bowlers will need more than a Plan B.

Heinrich Klaasen: MO

If Buttler is the storm, Klaasen is the lightning bolt that strikes from behind you. He’s quietly amassed 5776 T20 runs with a strike rate of over 150, so he doesn’t always get the headlines, but he ought to. Klaasen’s clean striking and rapid decision-making make him dastardly in the middle-order.

Klaasen loves the pressure, often coming in when the team needs to shift gears. He is the player who can go from 10 off 10 to 40 off 20 in nanoseconds. Against a Southern Brave attack that regularly intersperses pace and spins, Klaasen’s comfortable playing two styles could be Manchester’s X-factor.

James Vince: SB

Indeed, James Vince doesn’t have Buttler’s pizazz or Klaasen’s fireworks, but the man has timing that would make a metronome jealous. Amid the frenzy of T20, the Southern Brave skipper adds a touch of class and control. Although his T20I statistics (463 runs in 17 matches) wouldn’t put fear into the hearts of opposition bowlers, Vince in domestic competitions is a different kettle of fish.

He has a unique ability to make batting look effortless; he has the ability to go slow while scoring briskly. Vince reassures Southern Brave, so vital in a situation where you always feel a couple of bad deliveries and you’ll be buried in the sand. If the top order is shaky, look for Vince to become the artist.

The second match of The Hundred 2025 is more than a battle of teams; it is a battle of batting philosophies. Buttler’s brute force, Klaasen’s pace of destruction, and Vince’s elegance all have different strengths. Get ready for the spectacle of Old Trafford with fireworks in the air and fireworks on the scoreboard.

Who do you think will be the star? Or is there a surprise name waiting to crash the expectation? Let the speculating (and sixes) commence!

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