Durham vs Worcestershire, England Domestic One-Day Cup 2023, Today Match Prediction 01 August 2023

dur vs wor Match Prediction & Analysis

Royal London One day tournament is one of the oldest one day leagues played from 2014 and has been one of the most followed domestic tournament in the English cricketing circuit. Durham were the firschampions of the Royal London Cup in 2014 and they never won qualified for finals after that season. Worcestershire have never qualified for finals in any season of the Royal London One Day Cup and their best results are qualification to play-offs in 2018 & 2019 seasons. Both teams will look to start their campaign with a victory in this match.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Durham Preview

Durham will be led by Scott Brothwick this season. Experienced campaigners Alex Rees, Graham Clark, Ashton Turner, and David Bedingham are expected to lead their batting unit this season too. They have exiting players in form of Bas De Leede, Brydon Carse and Liam Trevaskis in their ranks now.

Matt Potts and Ben Raine expected to lead their pace attack with the likes of Wayne Parnell, Miguael Pretorius and Brandon Glover expected to give him support in the pace department. They have good depth in the pace department with Mark Wood and Ben Stokes available at different times for the team. Nathan Sowter and Ajaz Patel will be their spin duo fighting for the spot in the playing XI.

Key players: Scott Brothwick, Matt Potts , Ashton Turner

Durham Predicted Playing XI:

Alex Rees, Graham Clark, Ashton Turner, David Bedingham, Scott Brothwick, Bas De Leede, Brydon Carse, Ben Raine, Matt Potts, Wayne Parnell, Nathan Sowter

Worcestershire Preview

Worcestershire will be lead by Brett De Oliver in this season too. Adam Hose, Azhar Ali, Jake Libby, and Jack Haynes will be joined by the likes of Rob Jones, Mathew Waite, and Ben Cox in the batting department this season.

Their bowling has been their big worry last season giving big runs to the opposition consistently. Josh Tongue and Dillon pennington are expected to share the new ball for the team with Navdeep Saini, Charlie Morris, and Pat Brown fighting to slot in the remaining pace slot. Josh Baker will be their lead spinner with Usama Mir available as a back-up in spin department.

Key players: Josh Tongue, Adam Hose, Mathew Waite

Worcestershire Predicted Playing XI:

Adam Hose, Azhar Ali, Matthew Waite, Jack Haynes, Rob Jones, Brett De Olivera, Josh Tongue, Dillon pennington, Josh Baker, Charlie Morris, Pat Brown

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Chester le street is batting paradise where bowlers need to be at their very best to trouble the batters consistently. The pitch might aid the bowlers as the match progresses and by no means it will be docile pitch. We expect bright and sunny weather on the match day with no weather interruptions expected.

Venue Details

Last year all the matches played at Chester-le-street ended with scores of 270+ runs. We expect the batters to score runs in this match too. 

Toss: To Bat

Both captains will look to bat first on this pitch as the pitch will be good to bat in the early days of the match and might deteriorate as the match progresses.