Gloucestershire vs Worcestershire, County Championship Division Two, Today Match Prediction 26 July 2023

glo vs wor Match Prediction & Analysis

County Division two league coming to crucial phase with last few matches with only 4-5 matches remaining for every team. The top 2 teams in the league will get promotion to the Division 1 and every team will be eager to finish inside the top 2. Worcestershire is currently at the fourth place with just 2 points separating them from the second placed team. The teams are fighting hard for the second spot as of now. Gloucestershire will look for crucial win and some valuable points to surge up the points table to avoid the wooden spoon. They will eager to end their winless streak in this match.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Gloucestershire Preview

Gloucestershire posted a massive score of 402/6d runs in their only inning in reply to Glamorgan`s 450/6d in the last game. Chris Dent (113 runs) and Oliver Price (84 runs) made a superb 171-run partnership after to set the tone of their innings. Matt Hammond (57 runs) and James Bracey (60 runs) made crucial runs in the middle order to take them to 400+ score before declaring despite trailing by 48 runs.

Their bowlers toiled hard on a flat surface as they had figures of 450/6d & 62/0 in the combined 110 overs they bowled. Van Meekaran (3/92) and Gohar (2/60) took wickets and helped their team trouble the opposition. Tom Price (1/88) chipped in with a wicket while Josh Shaw and Goodman ended up wicketless despite bowling 15-odd overs each.

Key players: Van Meekaran, Chris Dent, Matt Hammond

Gloucestershire Predicted Playing XI:

Ben Charlesworth, Chris Dent, Oliver Price, Miles Hammond, Joe Phillips, James Bracey (c & wk), Tom Price, Zafar Gohar, Josh Shaw, Dominic Goodman, Paul van Meekeren

Worcestershire Preview

Worcestershire posted a score 178 & 169 in the two innings they batted last match. Jake Libby (67 runs) made the only half-century in the match while Roderick, Azhar Ali, Dillon Pennington, and Josh tongue scored 20-odd cameos to build partnerships effectively in the low scoring match and helped their team win by massive 100 runs.

Their bowling unit lead by Concussion sub Josh Tongue`s 5/29 in the second innings that helped their team to bundle out the opposition for 137 runs in the second innings. Dillon Pennington (2/28 & 3/25), Joe Leach (1/17 & 1/42), Mathew Waite (3/24 & 1/33), and Adam Finch (2/32) were also amongst the wicket’s column consistently last game and bowled out the opposition for 110 runs in the first innings.

Key players: Josh Tongue, Dillon Pennington, Jake Libby

Worcestershire Predicted Playing XI:

Jake Libby, Gareth Roderick (wk), Azhar Ali, Jack Haynes, Adam Hose, Brett DOliveira (c), Matthew Waite, Joe Leach, Josh Baker, Adam Finch, Dillon Pennington

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Cheltenham pitch will have good pace and bounce with a lot of aid for the batters and bowlers might come into play as the match progresses into days 4 & 5. Scarborough has a dark and gloomy weather on all 5 days, and we expect rains to have stop and start time in this match.

Venue Details

We expect the average scores to be around 400-450 runs in this match and any score above 300 runs will be tough to chase on this pitch.

Toss: To Bat

Both captains will look to bat first on this fresh pitch as it might deteriorate and trouble the batters as the match progresses.