Gloucestershire vs Hampshire, Royal London One-Day Cup, Today Match Prediction 06 August 2021

gloucs vs ham Match Prediction & Analysis

Royal London One-Day Cup is coming to the business end with just 2-3 league matches remaining. Hampshire returned to form in superb fashion with a dominating win over the Worcestershire but are yet to breach the top-4 in the points table. A win in this match might take Hampshire to the second position in the points table. Gloucestershire on the other hand going through a tough phase and need to win all their remaining matches to keep their qualification hopes alive. They are not having a good home run as they are yet to register a win here and they have a chance to rectify that in their last home game.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Gloucestershire Preview

Gloucestershire top order struggled against the opposition bowling and they were reduced to 73/5 in the 21st over. Jack Taylor Scott (62 runs) and George Scott (64 runs) took a rearguard action with their 99-run partnership and once they were dismissed they folded for just 204 runs on board.

Their bowling unit put on a spirited showing despite a low target on board and held the opposition to 57/3 at the end of 20 overs. They once again came back to alt the opposition from 120/3 to 153/8 but were unable to separate the 9th wicket partnership. Van Buurn picked up 3 wickets while the duo of Matt Taylor and Tom Smith picked up 2 wickets each.

Top players to bet on:

Gv Buuren – Buuren had brilliant figures of 10-1-32-3 in the last game as he kept chipping away with wickets in the middle overs. He will look to continue his good form in this match too.

George Scott – Scott scored 64 runs off 86 balls coming in at 73/5 and was dismissed at 204/7 after which his team lost 4 wickets for no run. He laso bowled 3 overs giving away 17 runs in the match.

Gloucestershire Predicted Playing XI:

Ben Charlesworth, Chris Dent (c), Tom Lace, James Bracey (wk), Graeme van Buuren, Jack Taylor, George Scott, Matt Taylor, Tom Smith, Jared Warner, Josh Shaw

Hampshire Preview

Nick Gubbins (59 runs) and Tom Alsop (50 runs) scored their respective fifties and lead their team in the 180-run chase. Joe wetherly chipped in with a crucial 33 runs to build a partnerships in the middle. Hampshire won the match with more than 10 overs remaining and 6 wickets in hand.

Kyle Abbott`s hard work paid rich dividends as he claimed bowling figures of 5/43 in the match. John Turner took 3 wickets while the duo of Holland and Fuller chipped in with a wicket each. They bowled out the opposition with 11 overs remaining to a paltry score of 179 runs.

Top players to bet on:

Nick Gubbins – Gubbins continued his red got form with yet another fifty in this match. He has scored 283 runs in this season and leads their batting charts currently. He stabilizes their innings coming at vital No.3 position.

Kyle Abbott – Abbott picked up just 1 wicket in the first 4 matches but was bowling with good control and rhythm. Fortune favored him in this match as he claimed 5 wickets in this match.

Hampshire Predicted Playing XI:

Felix Organ, Tom Prest, Tom Alsop, Nick Gubbins, Joe Weatherley, Ian Holland, Lewis McManus (wk), James Fuller, Kyle Abbott (c), Scott Currie, John Turner

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Bristol weather looks dark and cloudy with just 70% chances of rain as per the forecasters. We expect rain to make a short appearance in this game.

Venue Details

Bristol is a slightly tough wicket with the ball misbehaving at times and batsmen cannot dominate the bowlers easily here. Last match had a match tally of just 411 runs in 100 overs with 16 wickets to fall. We expect the average scores in this match to be around 200-220 runs.

Toss: To Bowl

Chasing teams have 2-1 win-loss record here and teams winning the toss will look to bowl first at this venue.