Gloucestershire vs Surrey, VITALITY T20 BLAST 2021, Today Match Prediction 16 July 2021

gloucs vs sur Match Prediction & Analysis

Vitality Blast has come to the final stages with just 2-3 games remaining for every team. Gloucestershire are currently in third position in the points table and they need to win one of the remaining 2 matches to seal their position in the knockouts straight forward.  They will look to make the cut ASAP with a win in this match. Surrey on the other hand don’t have a straightforward equation as the need to win this match (their last league game ) and hope one of Gloucestershire or Somerset lose all their remaining matches. Both teams have a lot in stake in this match and we expect a cracking contest between two quality sides.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Gloucestershire Preview

Gloucestershire middle order made an excellent recovery from 26/3 to finish their innings with a good total of 171 runs in their 20 overs. Ian Cockbain (34 runs) and James Bracey (33 runs) laid the platform for resurrection with Ryan Higgins (43 runs) and Gv Buuren (28 runs) taking the aggressive route in the final overs to finish the match with a flourish.

Their bowling attack kept pegging away with wickets barring a 40-run assault for the 9th wicket stand. Benny Howell picked up 3 wickets in the match while five other bowlers chipped with a wicket each in the match. They restricted the opposition to 161/8 as they won the match by 10 runs.

Top players to bet on:

Glenn Philips – Philips has 423 runs at a strike rate of 160+ and leads the sixes charts with 30 maximums this season so far. He has also chipped in with a couple of wickets in the alst 2 matches for the team.

Benny Howell – Howell had bowling figures of 4-0-23-3 and broke 2 partnerships that were building in the middle overs. We expect him to continue his good form with the ball in this coming match too.

Gloucestershire Predicted Playing XI:

Miles Hammond, Benny Howell, Ian Cockbain, James Bracey (wk), Glenn Phillips, Jack Taylor (c), Ryan Higgins, Graeme van Buuren, Tom Smith, Matt Taylor, Josh Shaw

Gloucestershire Actual Playing XI:

Josh Shaw, Ian Cockbain, James Bracey, Benny Howell, Jack Taylor, Glenn Phillips, Ryan Higgins, Tom Smith, Miles Hammond, George Scott, Daniel Worrall

Surrey Preview

Surrey has missed a lot of their star players due to national duties and struggling with the bat in the last 2 matches. Surrey strolled their way to 128/7 in the last game with Jordan Clark (37 runs) and Jamie Overton (23 runs) playing crucial knocks to end the innings with a bang.  Earlier Tim David and Rory Burns chipped with run-a-ball 20-run cameos for the team.

Daniel Moriarty was the lone wicket-taker last night as they lost he match by 9 wickets. Gus Atkinson, Jamie Overton, Jordan Clark, and Gareth Batty need to stand up in this match and we expect Kyle Jamieson to return to the playing XI in this match.

Top players to bet on:

Rory Burns – Burns has just 84 runs in the 7 innings so far. He is a quality batsmen and we expect him to make a big comeback in this match with a massive score.

Daniel Moriarty – Moriarty has 9 wickets with an economy rate of 6.7 RPO in the 12 matches so far. He has been very effective in controlling the run flow in the middle overs especially.

Surrey Predicted Playing XI:

Jamie Smith (wk), Rory Burns, Laurie Evans, Jamie Overton, Jordan Clark, Tim David, Gus Atkinson, Ben Geddes, Gareth Batty (c), Kyle Jamieson, Daniel Moriarty

Surrey Actual Playing XI:

Conor McKerr, Gareth Batty, Jamie Smith, Tim David, Jordan Clark, Will Jacks, Rory Burns, Gus Atkinson, Laurie Evans, Daniel Moriarty, Rikki Clarke

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Cheltenham is expected to have a bright and sunny weather on the match day with very less chances of rain. We expect no weather interruptions in this game.   

Venue Details

Cheltenham will have excellent conditions to bat if the batters could survive the new ball burst from the seamers. 5 wickets fell inside the first 4 overs last game across both the innings. We expect the runs to be around 160-180 runs in this match.

Toss: To Bowl

The pitch is expected to be flat and hard and remain the same throughout the match. Chasing will be safe option as the teams will unsure of the safe target at this venue. 

GLOUCS vs SUR
Winning Prediction

Gloucestershire made an excellent all-round performance with both bat and ball last game to win the match comfortably. They will also have home advantage in this match. Surrey on the other hand are struggling as they miss a number of players such as Will Jacks, Jason Roy, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, and Ollie Pope in their starting XI. They need to find a balanced XI to put on a good show and give themselves a good chance to qualify for the quarterfinals. But, we expect Gloucestershire win their home match against Surrey and qualify for the knockouts.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE will win the match

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