Hampshire vs Sussex, VITALITY T20 BLAST 2020, Today Match Prediction 10 Sep 2020

ham vs sus Match Prediction & Analysis

Vitality T20 Blast is back in action after a gap of 5 days with the Bob Willis trophy matches taking place. Sussex has been in good form with 2 wins out their 4 matches and they lost their previous botching the chase in the final moments to lose by 1 run. They will look to win this match and get back into form going ahead in the league phase. Hampshire one the other hand has just on win in four matches. They need to win this match to stay ahead in the points table because a loss by put them in a spot of bother. We expect a cracking contest between the two quality teams with crucial points in stake.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Hampshire Preview

Hampshire scored 77 runs in their 11-over shootout last night. Skipper Sam Northwest stood up with the bat scoring 31 runs off 31 balls with 4 of top 5 batsmen being dismissed for single digit scores. James Fuller played a couple of big hits in his 10=-ball 17 run cameo to take his team to a big score.

In the bowling front Mason Crane, Ian Holland, Chris Wood, and Felix Organ bowled well to contain the batsmen giving runs at less than 7 RPO. Shaheen Afridi`s spell of 3-0-30-0 proved to be very costly in the end as Hampshire lost in the last over thriller.

Top players to bet on:

Tom Alsop – Alsop has scores of 51 & 29 alongside two single digit scores in the 4 matches so far. He needs to be more consistent at the top and take responsibility as a senior player with the bat.  

Mason Crane – Mason Crane has 5 wickets at an economy rate of just 5.1 RPO. He will look to continue his good form with the ball in this match too to continue his purple patch.

Hampshire Predicted Playing XI:

Felix Organ, Tom Alsop, Sam Northeast (c), Joe Weatherley, Lewis McManus (wk), James Fuller, Ian Holland, Chris Wood, Ryan Stevenson, Mason Crane, Shaheen Afridi

Hampshire Actual Playing XI:

Mason Crane, Calvin Harrison, James Vince, Ian Holland, Joe Weatherley, Sam Northeast, Shaheen Afridi, James Fuller, Lewis McManus, Tom Alsop, CP Wood

Sussex Preview

Sussex Philip Salt (33 runs) and Luke Wright (40 runs) started the match in counter attacking fashion with a 58-run opening partnership scoring runs at a strike rate of 200+.  Delray Rawlins and David Wiese then took charge with their 30+ cameos to keep the scoreboard. They choked the chase with 8 runs required off last over (even 2 runs off 2 balls) to end up losing by 1 run.

Their bowling unit was taken for a lot of runs with 4 off the six bowlers giving runs at 10 RPO. George Garton and Daniel Briggs were the only bowlers to give runs at less than 7 RPO claiming 2 & 1 wicket respectively. Tymal Mills too chipped with 2 wickets but was pretty much on the higher side in the economy rate.

Top players to bet on:

David Wiese – Wiese looked in good form scoring 38 runs off 30 balls with 2 sixes and 2 boundaries but will be dejected he was out in the last ball of the pen-ultimate over failing to chase.  We expect him to play a big knock in this match.

Daniel Briggs – Briggs had dream figures of 4-0-18-1 in the match despite his team leaking over 195 runs. He has 6 wickets at an economy rate of 4.67 RPO so far.

Sussex Predicted Playing XI:

Luke Wright(C), Laurie Evans, Philip Salt, Harry Finch, Delray Rawlins, Ben Brown(Wk), Reece Topley, Ollie Robinson, Tymal Mills, Will Beer, Danny Briggs

Sussex Actual Playing XI:

Luke Wright, RS Bopara, Tymal Mills, Danny Briggs, Delray Rawlins, George Garton, Calum MacLeod, Will Beer, Ben Brown, Chris Jordan, D Wiese

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Southampton will have a sunny and bright day with just 10% chances of rain. We don’t expect rain to make a big mark in this match and hope for an uninterrupted match.

Venue Details

Southampton has been a good balance between the bat and ball. The ball will seam around in the early overs and the slowness of the track will take over in the later parts of the match. We expect average scores to be around 160-170 runs.  

Toss: To Bowl

Both teams will look to chase down the total in this match.  The pitch is expected to remain the same for throughout the entire duration of the match.