Northamptonshire vs Durham, VITALITY T20 BLAST 2022, Today Match Prediction 27 May 2022

north vs dur Match Prediction & Analysis

T20 Blast is up and running with teams playing their opening matches and gearing up for the league phases searching and testing their best XI that gives them balance and depth strength. Durham and Northamptonshire come not this match with contrasting fortunes in their respective opening matches. Durham beat Leicestershire comfortably for their first win while Northamptonshire were completely outplayed by Warwickshire in their previous matches. Durham will look to build momentum while Northamptonshire will look for their first victory of the season.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Northamptonshire Preview

Northamptonshire were bundled out for just 81 runs in 14.1 overs with no batter crossing the 20-run mark. Chris Lynn and Saif Zab top scored with 16 runs but were dismissed within the powerplay overs as they lost 4 wickets in 6.1 overs. Tom Taylor, Ben Curran, and Lewis McManus are exciting talents and need to up their game to lead their team effectively.

Earlier their bowling unit went for 207 runs in just 16 overs as the match was reduced due to rain break. Ben Sanderson took 2 wickets while Tom Taylor chipped in with a wicket but none of the bowlers failed to stop the run flow as they kept leaking runs at over 10 RPO. Their fifth bowler’s quota of overs cost them 7 runs in the 4 overs.

Top players to bet on: Chris Lynn, Tom Taylor, Ben Sanderson

Northamptonshire Predicted Playing XI:

Chris Lynn, Ben Curran, Joshua Cobb (c), Rob Keogh, Saif Zaib, Lewis McManus (wk), Tom Taylor, James Sales, Matthew Kelly, Ben Sanderson, Freddie Heldreich

Northamptonshire Actual Playing XI:

Rob Keogh, Tom Taylor, Ben Sanderson, Freddie Heldreich, Saif Zaib, Josh Cobb, Matthew Kelly, Graeme White, Chris Lynn, Lewis McManus, Ben Curran

Durham Preview

Durham openers Graham Clark (36 runs) and Michael Jonas (21 runs) gave them a brisk start scoring 46 runs in the powerplay. Their middle order duo of Ashton Turner (32 runs) and P Coughlin (42 runs) then continued the good start while Eclersky`s burst of 9-ball 20 runs helped them reach a par total of 184 runs n their 20 overs.

P Coughlin came back to bull doze the opposition with 3 wickets in the powerplay and finished with figures of 4-0-20-4. Liam Treveskis took 2 wickets while Ben Raine, Brydon Caryse, Scott Borthwick and Ashton Turner chipped with a wicket each in the match. All their bowlers took wickets n the match and contributed as a unit effectively.

Top players to bet on: P Coughlin, Ben Rane, Graham Clark

Durham Predicted Playing XI:

Graham Clark, Michael Jones, Ollie Robinson (wk), Ashton Turner (c), David Bedingham, Ned Eckersley, Ben Raine, Brydon Carse, Paul Coughlin, Liam Trevaskis, Scott Borthwick

Durham Actual Playing XI:

Brydon Carse, Scott Borthwick, Michael Jones, Paul Coughlin, Oliver Robinson, Ned Eckersley, Ashton Turner, Ben Raine, Liam Trevaskis, David Bedingham, Graham Clark

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Northampton will have sunny weather with very less chances of ran on the match day. We expect a match with full quota of 40 overs with no interruptions.

Venue Details

Northampton is one of the placid wickets and we expect a good carry and bounce on this track. Batters will like the ball coming onto the bat and will look to score big. We expect average scores to be around 170-180 runs on this pitch.

Toss: To Bowl

Chasing is the best option in T20s off late as no target is safe nowadays and the pitch is expected to remain the same throughout the entire duration of the match.