Somerset vs Northamptonshire, County Championship Divison One, Today Match Prediction 04 May 2023

som vs north Match Prediction & Analysis

County Division One league is slowly building up towards the middle phase of the league matches. Both teams will play three matches in this month before having a 20-day break in the competition. Somerset have lost their only away game and drew both their home matches played this year while Northamptonshire lost their only away game while winning one and losing one of the two home games played so far. We expect both teams to give a tough fight in this match to get a surge ahead in the points as they are occupying the last 2 spots currently and they might be relegated to Division 2 if found in the last 2 spots at the end of the league phase.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Somerset Preview

Somerset`s best batting performance of the season came in the last match with scores of 441/10 & 256/6. Tom Abell (151 runs) and James Rew (117 runs) rescued them from a top order collapse of 24/3 in the first innings with their 254-run partnership. Kasey Aldridge, Lewis Gregory, and Josh Davey have made fighting fifties below No.6 position with a lone fifty from Tom Lammonby in the 3 matches so far.

Their bowlers have bowled just one innings each in the two matches at their home. Skipper Lewis Gregory is their bowling mainstay with 16 scalps so far in the league with experienced duo of Peter Siddle (10 wickets) and Jack leach (7 wickets) giving good support from the other end. Their other bowlers have failed to take wickets in the 3 matches played.

Key players: Lewis Gregory, Tom Abell, Tom Lammonby

Somerset Predicted Playing XI:

Tom Lammonby, Sean Dickson, Cameron Bancroft, Tom Abell (c), Tom Kohler-Cadmore, James Rew (wk), Lewis Gregory, Kasey Aldridge, Jack Leach, Peter Siddle, Jack Brooks

Northamptonshire Preview

Northamptonshire are going through a rollercoaster ride as they lost their last game by an innings and 270 runs after their win in the previous game. They were bowled out for 149 & 63 in the last game. Rob Keogh has been the saviour with knocks of 75* & 116* so far. Hasan Azad, Sam Whiteman, and Gareth Berg have contributed with fifties.

Their pace trio of Chris Tremain (13 wickets), Ben Sanderson (7 wickets), and Jack White (9 wickets) have been their chief wicket takers with the likes of Luke Proacter (4 wickets) and Gareth Berg (5 wickets) taking crucial wickets making it a 5-man pace attack. Rob Keogh is their lone spinner has 3 wickets to his name so far.

Key players: Rob Keogh, Chris Tremain, Gareth Berg

Northamptonshire Predicted Playing XI:

Ricardo Vasconcelos, Hasan Azad, Sam Whiteman, Luke Procter (c), Rob Keogh, Josh Cobb, Lewis McManus (wk), Gareth Berg, Chris Tremain, Ben Sanderson, Jack White

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Taunton is a placid ground where the ball will come onto the bat nicely with nice pace and bounce. Bowlers need to strike early with the new ball to apply pressure on the batters. We expect the weather to be dark and cloudy with weather interruptions expected in all days of the match.

Venue Details

Taunton has witnessed scores of 554, 441, 392, & 284 in the completed innings and only 52 wickets has been taken across 2 matches played here with 26 apiece in each match.

Toss: To Bowl

Both captains will look to bowl first at this venue as the pitch will be good to bat on and second innings has been the most productive one in terms of runs so far in the competition.