Surrey vs Hampshire, VITALITY T20 BLAST 2020, Today Match Prediction 03 Sep 2020

sur vs ham Match Prediction & Analysis

Vitality T20 Blast is one of the biggest leagues to happen in this pandemic era with 18 teams. Hampshire made a brilliant comeback after to win their last game after losing their earlier match against Sussex. Hampshire will look to add on to the momentum with yet another win in this match. Surrey will be dejected as they were comfortably beaten by the Kent is their last match. They failed to win against Essex from a position where 1 run was required off the last 2 balls of the match with 2 wickets falling. Surrey will need to regroup their team and made a statement with a spirited performance in this match.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Surrey Preview

Surrey`s batting unit got a big boost as Hashim Amla announced his arrival with a superb knock of 75 runs. Rory Burns (56 runs) joined him in the middle to make a massive 127-run partnership that took them to 161/4 from a tough position of 28/3 early on.

Surrey`s pace unit was taken for a lot of runs easily as the trio of Atkinson, Matt Dunn, and Reece Topley had combined bowling figures of 9.3-0-96-1 in the match. Their spinners Daniel moriarty, Gareth batty, and Scott Borthwick fared better with combined figures of 9-0-58-4 in the match.

Top players to bet on:

Hashim Amla – Amla is one of the technically sound players in the world cricket. He will be a big boost to the batting unit as he can bat well in all conditions. He scored 75 runs off 56 balls in this first match with 5 boundaries and 2 sixes.

Daniel Moriarty –Moriarty performed well with ball with bowling figures of 4-0-25-3.  He picked wickets at crucial moments and reduced the opposition from 70/1 to 76/3 in the middle overs to bring their team back into the contest.

Surrey Predicted Playing XI:

Hashim Amla, Will Jacks, Laurie Evans, Ben Foakes (wk), Rory Burns, Scott Borthwick, Gus Atkinson, Gareth Batty (c), Daniel Moriarty, Matt Dunn, Reece Topley

Hampshire Preview

Hampshire chased down the total of 140 runs scratchily last match to win by 5 wickets in a last over thriller.  George Munsey (32 runs), Tom Alsop (29 runs), and Joe Weatherley (27 runs) were the chief run scorers as they nudged past the total successfully.

The bowling unit performed well as a team and restricted the opposition to just 139 runs. Mason Crane took 3 wickets while Scott Curie and Chris Wood chipped in with a wicket each to end with identical figures of 4-0-28-1. Ryan Stevenson chipped with a economical bowling figures of 4-0-28-0.

Top players to bet on:

Tom Alsop – Tom Alsop has scores of 51 & 29 in the last 2 matches and he looks to be in good touch. We expect him to continue his good form and put a big score on board in this match too.

Mason Crane – Crane has bowling figures of 3/18 & 1/20 in the two matches so far. He will be expected to take control of their spin bowling department and looks primed to do the role successfully.

 

Hampshire Predicted Playing XI:

George Munsey, Tom Alsop, Sam Northeast (c), Joe Weatherley, Lewis McManus (wk), James Fuller, Ian Holland, Scott Currie, Chris Wood, Ryan Stevenson, Mason Crane

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

London weather looks dark and gloomy has 70% chances of rain as per the weather forecasters and we expect rain will not play spoilsport in this match.

Venue Details

Kensington Oval pitch is on the slower side and batsmen find it hard to score runs here. Spinners may a vital role on this pitch. We can expect scores around 140-160 runs in this match. 

Toss: To Bowl

Chasing teams have 7-3 win-loss ratio in their favor in the last 10 T20 matches this season and we expect both captains to field first if they win the toss.