Surrey vs Warwickshire, Royal London One-Day Cup, Today Match Prediction 10 August 2021

sur vs warks Match Prediction & Analysis

Royal London One-Day Cup is almost to the end of the league phase with only 1-2 matches remaining for every team and no team is assured of a place in the knockouts yet. And Group B is very closely contested with four teams with equal points fighting for the qualification spots. Surrey and Warwickshire are among the four teams and will need to win this match to move up in the points table and thereby also pushing behind their other team. The loser of this match will be virtually out of the qualification race and both teams will fight it hard to win this match.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Surrey Preview

Surrey failed to capitalize the crucial final moments and ended up losing the match by 1 run. Rikki Clarke (82 runs) and Ryan Patel (52 runs) lead the chase for their team with the bat while Jamie Smith chipped in with a crucial 34 runs. They needed 4 runs with 3 wickets remaining in last over but scored just 2 runs and lost all their wickets.

Their bowling unit performed well reducing the opposition to 253 runs. Cameron Steel dominated with the ball claiming 4 wickets while James Taylor and Rikki Clarke picked up a wicket each giving runs at less than 4 RPO. Daniel Moriarty and Conor McKerr picked up 1 wicket each but gave runs at over 6 RPO.

Top players to bet on:

Rikki Clarke – Clarke was excellent last match with 84 runs and bowling figures of 6-0-20-1 but would be dejected as his dismissal brought their team`s downfall in the last over. He will look to make a comeback with yet another superb performance in this match.

Cameron Steel – Steel played his first match and made a huge difference with his bowling figures of 10-1-33-4 in the match. He can be their X-factor in the middle overs for their team with his wicket-taking abilities.

Surrey Predicted Playing XI:

Cameron Steel, Ben Geddes, Ryan Patel, Jamie Smith (c & wk), Rikki Clarke, Nico Reifer, Tim David, Matt Dunn, Conor McKerr, Daniel Moriarty, James Taylor

Warwickshire Preview

Warwickshire displayed one of most complete performances to win the match by a massive 134 runs. Their middle order batters Will Rhodes (65 runs), Michal Burgess (73 runs), Mathew Lamb (65 runs), and Dan Mousely (54 runs) scored fifties to lead their team to massive score of 278 runs after early wicket of the openers.

Their bowling unit performed as a unit to bowl out the opposition for 144 runs. Manraj Johal and Jordan Bulpitt picked up 2 early wickets each and set the tone of the match. Ethan Brookes picked up 3 wickets while Will Rhodes and Karl Carver chipped with a wicket each.

Top players to bet on:

Will Rhodes – Rhodes had an all-round match with 65 runs with the bat and bowling figures of 4-0-8-1. His 133-run partnership with Michael Burgess set the tone for the match from 11/2.

Jacob Bethel – Bethel has 9 wickets to his name this season and is their team`s leading wicket-taker. His bowling services were not needed to the team last game. He can also be handy batsmen in the lower middle order.

Warwickshire Predicted Playing XI:

Ed Pollock, Robert Yates, Will Rhodes (c), Michael Burgess (wk), Dan Mousley, Matthew Lamb, Jacob Bethell , Ethan Brookes, Karl Carver, Jordan Bulpitt, Manraj Johal

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

London weather looks promisingly sunny just 10% chances of rain as per the forecasters.  We expect rain to make no appearance in this game after the two games played at this venue were washed out without a result.

Venue Details

Kennington Oval has a good balance between the bat and ball with bowlers enjoying some purchase of the surface. We expect the average scores in this match to be around 250-270 runs.

Toss: To Bowl

Teams opted to bowl first in both the matches and we expect the trend to continue in this match too.