Warwickshire vs Surrey, County Championship Divison One, Today Match Prediction 27 April 2023

warks vs sur Match Prediction & Analysis

County Championship Division 1 tournament is coming to the middle phase with all teams having played 2 league games. Warwickshire won their last match against Kent and will look to continue their winning momentum in this match too. Surrey won their match against Hampshire and will look to continue their form. Both teams will look to win this match and move ahead in this table.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Warwickshire Preview

Warwickshire batters posted scores of 453/4and won the match by an innings and 14 runs. Sam Hain was their top scorer with 165 runs in the innings. Rob Yates (128 runs) and Dan Mousely (94 runs) led their innings with crucial partnership in the middle. They will hope their batters will post a good score in this match too.

Their bowlers restricted the opposition to 158 & 281 all out in the match. Their pace quartet of Hasan Ali (5 wickets), Chris Woakes (5 wickets), Chris Rushworth (5 wickets), and Olivier Hannonby (4 wickets) picked up 19 wickets between them in the match. Ed Barnard chipped in with a wicket in the last game.

Key players: Sam Hain, Chris Woakes, Hasan Ali

Warwickshire Predicted Playing XI:

Rob Yates, Will Rhodes, Dan Mousely, Sam Hain, Michael Burgess, Ed Barnard, Alex Davies, Chris Woakes, Hasan Ali, Chris Rushworth, Oliver Hannon-Dalby 

Surrey Preview

Surrey won their last match against Hampshire by 9 wickets as they scored 270 & 247/1 in the two innings. Ollie Pope (94 & 122 runs) was their top run scorer in their last match while Sean Abbott (55 runs), Dom Sibley (79 runs) and Rory Burns (45 & 36 runs) played good cameos in the last game. Their batters need to play more consistently and post a big score in this match too.

Their bowlers reduced the opposition to 254/10 & 258/10 in both innings. Tom Lawes (4/48 & 2/74) and Daniel Worell (5/54 & 1/31) were their best bowlers with in the match. Sean Abbott, Kemar Roach, and Jordan Clark chipped in with wickets in the match. 

Key players: Ollie Pope, Daniel Worell, Sean Abbott 

Surrey Predicted Playing XI:

Rory Burns, Dom Sibley, Ollie Pope, Ryan Patel, Jamie Smith, Cameron Steel, Jordan Clark, Sean Abbott, Tom Lawes, Kemar Roach, Daniel Worrall

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Edgbaston is one of the placid tracks where batters will have an upper hand owing to true bounce. Birmingham will have bright and sunny weather on the match day with no rain expected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Venue Details

Birmingham will have good bounce and pace that will be enjoyed by the batters and any target above 300 runs will be tough to chase on this pitch.

Toss: To Bowl

Both teams will look to bowl first as this pitch might ease down as the match progresses and batters find it hard to bat in the first innings here.