GLA vs GLO 82nd Match - South Group Prediction

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Glamorgan

With successive defeats in the South Group league matches, Glamorgan position in the points table has plummeted. They will be looking for some inspiration for winning this game against Gloucestershire. The Glamorgan outfit is currently ranked in 6th position in the points tally. Glamorgan will be looking for some sort of redemption after taking losses in their last couple of games. Glamorgan played against Essex in their last game in South Group played at Chelmsford yesterday. Batting first Glamorgan put together 175 runs for the loss of 6 wickets.

The Essex team chased down this target set by Glamorgan easily with 4 wickets and 4 overs to spare. Batting first, Glamorgan made a good start to their inning with Kiran Carlson scoring 43 runs from 25 balls. Glamorgan reached a score of 54 runs before the first wicket fell in the form of Sam Northeast after 5.3 overs. There were some small contributions made to the Glamorgan innings by the likes of Billy Root, Chris Cooke, and Callum Taylor. But it was Timm van der Gugten who provided the necessary push towards the end by scoring 33 runs from 14 balls with 3 sixes and 2 fours before he was run out.

Simon Harmer was the most successful bowler for Essex picking up a couple of wickets. However, he did go for a lot of runs from his quota of 4 overs. Daniel Sims bowled economically conceding just 20 runs from his 4 overs. Glamorgan bowlers made a good start to their bowling effort by picking up a couple of early wickets. But the Esses opening bat Feroze Khushi scored a top 61 from 37 balls with 4 sixes and 4 fours to lay a good foundation for Essex. Jamie Mcllroy was the most successful bowler for Gloucestershire picking up 4 wickets for 36 runs from his 4 overs.

Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire played their last game in the competition against Kent. Batting first, Gloucestershire scored 137 runs in 19.3 overs. They were bowled out for this modest total thanks to some tight bowling by the Kent bowlers. This game was played yesterday and the player of the match award went to Jordan Cox for his 31 runs from 20 balls. He also took 3 catches in the match. The Gloucestershire side got off to a decent start as they reached 51 for 1 in 5 overs in the first innings of the match.

But they squandered the great start they received and lost far too many wickets too quickly to set a modest total of 137 runs in the end for Kent batters. Zafar Gohar also scored 25 runs from 26 balls but these contributions were never going to take Gloucestershire to a big total. Four bowlers picked up 2 wickets each for Kent. They were Michael Hogan, Kane Richardson, Jack Leaning, and Grant Stewart. Jack Leaning and Fred Klaassen bowled economically as well for Kent. Almost all the Kent bowlers were among wickets except George Linde.

Although Kent picked up some early wickets Daniel Bell-Drummond scored 56 not out from 49 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes. He was helped along the way by the likes of the skipper Sam Billings and Jordan Cox towards the end of the inning. Cox hit some boundaries towards the end of the innings scoring 31 runs from 20 balls. The only successful bowler for Kent was Tom Price. He picked up one wicket for 29 runs from his 3 overs. Tom Smith also bowled well for Gloucestershire giving away just 11 runs from his 3 overs.