GLO vs SUS 98th Match - South Group Prediction

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Gloucestershire

The Gloucestershire team played its last game against Hampshire on 20th June in Bristol. In this day-night affair, Hampshire batted first and scored 158 runs for the loss of 7 wickets. Rain came down during the Gloucestershire innings and they were set a revised target of scoring 84 runs from 9 overs. The Gloucestershire team benefitted from the D/L equation and they chased down the target easily in 8.1 overs for the loss of just a couple of wickets. There were some useful contributions made by Ben Wells and Ben Charlesworth who contributed 43 and 29 runs respectively.

Although the Gloucestershire openers were dismissed early for single-digit scores, these batters helped the team in crossing the line easily. The top-order batsmen for Gloucestershire are struggling a bit at the moment and they will be keen to get among runs in this game and contribute heavily to a big score. Earlier, the Gloucestershire bowlers were right on the money as they restricted their opposition to a mediocre score of 158 runs for 7 wickets. Tom Smith was successful in picking up 3 wickets and these wickets did not cost too much either just 6.5 runs per over were given away.

Other Gloucestershire bowlers that were among wickets included David Payne, Gohar, and Gv Buuren also picked a wicket apiece to control the scoring rate in the middle overs. Gloucestershire has good depth in their bowling attack with Tom Price and Oliver Price in their ranks. Zafar Gohar also bowled economically giving away just 18 runs from 3 overs and picking up a wicket in the process. The Hampshire bowlers did manage to make early inroads in the Gloucestershire innings by picking up the wickets of the openers but Ben Wells and Ben Charlesworth dashed away their hopes of any recovery.

Sussex

The Sussex outfit was up against Kent in their last encounter of the T20 Blast in South Group. This day/night match was played in Hove. The Sussex team had to endure a defeat at the hands of Kent by a margin of 6 wickets with 8 balls still to go. Batting first the Sussex team raised a reasonable score of 169 runs for the loss of 7 wickets. The Kent outfit chased down this score in 18.4 overs. The top 3 batters from the Sussex side provided a good start to their innings. Harrison Ward scored 32 runs and was primarily responsible for the great start.

Tom Clark scored 23 runs while Oliver Carter picked up 19 runs in this game. However, none of these batters could convert their good start into a big score. They kept on losing wickets at regular intervals. But their captain Ravi Bopara contributed a fighting 53 runs that led the team to a score of 169 runs from their quota of 20 overs. Some of the other batters such as Michael Burgess and George Garton also showed a lot of promise in the lower middle order of Sussex. But unfortunately, the Sussex bowling attack was not up to the mark.

Sussex bowlers could not restrict their opposition and gave away 172 runs for the loss of 4 wickets and lost the game as a result. The most successful bowler for Sussex was Artistides Karveles who picked up a couple of wickets while giving away more than 9 runs per over in the game. Tymal Mills and Ravi Bopara chipped in with a wicket in this game. The key players for Sussex in this match against Gloucestershire are Oliver Carter, Tymal Mills, and Ravi Bopara. All the Sussex bowlers except James Coles and Tymal Mills went for a lot of runs in their last game.