KENT vs ESS 57th Match - South Group Prediction

KENT vs ESS Team Previews

Kent

Kent has struggled in the competition to find wins. Their problems while recording victories continue in the competition. After making a great start to the competition by winning the first game, they have now lost 4 matches in a row. They ended up losing their last match against Surrey by a margin of 5 wickets. While batting first they succeeded in scoring 173 runs for the loss of 5 wickets. All of their batsmen playing near the top of the order helped the Kent team achieve a defendable score.

But the Kent bowlers could not defend this score. They gave away too many freebies to the Surrey batters and they were keen to oblige. The stand-out performers for Kent's side with the ball were Grant Stewart and George Linde. These bowlers picked up 2 wickets each. After this loss against Surrey the Kent side has now dropped to number 7 position in the South Group points tally with just a single win from 5 matches. One of the top batters for Kent has been Sam Billing. He was among runs in the last game putting together 30 runs from 28 balls. 

It has been a struggle for Sam Billing to score runs throughout the season. He managed to hit 56 runs against Essex in one of the games played in the 2022 season. You can bet on him to score a match-winning knock against Essex. Grant Stewart has been a successful bowler for Kent in their last three games against Essex. He has bowled a tight line and length and did not give away any freebies. He will be leading the bowling attack for Kent in this game. Kent has managed to put together just 2 points so far and has a net run rate of -0.255.

Essex

Essex began their campaign in the Vitality T20 Blast 2023 on a winning note. In the last fixture they were involved in against Sussex, they were able to record a victory by a margin of 5 runs. The Essex batting charge in this game was led by Michael Pepper who hit 48 runs to power the Essex team to another win in the competition. Samuel Cook was the pick of the bowlers for Essex picking up 4 wickets in the game. This was the third win of the competition for Essex. Their earlier victories came from Gloucestershire and Sussex.

Essex won the game against Gloucestershire by a margin of 3 wickets and the one against Sussex by a margin of 25 runs respectively. However, before the win against Sussex, they lost two games on the trot against Somerset and Hampshire. They received a thrashing at the hands of Hampshire by a margin of 118 runs while Somerset edged them in a close encounter by a margin of 11 runs. Essex is in 6th position in the points tally for the South Group with 6 points from 5 games.

During their last outing against Sussex, the Essex batter Michael Pepper put together 48 runs. He has managed to collect 111 runs from his last 2 outings for Essex. Pepper has also collected 56 runs from the last couple of games he played against Kent. You can bet with the Essex batter to score big runs in this match as well. Daniel Sams has been a top bowler for Essex. He is a strike bowler for Essex this year. During the 4 games he has played in the competition, he has succeeded in collecting 10 wickets. You can expect him to become the lead bowler for his team against Kent.