GLO vs SUS Match Preview
We received a surprise result in one of the South Group games played on Tuesday evening at the Bristol venue. Gloucestershire defeated Hampshire Hawks by a margin of 8 wicket and with 5 balls to go. We had a rain interruption during the Gloucestershire inning and the D/L equation worked in their favor. They will be looking for another win at their home ground in this encounter. The two batters that took the Gloucestershire team to a victory in this game were Ben Charlesworth and Ben Wells.
After the early loss of their openers, these two batters did not allow a whiff to the Hampshire bowlers and took the score to 85 for 2 in just 8.1 overs. The D/L equation set a target of 84 runs in front of Gloucestershire batsmen from 9 overs. During the Hampshire inning, Zafar Gohar, Graeme van Buurenall picked up a wicket apiece against a strong batting order in their last contest. But the real damager for Gloucestershire was Tom Smith who bowled well to pick 3 wickets for 26 runs with another good performance after the last game where he picked up 2 for 20.
This has been a disappointing season for the Sussex County this year in T20 Blast. However, they managed to win some unlikely contests in some of the recent matches. But after that they went down to Kent Spitfires in their last match by a margin of 6 wickets. Ravi Bopara is crucial player for Sussex even after so many years of being away from international cricket. He has been in top form for Sussex as their captain in the T20 Blast. For Sussex Sharks he hit 53 from 39 balls. Another player that is doing a good job for Sussex at the moment is the England international Tymal Mills.
Mills has been terrific for the Sussex outfit in the Vitality T20 Blast for the 2023 season. He managed to pick the crucial wicket of Sam Billings during the game on Tuesday that was lost by Sussex. Another useful bowler for Sussex has been Aristides Karvelas. He has picked up a couple of victims from the last couple of games for his side. Sussex has ended up losing last 2 out of 3 matches and 3 out of last 5 games. They are currently positioned in 8th slot in the points table for South Group.
Weather Report
We are likely to get temperatures in the region of 25 degrees during this match. There will be partly sunny conditions and there is a good chance that we will get a cloud cover during the game. This will again help the fast bowlers to get some swing from the track. The relative humidity is likely to be around 60%.
Pitch Report
This game will be played at the Bristol County Ground in Bristol. It is a famous venue for cricket and is the home turf for the Gloucestershire team. The Gloucestershire side has had mixed fortunes while playing at the venue this season. They will be keen to develop a winning streak in the remainder of the competition. The wicket on offer here is generally on the slower side and tends to ease out as the game progress. Bowlers have usually held sway on this venue. Any score in the region of 170 runs should be considered to be at par on this ground.
Notable stats
Tymal Mills has an excellent strike rate for Sussex with the ball.
Tymal Mills has a strike rate of 13.50 in his last 9 appearances for Sussex.
David Payne has a great economy rate and strike rate combination for Gloucestershire.
David Payne has a strike rate of 19 and economy rate of 6.68 at the moment.
Team News
There do not appear to be any injury worries at the moment for either of these two teams.
GLO vs SUS Probable 11
GLO Playing 11
- Grant Roelofsen (Wk)
- Miles Hammond (C)
- Ben Charlesworth
- Oliver Price
- Graeme van Buuren
- Ben Wells
- Tom Price
- Zafar Gohar
- MD Taylor
- Tom Smith
- David Payne
SUS Playing 11
- Harrison Ward
- Tom Clark
- Oliver Carter
- Ravi Bopara (C)
- Tom Alsop
- Michael Burgess (Wk)
- James Coles
- George Garton
- Aristides Karvelas
- Tymal Mills
- Bradley Currie
Dream11 Prediction
The batting performance by both these teams has been handled by their middle order so far in the competition. The Sussex team has greater firepower in their batting line-up and they have some high-quality batters in their ranks. But the Sussex bowlers are not succeeding in restricting the opposition batsmen. The Gloucestershire bowlers, on the other hand, have the advantage of playing in home conditions that they are familiar with. Overall, we expect Gloucestershire to win the contest and continue their winning streak.
Top Picks
Ben Charlesworth: Ben Charlesworth has scored 259 runs from his 9 appearances for Gloucestershire with an average of 32.37 and strike rate of 164.96.
David Payne: David Payne has picked up 12 wickets from his last 10 matches with a strike rate of 19.
Ravi Bopara: This experienced campaigner from Sussex has scored 273 runs for his team with a strike rate of 140.
Tymal Mills: Mills has picked up a good haul of 16 wickets in the competition so far from 9 contests.
GLO vs SUS Dream11 Team 1
Keeper: M Burgess
Batters: M Hammond, B Charlesworth, T Clark
All-rounders: R Bopara (C), G Garton, O Price (VC)
Bowlers: T Smith, D Payne, T Mills, A Karvelas
