SUR vs DUR Match Preview

Surrey played their last game against Kent on 19th July 2024 in Canterbury. The Kent batters decimated the Surrey bowling to put together 217 runs while losing five wickets from their twenty overs. The Surrey team could just manage 131 runs all out and handed over the game to the Kent team by a margin of 86 runs. The top bowler for Surrey in this game was Matt Dunn, who picked up two wickets. However, he gave away 40 runs in the process. Other bowlers, such as Tom Lawes, Cameron Steel, and Dan Lawrence, all picked up one wicket each.

All the Surrey bowlers went for a lot of runs except Dan Lawrence. He bowled his two overs with an economy rate of 7.00. Most of the Surrey top and middle-order batters got starts during their chase. But none of them could put pressure on the Kent bowling attack, and in the end, the entire side was bowled out for 131 runs in 16 overs. The top batter for Surrey was Sam Curran, who scored 24 runs from 19 balls with a six. The skipper Rory Burns and Will Jacks also got starts but could not accelerate and lost their wickets in the process.

Durham played their last game in the competition against Derbyshire and registered a victory in the contest. Derbyshire batted first in this contest to score 155 runs while losing eight wickets from their quota of twenty overs. Durham chased down this target with eight wickets to spare. They reached the target in 18.5 overs and won with five balls to spare. Four Durham bowlers were successful in picking up two wickets each. But the two bowlers used by the skipper last during the Derbyshire innings, viz. Nathan Sowter and Ben Raine were economical and restricted the Derbyshire batting charge.

Paul Coughlin and Callum Parkinson picked up two wickets but also went for a lot of runs. The Durham chase began well with Graham Clarke and the skipper Alex Lees putting together an opening wicket stand of 36 runs for the first wicket in 4.5 overs. Lees carried the bat through and scored 72 runs from 60 balls with nine boundaries. However, the real firecrackers were provided towards the end by Colin Ackermann, who hit 54 runs from 30 balls, hitting three sixes and five fours. This partnership between Lees and Ackermann took the team to win.
 

Weather Report

We are likely to have overcast conditions for this contest. The cloud cover will help the seamers achieve lateral movement. The temperature will be close to 21 degrees, and showers are possible. The relative humidity will be close to normal.

Pitch Report

The wicket on offer at the Kennington Oval will help the batters significantly. The surface will be conducive to stroke play, and even though pacers might get pace and bounce overall, the pitch will favor the batters. The pacers must depend on movement and variations to get wickets here.

Notable stats

Laurie Evans has a good batting record in recent games for Surrey.

Laurie Evans has scored 256 runs from his last 13 outings for Surrey with an average of 21.33.

Alex Steel has an excellent recent record in T20 games.

The Durham skipper has scored 452 runs from his last twenty games with an average of 28.55.

Team News

This is a new phase of the Vitality T20 Blast competition after a gap in between. So, you can expect all players to be fit for the game.

SUR vs DUR Probable 11

SUR Playing 11

  • Will Jacks
  • Dom Sibley
  • Rory Burns (Wk)
  • Dan Lawrence
  • Sam Curran
  • Laurie Evans
  • Jamie Overton
  • Chris Jordan (C)
  • Cameron Steel
  • Tom Lawes
  • Matt Dunn

DUR Playing 11

  • Graham Clark
  • Alex Lees (C)
  • David Bedingham
  • Colin Ackermann
  • Ollie Robinson (Wk)
  • Ashton Turner
  • Ben Raine
  • Paul Coughlin
  • Matthew Potts
  • Nathan Sowter
  • Callum Parkinson
This is not the official playing 11 for the match. This is a prediction of the expected playing 11 for each team based on the writers analysis.

Dream11 Prediction

Both teams have done well so far in the competition, and that's why they are here. But the Surrey team has done better. They finished the league phase of the competition leading the tables in the South Group, while Durham finished fourth in the North Group. So, we expect Surrey to have an edge in this game. We will bet with Surrey to win this encounter.

Top Picks

Alex Lees: The Durham skipper has scored 452 runs from his last twenty innings and is undoubtedly the top patter for Durham.

Callum Parkinson: Parkinson has taken 28 wickets from his last 19 innings, with an excellent average of 15.67.

Laurie Evans: Laurie Evans has scored 256 runs from his last thirteen innings with an average of 21.33.

Matt Dunn: Dunn picked up some wickets in his last outing. You can bet on him to be among the wickets again in this game.
 

SUR vs DUR Dream11 Team 1

Keeper: O George-Robinson

Batters: A Turner, D Lawrence, L Evans

All-rounders: B Raine (C), S Curran (VC), W Jacks, C Jordan, C Ackermann

Bowlers: N Sowter, C Parkinson

SUR vs DUR Dream11 Prediction - OCB Team Prediction