Durham vs Warwickshire, VITALITY T20 BLAST 2023, Today Match Prediction

dur vs warks Match Prediction & Analysis

T20 Blast is entering the crucial phase with teams looking to get vital points ahead of the final phase of the league stages. Warwickshire and Durham are in the North Group where top 4 teams are jam packed with teams separated by only NRR margins. Warwickshire are currently at the top of the points table and will look to win this match and continue their winning form. Durham are currently lagging at the second half of the points table and need some momentum to challenge the top-4 finish in the league phase.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Durham Preview

Durham`s openers Alex Rees (78 runs) and Michael Jones (50 runs) gave a superb start in the last game with 125-run partnership, but they failed to chase a DLS revised score of 158 runs in their 17 overs. Oliver Robinson, and Ashton Turner are in good touch but failed to close out the match in the middle order last night.

Durham bowlers were led by Wayne Parnell`s 3/41 in the last game but ended up giving 195 runs in their 20 overs. Nathan Sowter, Ben raine, and Liam Trevaskis chipped in with a wicket each in the match. Bas de Leede and Liam Trevaskis have chipped in with crucial wickets in the match but failed to strangle the run flow effectively.

Key players: Nathan Sowter, Alex Rees, Ashton Turner.

Durham Predicted Playing XI:

Alex Lees (c), Michael Jones, Oliver Robinson (wk), Ashton Turner, Bas de Leede, Brydon Carse, Paul Coughlin, Luke Doneathy, Wayne Parnell, Nathan Sowter, Liam Trevaskis

Durham Actual Playing XI:

Brydon Carse, Brandon Glover, Michael Jones, Wayne Parnell, Alex Lees, Ashton Turner, Ollie Robinson, Ben Raine, Graham Clark, Liam Trevaskis, Nathan Sowter

Warwickshire Preview

Warwickshire posted a massive total of 196/5 with no player making a fifty in the last game. Dan Mousely (49* runs) and Bethel (32* runs) played attacking cameos to help their batting unit with an unbeaten 51-run partnership off just 19 balls. Their top order trio of Robert Yates (27 runs), Alex Davies (28 runs), and Benjamin (34 runs) set the platform for the late charge with their vital cameos. 

Their bowlers restricted the opposition to 175/6 to win comfortably by 21 runs. Glenn Maxwell picked up 2 crucial wickets in his spell of 3-0-22-2. Their trio of Hasan Ali (1/44), Jake Lintott (1/33), and Henry Brookes (1/18) took a wicket each and gave runs at nearly 8 RPO in the middle overs last game. They have good depth in bowling attack with Dan Mousely, Daniel Briggs, and Ed Barnard in their playing XI.

Key players: Dan Mousely, Glenn Maxwell, Hasan Ali

Warwickshire Predicted Playing XI:

Robert Yates, Alex Davies (c & wk), Jacob Bethell , Glenn Maxwell, Dan Mousley, Chris Benjamin, Ed Barnard, Hasan Ali, Danny Briggs, Henry Brookes, Jake Lintott

Warwickshire Actual Playing XI:

Hasan Ali, Chris Benjamin, Robert Yates, Danny Briggs, Jacob Bethell, Chris Woakes, Jake Lintott, Alex Davies, Ed Barnard, Dan Mousley, Glenn Maxwell

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Teams posted 160+ runs in the matches played here but the bowlers have never restricted the opposition batters in the chase in this pitch. We expect the scores to be in the range of 170-180 runs in this match too.

Venue Details

Chester-le-street is one of the famous venues in the English circuit and it is the home ground for the Durham team. They have won just 2 off their 5 matches played here this season and will be looking to win this crucial match.

Toss: To Bowl

Chasing teams have never lost the match at Chester-le-street with 4 wins and a tied match in this season so far and we expect both captains to bowl first at this venue if they win the toss.