Glamorgan vs Gloucestershire, VITALITY T20 BLAST 2023, Today Match Prediction

glam vs gloucs Match Prediction & Analysis

Glamorgan and Gloucestershire will lock horns in the South Group of the 2023 T20 Blast tournament played at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff on Sunday.

In the previous match, Glamorgan suffered four-wicket defeat at the hands of Essex. With this result, Glamorgan have dropped to fifth position in the league table in the South Group

On the other hand, Gloucestershire suffered five-wicket loss against Kent. With this result, Gloucestershire are lying in the bottom half of the league table. Skipper Miles Hammond will be hoping that the side can break their two-match losing streak against Glamorgan.

There have been 39 meetings between the teams in the history of the T20 Blast competition where Gloucestershire have registered sixteen victories. Glamorgan have managed to come out on top on fifteen occasions. Three games ended in a no-result and four were abandoned. One match ended in a tie.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Glamorgan Preview

In the batting department, the side will be relying on the likes of Colin Ingram, wicket-keeper batsman Chris Cooke, captain Kiran Carlson and Sam Northeast to deliver the bulk of the runs.

In the previous match, captain Kiran Carlson was the star performer with the bat for Glamorgan and finished the innings with the top-score 43 off 25 balls with the help of five fours and two sixes. Tail-ender Timm van der Gugten scored 33 runs off 14 balls with the help of two fours and three sixes, whereas wicket-keeper Chris Cooke scored 27 runs off 19 balls with the help of three boundaries and one six.

In the bowling department, the side will be depending on the likes of James Mcllroy, Timm van der Gugten, Peter Hatzoglou, Ruaidhri Smith and Zain ul Hassan to deliver crucial breakthroughs.

In the previous match, James Mcllroy was the pick of the bowlers for Glamorgan and claimed 4 for 36 in his three overs.

Glamorgan Predicted Playing XI:

Sam Northeast, Kiran Carlson (c), Callum Taylor, Colin Ingram, Chris Cooke (wk), Billy Root, Zain-Ul-Hassan, Timm van der Gugten, Ruaidhri Smith, Peter Hatzoglou, Jamie McIlroy

Glamorgan Actual Playing XI:

Callum Taylor, Timm van der Gugten, Chris Cooke, Billy Root, Ruaidhri Smith, Jamie McIlroy, Prem Sisodiya, Andrew Salter, Sam Northeast, Peter Hatzoglou, Kiran Carlson

Gloucestershire Preview

In the batting department, the side will be relying on the likes of Miles Hammond, Ben Charlesworth, Oliver Price, and Grant Roelofsen to deliver the bulk of the runs.

In the previous match, Miles Hammond played well for Gloucestershire and scored 30 off 20 balls with the help of five fours and one six. Besides Hammond, Zafar Gohar scored 25 runs off 26 balls.

In the bowling department, the side will be relying on the likes of David Payne, Oliver Price, Tom Smith and MD Taylor to deliver crucial breakthroughs.

In the previous match, Tom Price was the star performer for Gloucestershire and finished with figures of 3 for 29 in his three overs.

 

Gloucestershire Predicted Playing XI:

Grant Roelofsen (wk), Miles Hammond (c), Ben Charlesworth, Oliver Price, Ben Wells, Graeme van Buuren, Tom Price, Zafar Gohar, MD Taylor, Tom Smith, David Payne

Gloucestershire Actual Playing XI:

Grant Roelofsen, David Payne, Matthew David Taylor, Tom Price, Ben Wells, GLV Buuren, Oliver Price, Tom Smith, Miles Hammond, Ben Charlesworth, Zaman Akhter

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

The wicket prepared at Sophia Gardens will be excellent for batting with no assistance for the bowlers.

The weather forecast for Sunday is far from ideal as thundery showers are expected to take place throughout the day.

Venue Details

Sophia Gardens in Cardiff is going to host the South Group match of the 2023 T20 Blast competition between Glamorgan and Gloucestershire.

Gloucestershire will take heart from the fact that they have won their previous two matches played at Cardiff.

Toss: To Bat

Both the sides will be looking to win the toss, bat first and post a score in excess of 200 runs. The previous two matches played at Cardiff have been won by side batting first.