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

kent vs gloucs Match Prediction & Analysis

Kent will look for redemption in this season’s Vitality blast t20 tournament after finishing last on the points table last year. They lost 4 out of their last 5 matches and will want to put the entirety of the previous season behind them when they face Gloucestershire in their opening match of the competition.

Gloucestershire on the other hand had a decent season although they did not make it to the top 4 in the points table. They won 6 matches out of 14 in the last season of the Vitality Blast and will look for way to improve their overall performance this year. They come into this match with a win in their previous match in the 2022 season.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Kent Preview

Kent finished bottom on the table in the previous year. They will look to rectify it this time around. They lost their previous match by 35 runs. They bowled first and conceded 190 runs to the opposition batters. Qais Ahmad was the top wicket-taker as he picked up 2 wickets in the innings.

Kent fell short by 35 runs during the chase. Alex Blake and Darren Stevens were the only batsmen who got going and they scored 32 and 34 runs respectively. The Kent team will look to improve their batting this time around.

Key players: Jack Leaning, George Linde, Joe Denly 

Kent Predicted Playing XI:

Sam Billings (c), Arafat Bhuiyan, Daniel Bell-Drummond, Alex Blake, Ben Compton, Jordan Cox, Zak Crawley, Joe Denly, Jack Leaning, George Linde, Fred Klaassen.

Kent Actual Playing XI:

Joey Evison, Michael Hogan, George Linde, Grant Stewart, Kane Richardson, Joe Denly, Tawanda Muyeye, Daniel Bell-Drummond, Sam Billings, Jordan Cox, Jack Leaning

Gloucestershire Preview

Gloucestershire had a decent season in the previous year. They finished 5th in the south group of the Vitality Blast competition. They won their final match of the season by 5 wickets. Bowling first they only conceded 163 runs in 20 overs. Tom Smith was the pick of the bowlers as he took 1 wicket while conceding only 22 runs in his 4 over spell.

In the batting departing, Glenn Phillips was the top batter as he scored 52 runs and guided his team to victory to finish the 2022 season on a winning note. He was well assisted by captain Jack Taylor who was unbeaten at 33 runs.

Key players: Tom Smith, Jack Taylor, Marcus Harris

Gloucestershire Predicted Playing XI:

Tom Smith, Jack Taylor, Marcus Harris, Zaman Akhter, James Bracey, Ben Charlesworth, Paul van Meekeren, Miles Hammond, Ben Wells, Tom Price, Graeme van Buuren

Gloucestershire Actual Playing XI:

Grant Roelofsen, David Payne, Matthew David Taylor, James Bracey, Zafar Gohar, Jack Taylor, Oliver Price, Paul Van Meekeren, Tom Smith, Chris Dent, Miles Hammond

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

The pitch will be a belter for the team batting first. There will be swing on offer for the new ball bowlers but once settled in the batters can make the bowlers life a living hell.

The weather seems great for a game of cricket. The temperatures will be around 18 degrees Celsius with very less chance of rainfall during the match.

Venue Details

The match between Kent and Gloucestershire will be played at the St Lawrence ground in Canterbury, England.

Toss: To Bat

This will be a good toss to win as according to past matches and records the team batting first has a higher number of wins in this ground. Which is why the team winning the toss will elect to bat first here.

KENT vs GLOUCS
Winning Prediction

This match will be very difficult to predict because this will be the first match that these two teams will be playing this season. However Kent have had a great home record which is why we predict that Kent will defeat Gloucestershire in this match.

We predict that Kent will defeat Gloucestershire.

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