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

som vs glam Match Prediction & Analysis

T20 Blast tournament is spicing up with teams fighting hard to gain crucial points from every match. Glamorgan won their opening match against Gloucestershire and will look to continue their winning momentum in this match too. Somerset won their first 2 matches comfortably chasing the target and will look to pile up hat trick of wins here. Both teams will look to win this match and move ahead in this table.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Somerset Preview

Somerset batters chased score of 183 runs and won the match by 5 wickets in the last over. Tom Kohlmore was their top scorer with 72 runs off 42 balls. Tom Abell (42 runs) and Tom Banton (32 runs) led their innings with crucial cameos in the middle. They will hope their batters will post a good score in this match too.

Their bowlers restricted the opposition to 183/6 in the match. Their pace trio of Craig Overton (2/33), Matt Henry (3/50), and Peter Siddle (1/41) picked up 6 wickets between them but went for runs at over 10 RPO in the match. Van Der Merwe was superb with the spell of 4-0-15-1 while Lewis Gregory chipped in with a wicket in his economical spell.

Key players: Van Der Merwe, Craig Overton, Tom Kohlmore 

Somerset Predicted Playing XI:

Tom Banton, Will Smeed, Tom Kohlmore, Lammonby, Lewis Gregory, Ben Green, Roelof Van Der Merwe, Craig Overton, Matt Henry, Peter Siddle 

Somerset Actual Playing XI:

Tom Lammonby, Matt Henry, Peter Siddle, Tom Kohler Cadmore, Ben Green, Lewis Gregory, Thomas Abell, Craig Overton, RE Van Der Merwe, Will Smeed, Tom Banton

Glamorgan Preview

Glamorgan won their last match against Gloucestershire by 2 wickets as they scored 162/8 in 20 overs. Middle order trio of Kiran Carlson (35 runs), Colin Ingram (47 runs) and C Cooke (25 runs) played good cameos in the last game and Van der Gugten played a valiant 12-ball 21-run cameo to take them across the line. Their top order batters need to play more consistently and post a big score in this match too.

Their bowlers reduced the opposition to 161/9 in the match. Jamie Mcllory (3/30) and Daniel Douthwaite (4/23) were their best bowlers with in the match. Van Der Gugten chipped in with a wicket while R Smith was economical in his spell of 4-0-30-0 in the match .

Key players: Colin Ingram, Daniel Douthwaite, Van der Gugten 

Glamorgan Predicted Playing XI:

Eddie Bryom, Sam Northeast, Kiran Carlson, Cam Cooke, Colin Ingram, Van Der Gugten, Jamie Mcllory, Daniel Douthwaite, R Smith, Prem Sisodia, Ben Kellaway

Glamorgan Actual Playing XI:

Colin Ingram, Chris Cooke, Ben Kellaway, Billy Root, Ruaidhri Smith, Jamie McIlroy, Daniel Douthwaite, Sam Northeast, Eddie Byrom, Peter Hatzoglou, Kiran Carlson

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Taunton is one of the placid tracks where bowlers will have an upper hand owing to true bounce. Taunton will have bright and sunny weather on the match day with no rain expected.

Venue Details

Taunton will have good bounce and pace that will be enjoyed by the bowlers and any target above 160 runs will be tough to chase on this pitch.

Toss: To Bowl

Both teams will look to bowl first as this pitch might ease down as the match progresses and both teams have good success rate while chasing so far.