Who will win Essex Eagles vs Somerset?
Essex Eagles will look to open their account on the points table as they take on Somerset in this South Group fixture of the ongoing NatWest T20 Blast 2017. The County Ground in Chelmsford will be the setting for this match scheduled to be played on July 13. Live action will begin at 7 PM local time.
Read on for team previews, latest betting odds, betting tips and match prediction for Essex Eagles vs Somerset, NatWest T20 Blast 2017....
Essex Team News & Playing 11
Opening batsman Tamim Iqbal has left the team citing personal reasons which means Ravi Bopara and Varun Chopra will have to continue to bat well to make up for his absence. Bopara has scores of 75 and 45 in the first two games and so there will be high expectations on him. He and Paul Walter took two wickets apiece against Surrey at this ground and both these medium pacers are expected to deliver a good bowling performance against Somerset at the same venue.
Essex Predicted Playing 11
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RN ten Doeschate (c), Daniel Lawrence, V Chopra, T Westley, RS Bopara, Ashar Zaidi, JS Foster (wk), PI Walter, SR Harmer, Mohammad Amir, JA Porter
Somerset Team News & Playing 11
Corey Anderson played a sparkling knock of 81 runs from 45 balls to nearly hand Somerset a win in their opening game against Surrey. The New Zealand batsman seems to be in good form at the moment and he together with skipper Jim Allenby will be the ones to watch out for. Roelof van der Merwe and Josh Davey were the pick of the bowlers for Somerset in that match, taking three and two wickets respectively. The team will look to spinner van der Merwe for restricting Essex to a low total.
Somerset Predicted Playing 11
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J Allenby (c), SM Davies (wk), JC Hildreth, PD Trego, AJ Hose, RE van der Merwe, CJ Anderson, L Gregory, C Overton, JH Davey, MTC Waller
Essex vs Somerset Betting Odds
Essex Eagles haven't had the best of starts this season with back-to-back defeats and they will look to avert a third loss in a row when they go up against Somerset on Thursday. Despite being winless, Essex have been kept short at 1.82 with Betfair and 1.80 with Bet365. Somerset too lost their opening encounter against Surrey and they are offering higher returns at 1.9 with betfair and 2 with bet365.
Essex vs Somerset Prediction
Essex will be playing this match on their home ground but they will also be wary of the fact that they were beaten by Surrey here in their first game. They will also be playing under quite a bit of pressure as they have lost both the matches they have played so far. Also, their key batsman Tamim Iqbal has left the team and this is probably going to affect their batting. Although Somerset too will be coming with a defeat in their first game, we feel they are still better placed to win this match.
Final Verdict: Back Somerset to beat Essex Eagles at 1.9 with betfair and 2 with bet365.
Jul 13, 2017
23:30 IST / 18:00 GMT
County Cricket Ground - Chelmsford, England
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