Who will Win Middlesex vs Kent?
After suffering back-to-back defeats, Middlesex will look to bounce back in the tournament when they go up against the Kent Spitfires at the Old Deer Park, Richmond. This South Group match of the ongoing NatWest T20 Blast 2017 is scheduled to be played on July 20 with live telecast to begin at 5:30 AM local time.
Read on for team previews, latest betting odds, betting tips and match prediction for Middlesex vs Kent Spitfires, NatWest T20 Blast 2017....
Middlesex Team News & Playing 11
Their top-order batsmen have failed to click so far and the onus will be on the likes of Brendon McCullum, Eoin Morgan and Paul Stirling to deliver the goods with the bat. Morgan, England's ODI and T20 international captain, has a fantastic record in the shortest format and the team will expect a few fireworks from him. Tim Southee has the best bowling figures in the side having taken six wickets at an impressive economy rate of 8.06. The Kiwi speedster took two wickets in the last game against Somerset and Middlesex will back him to do some damage against Kent as well.
Middlesex Predicted Playing 11
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BB McCullum (c), DJ Malan, PR Stirling, EJG Morgan, JEC Franklin, JA Simpson (wk), RF Higgins, TS Roland-Jones, TG Southee, NA Sowter, ST Finn
Kent Team News & Playing 11
Averaging 93.50 and 85 respectively, Joe Denly and Daniel Bell-Drummond are ranking among the top 10 batsman in this year's NatWest T20 Blast. The opening pair stitched a 163-run partnership in the last match against Surrey and the duo will be crucial to the team's hopes with the bat on Thursday. New Zealand paceman Adam Milne is the only bowler in the side who has been impressive. He has taken six wickets from three matches including two in the last match and he will be the go-to man for Middlesex when it's their turn to bowl.
Kent Predicted Playing 11
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SA Northeast (c), DJ Bell-Drummond, JL Denly, SW Billings (wk), AJ Blake, JDS Neesham, DI Stevens, MT Coles, AF Milne, JC Tredwell, ME Claydon
Middlesex vs Kent Betting Odds
Since 2010, Kent and Middlesex have faced each other 11 times with the latter emerging victorious on 8 of those occasions. This goes to show that Middlesex have been the more dominant side in recent times. And while they have won four of their last nine matches, Kent have won six of their last ten matches. Also, both teams will be coming into this game having suffered defeats in their previous respective matches. At the time of writing, betfair and bet365 were offering the same betting odds of 1.4 on both Middlesex and Kent.
Middlesex vs Kent Prediction
The rivalry between Middlesex and Kent has been a pretty stiff one with the former winning 13 and the latter 10 out of the 23 matches in the past. Last season, the two teams went head-to-head just once where it was Middlesex who came out on top, beating Kent by a handsome margin of 40 runs. Now this should give them some confidence heading into this game. But having said that, they will be playing under pressure as they have only one win from four games and they need a victory here to come back into the competition. Although Middlesex will be coming with consecutive defeats in their previous two matches, we predict them to win this match as they are a better balanced unit than Kent.
Final Verdict: Back Middlesex to beat Kent Spitfires in this South Group fixture of the NatWest T20 Blast 2017
Jul 20, 2017
22:00 IST / 16:30 GMT
Old Deer Park - London, England
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