Who will Win Essex vs Hampshire?
Desperate to gain a few points and move up the group leaderboard, Essex Eagles will take on the red-hot Hampshire in this South Group fixture of the NatWest T20 Blast 2017. The County Ground in Chelmsford is set to be the venue for this match scheduled to be played on July 21. 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 Hampshire, NatWest T20 Blast 2017....
Essex Team News & Playing 11
The team will look to Ravi Bopara and Varun Chopra to deliver the goods with the bat. Both are averaging above 45 in this year's NatWest T20 Blast and are featuring on the list of the tournament's top five batsmen. Paul Walter has found the most success this season with 8 wickets from 5 matches. The left-arm seamer notched up three scalps in the last game against Surrey and he together with Mohammad Amir who picked up a couple himself in that game will be the two bowlers to watch out for.
Essex Predicted Playing 11
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RN ten Doeschate (c), DW Lawrence, V Chopra, T Westley, RS Bopara, AJA Wheater, Ashar Zaidi, JS Foster (wk), PI Walter, SR Harmer, Mohammad Amir
Hampshire Team News & Playing 11
Michael Carberry played a gem of an innings against Middlesex - 77 runs off just 45 balls - to propel the team's total to 189. He is currently averaging 61 this season and Hampshire's batting is going to depend mainly on him and skipper James Vince who is the team's leading run-getter at the moment. Legspinner Mason Crane seems to be enjoying his bowling having taken six wickets from three games. He bagged three wickets against Middlesex and is likely to trouble the batsmen in this match as well.
Hampshire Predicted Playing 11
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JM Vince (c), RR Rossouw, MA Carberry, GJ Bailey, LD McManus (wk), Shahid Afridi, GK Berg, SM Ervine, KJ Abbott, MS Crane, RJW Topley
Essex vs Hampshire Betting Odds
Essex have made a horrible start this season and are struggling with just the two points they earned from the solitary victory from their first five matches. They will be under immense pressure when they take the field on Friday which is one of the reasons why they find themselves as outsiders for this match at 1.55 with Betfair and 2.10 with Bet365. Hampshire on the other hand have been very impressive so far and are currently topping the South Group's points table. They are favorites to win at 1.41 with 1xbet and 1.72 with Bet365.
Essex vs Hampshire Prediction
Neither team will have an edge over the other as far as head-to-head record goes. Out of the 22 matches between these two sides, 11 have been won by Hampshire and 10 by Essex with the remaining one match having resulted in a tie. However, the latter completed the home and away double over the former in the previous edition which is something that will definitely boost their morale going into this game. But having said that, Essex have not been performing too well at their home ground lately - losing 6 of their last 9 matches here. Hampshire have more depth in their batting and they have been the better of the two teams so far this season. We therefore predict them to take this game.
Final Verdict: Back Hampshire to beat Essex Eagles in this South Group fixture of the NatWest T20 Blast 2017 at 1.41 with 1xbet and 1.72 with Bet365.
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