Who Will Win Somerset vs Hampshire, Vitality Blast 2018?
Table toppers Hampshire will be eying their fifth successive win when they take on bottom-placed Somerset in this South Group fixture of the Vitality Blast 2018. The match will be played on August 8 at Hampshire's home ground - The Rose Bowl in Southampton. Live telecast is scheduled to begin at 6:30 PM local time.
Ham vs Som: Where to Watch/Live Streaming
TV channels: Sky Sports, Fox Sports, Sony Six, SuperSport
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Toss Prediction
The pitch at The Rose Bowl has tended to offer more assistance to the bowlers during the second period of play. And also since four of the last five T20 matches played at this ground have been won by the side batting first, the team that wins the toss in this match is more likely to bat first.
Read on for team previews, betting odds, betting tips and match prediction for Hampshire vs Somerset, Vitality Blast 2018...
Hampshire Team News & Playing 11
HAM Team News
Hampshire dropped West Indian fast bowler Fidel Edwards for South African paceman Kyle Abbott in their last match against Kent Spitfires. The latter did a decent job with the ball and his ability to lend in handy contributions with the bat lower down the order means that he could be retained for the next game versus Somerset. So we expect Hampshire to go into this match with an unchanged line-up.
HAM Key Players
Hampshire's batting relies mainly on the likes of Colin Munro, James Vince, Liam Dawson and Rilee Rossouw. Dawson has scored the most runs for the side so far in this year's Vitality Blast and he is going to be their key man in the middle order. Munro has a couple of half-centuries to his name and is currently having a strike-rate of 154. The team however desperately needs Vince and Rossouw to step up as well. Hampshire's bowling seems heavily reliant on Chris Wood who has been the pick of their bowlers with 13 wickets in 8 matches. Kyle Abbott, the South African seamer, has plenty of experience and he too will have a big role to play here. Afghanistan's Mujeeb Ur Rahman is another important figure in this bowling line-up and he could trouble the batsmen with his off-spin.
HAM Recent Form
Hampshire have not got going at all this Vitality Blast and they are currently languishing at the bottom of the South Group standings having won just one out of nine league matches. That lone victory was secured against Middlesex and since then they have lost three and tied one of their next four completed encounters. In their previous outing against Kent, Hampshire did a pretty good job with the ball restricting the opposition to 139/7. However, that impressive bowling performance was followed by a dismal batting display as the entire team folded for just 88 in the 17th over to lose the match by 51 runs.
Hampshire Predicted Playing 11
James Vince (c), Colin Munro, Sam Northeast, Rilee Rossouw, Tom Alsop (wk), Liam Dawson, Joe Weatherley, Kyle Abbott, Chris Wood, Ryan Stevenson, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Somerset Team News & Playing 11
SOM Team News
There are no injury concerns for Somerset as all their players were physically fit at the time of writing. They have been unchanged since their last two matches and we expect them to go in with the same line-up that pipped Sussex last time out. Tom Banton is likely to continue opening the batting with Johann Myburgh.
SOM Key Players
While Somerset's top-order batting is going to depend on Johann Myburgh and James Hildreth, Corey Anderson seems to be the team's biggest hope with the bat in the middle order. Anderson, the attacking batsman from New Zealand, has been the most consistent batsman for Somerset this season while Myburgh too has looked impressive with 261 runs in 10 matches at a strike-rate of 173. With the ball, fast bowler Jamie Overton who has taken 12 wickets in the tournament will be the team's best bet. Jerome Taylor and skipper Lewis Gregory have also performed well so far. Taylor with nine wickets in five matches looks the more threatening of the two and Somerset will back him to provide the early breakthroughs with the new ball.
SOM Recent Form
Somerset are hitting top form this season and they are leading the South Group points table with seven wins and three losses from ten matches. Since facing a nine-defeat at the hands of Surrey in their sixth game, they have been on a roll winning their next four fixtures on the bounce. Somerset won their last game against Sussex by three wickets. They had a good day with the bat as they chased down Sussex's first-innings total of 169 with three balls to spare.
Somerset Predicted Playing 11
Johann Myburgh, Tom Banton (wk), Peter Trego, James Hildreth, Tom Abell, Corey Anderson, Lewis Gregory (c), Roelof van der Merwe, Jamie Overton, Jerome Taylor, Max Waller
Aug 08, 2018
23:00 IST / 17:30 GMT
The Rose Bowl - Southampton, England
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