Sussex vs Somerset Today Match Prediction & Live Odds - Vitality T20 Blast 2023

Sussex vs Somerset Match Prediction & Betting Tips, T20 Blast 2023

Sussex Sharks will take on Somerset at the County Ground, Hove. This T20 match begins at 19:00 local time on Friday 26th May.

Sussex

After impressing in white ball cricket over previous seasons, Sussex Sharks finished down in seventh place in the South Group in last year’s T20 Blast. The Sharks will be without England internationals Jofra Archer and Ollie Robinson who are injured. 

SUS Team Batting

Experienced former England international Ravi Bopara will be full of confidence ahead of this game after hitting an incredible 144 from 49 balls in a 2nd XI T20 game on Tuesday. Tom Alsop and Tom Haines will bat at the top of the order for the side.

SUS Team Bowling

Tymal Mills will lead Sussex Sharks’ bowling attack in this game and across the tournament with Steven Finn, George Garton, Australia’s Nathan McAndrew and Pakistan’s Shadab Khan all top performers in this format. There is always turn and movement off the pitch for the bowlers at Hove.

SUS Team Form

Sussex Sharks are looking to avoid their fourth successive T20 Blast defeat in this match with their last game a five wicket loss to Hampshire Hawks.

Somerset

It was an excellent start to the season for the 2022 semi-finalists Somerset who beat Hampshire Hawks by 8 wickets on Wednesday. The result was all the sweeter for Somerset’s players and supporters as it was the Hawks who had beaten them in the semi-final last year. No injuries were reported after Wednesday's win.

SOM Team Batting

After the bowlers had done all the hard work in the first half of the game, Tom Banton took the opportunity to get his campaign off to a strong start with 40 runs from 24 balls against Hampshire Hawks at the top of the order. It is a strong batting line-up for Somerset which has been improved by the singing of Tom Kohler-Cadmore.

SOM Team Bowling

Although his two overs conceded only 10 runs, Peter Siddle’s bowling figures were the worst of the side on Wednesday as Hampshire were bowled out for 74 inside 17 overs. Craig Overton and Ben Green both took three wickets with Lewis Gregory and Matt Henry taking two each.

SOM Team Form

It was a brilliant team effort to get their T20 Blast season underway from Somerset with their bowlers particularly impressive.

SUS vs SOM, County Ground, Hove Pitch Report

This Vitality T20 Blast game will be played at the County Ground, Hove. The average first innings score at this venue in T20s last year was 168 and we expect a good contest between bat and ball.

Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Sussex vs Somerset, Vitality T20 Blast 2023