SOM vs SUR Dream11 Match Prediction | Somerset vs Surrey English T20 Blast, Team News, Playing11

SOM vs SUR Dream11 Team Prediction| Somerset vs Surrey English T20 Blast | Match Preview

The two South Group sides will lock horns once again this time in the English T20 Blast. Somerset, who are at present right above the last team in the table will look to shed their past bad games in return for a win. They have won only one game in their 4 outings. Surrey is not doing that great either, winning only one out of their 5 games perched at number 6 in the South group table

Match details:

02/08 – 11:00 PM IST

South Group (N), Vitality Blast at Taunton, Aug 2, 2019

The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton

Head to Head (last five matches)

SOM won: 2

SUR won: 3

 Team News:

• Sam Curran has been released from England’s squad.
• while the regular captains of both teams Jade Dernbachand Lewis Gregory are recovering from injuries.
• Aron Finch will lead his side.
• Will Jacks has played one good inning and has failed to make an impact in the rest of the matches.
• The Somerset captain is also injured.
• Lewis Gregory will not be playing as he is still recovering from his injuries.
• Tom Abell will lead his side.
• Tom Abell has made only 11 runs in 2 innings of the 4 matches so this needs improvement.
• James Hildreth has also not done anything really noteworthy so far. He has made only 58 runs in 4 innings.

Key players:

• Surrey batting seems to be their main problem.
• Their highest run-getter is A Finch who has made 119 runs in 5 innings.
• Jacks has a strike-rate of over 170 and has made 110 runs in his 5 innings.
• GJ Batty has bagged 8 wickets in 5 innings with a healthy economy of 8.45.
• Tom Curran and Imran Tahir have bowled splendidly for the team – they have picked 7 wickets in 5 innings and 6 wickets in 5 innings respectively.
• Babar Azam has made 80+ in his 2 consecutive innings and has made 220 in 4 innings with an amazing strike rate of 155. If he scores just 2 runs today he will become the highest run-getter of the tournament.
• Tom Baton has produced 144 runs in four innings with an average of 36
• Jerome Taylor – 4 innings 6 wickets, L Gregory 3 innings 5 wickets, van der Merwe 4 innings 5 wickets with the economy of 6.93. Van der Merwe has been the most economical bowler of them all.

Squads:

Somerset: Babar Azam, Tom Banton, Tom Abell (C), James Hildreth, Eddie Byrom, Tom Lammonby, Roelof van der Merwe, Jerome Taylor, Max Waller, Craig Overton, Jamie Overton. Ollie Sale, Tim Groenewald.

Surrey: Aaron Finch (C), Will Jacks, Mark Stoneman, Ollie Pope, Ben Foakes (WK), Jordan Clark, Rikki Clarke, Tom Curran, Sam Curran, Gareth Batty, Imran Tahir, Scott Borthwick, Ryan Patel, Jamie Smith.

Probable playing 11

Somerset: Babar Azam, Tom Banton, Tom Abell (C), James Hildreth, Eddie Byrom, Tom Lammonby, Roelof van der Merwe, Jerome Taylor, Max Waller, Craig Overton, Jamie Overton.

Surrey: Aaron Finch (C), Will Jacks, Mark Stoneman, Ollie Pope, Ben Foakes (WK), Jordan Clark, Rikki Clarke, Tom Curran, Sam Curran, Gareth Batty, Imran Tahir.

 SOM vs SUR Dream11:

Captain picks  – Aaron Finch, Babar Azam, Will Jacks,

WK: T Banton, O Pope

Batsmen: J Hildreth, B Azam (VC), A Finch,  W Jacks.

All-rounder: R v d Merwe, S Curran (c)

Bowler: J Taylor, G Batty, T Curran

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