In this article, we preview Glamorgan versus Surrey, the South group Vitality Blast 2021 game to be played at Cardiff on 29 June 2021. While Glamorgan is in sixth place on the south group points table, Surrey are three rungs above them in third place.
Contents
Match Predictions and Team Previews
Analysis
The teams last met in a Vitality Blast game on 14 June at the Oval. Batting first Glamorgan began reasonably well with an opening stand of 47 in 4.2 overs. But a flurry of wickets left them floundering at 68 for 3, before a mini recovery via a 4th wicket stand of 36 runs. After Chris Cooke got out with the score reading 104 for 4, Marnus Labuschagne was involved in a 5th wicket stand of 52 with Kiran Carlson. But a loss of three more wickets prevented Glamorgan from adding too many more runs in the remaining overs after reaching 156/5 in 18 overs. In the event, they were restricted to 166/8 in their allotted 20 overs. Labuschagne top scored with 74 off 51 balls, while opener Nick Selman made 43 from 28 balls, and Kiran Carlson scored 23 from 13. For Surrey, Dan Moriarty returned figures of 3/26 to emerge the best bowler on display. Sam Curran, Jordan Clark, and Tom Curran took one wicket each.
When Surrey replied, they got off to a flier, adding 60 runs for the first wicket in 5.5 overs before Will Jacks got out. But after a mini middle-order collapse reduced them to 101 for 4 in 10.3 overs, Surrey recovered somewhat with a 38-runs stand for the 5th wicket. At 139 for 5 in 15.2 overs, they were well placed to scale the target, which they eventually did, with 5 wickets and 8 balls to spare. Jason Roy top scored with 64 from 35 balls, while Laurie Evans contributed 39 from 26 deliveries, and Jamie Smith chipped in with 35 from 24. Labuschagne took the most wickets for Glamorgan, returning figures of 2/31. Prem Sisodiya, Andrew Salter, and Dan Douthwaite took one wicket each.
Likely XIs
Glamorgan: Selman, Lloyd, Labuschagne, Ingram, Cooke, Carlson, Douthwaite, Weighell, Salter, Van der Gugten, Sisodiya
Surrey: Stoneman, Burns, Jacks, Evans, Overton, Patel, Smith, Clark, Dunn, Batty, Moriarty
Head-to-Head
Surrey have won four of their last five matches versus Glamorgan thereby establishing a dominant H2H comparison.
Match Prediction
In our GLA vs SUR match prediction, we believe that sure will beat Glamorgan in the vitality blast match on June 29.
Glamorgan vs Surrey Betting
Betting odds are likely to fever sari to prevail over Glamorgan in the vitality blast match on June 29.
Summary
We have made our match 81 prediction based on our analysis of the recent form of the teams as well as their rankings on the points table.