Vitality Blast 2024 Cricket Match Prediction | South Group | Hampshire Hawks vs Kent Spitfires – Let’s see who will win the match. | June 02

Hampshire Hawks vs Kent Spitfires Match Analysis

The Hampshire Hawks and Kent Spitfires will play in the South Group of the 2024 Vitality Blast at The Rose Bowl in Southampton. On Sunday, June 2, 2024, at 13:00 local time, the game begins.

The Hampshire Hawks, the runners-up from the previous season, lost their opening game on Thursday night when they hosted Surrey in Southampton. Despite a few standout performances, James Vince will be hoping for better play from his entire team in this match.

The Kent Spitfires had a fantastic night on Friday, destroying Middlesex by 98 runs to open the season with a victory. Only Joey Evison, who went without a wicket, and skipper Sam Billings, who scored a golden duck, could have been disappointed with their performances in an outstanding team effort! It’s going to be a lot harder competition.

Hampshire Hawks vs Kent Spitfires Team Preview & Squads

Hampshire Hawks

In this encounter, Hampshire will be hoping for better results from the top of the batting order after Ben McDermott scored a three-ball duck and James Vince and Ali Orr also scored single figures. Toby Albert, though, made an impression against Surrey with a 46 from position five, so perhaps he can advance in the order.

Even with their potent bowling arsenal, the Hawks could not prevent Surrey from reaching their mark of 163 with five wickets and four balls remaining. The only members of the bowling attack who will enter this match without a tournament wicket are Chris Wood and Benny Howell.

Hampshire Hawks Squads

Hampshire Hawks Squads

James Vince (c), Ben McDermott (wk), Joe Weatherley, James Fuller, Liam Dawson, Benny Howell, Michael Neser, Toby Albert, Chris Wood, Ali Orr, John Turner

Kent Spitfires

On Friday, the legendary Joe Denly led the Spitfires in scoring with 56 runs from 33 balls at number five. The openers in this game, Daniel Bell-Drummond, and Zak Crawley, will have enough time to bat freely at the top of the order due to a long batting order.

The Kent Spitfires’ best player with the ball against Middlesex was spinner Matt Parkinson, while Marcus O’Riordan and Beyers Swanepoel also had strong games. When facing a formidable Hampshire batting lineup, Kent’s bowling unit may be essential due to its abundance of diversity and talent.

Kent Spitfires Squads

Kent Spitfires Squads

Sam Billings (c) (wk), Zak Crawley, Tawande Muyeye, Joey Evison, Marcus O’Riordan, Beyers Swanepoel, Grant Stewart, Joe Denly, Xavier Bartlett, Daniel Bell-Drummond, Matt Parkinson

Hampshire Hawks vs Kent Spitfires outfield report

The Rose Bowl, Southampton

Last season, teams in pursuit won the majority of these games—six out of eight, to be exact. Here, in the season opener, even Surrey chased handily. We anticipate that the side that wins the toss will choose to bat first against the opposition.

On game day, with a clear outlook, batsmen will be aiming to take advantage of the favorable batting circumstances and have a nice time.

The Southampton pitches have a reputation for favoring batsmen historically. At this location, first-inning scores often hover around 164 runs, and teams batting second have found it challenging to chase.

Hampshire Hawks vs Kent Spitfires Head-to-Head Stats of Last 5 Matches

In the last five encounters between these two teams, Kent Spitfires won three games whereas, Hampshire Hawks won just one match.

Hampshire Hawks vs Kent Spitfires Prediction

Winning the toss

• Hampshire Hawks

Player of the Match

• Hampshire Hawks – Toby Albert

Most runs

• Hampshire Hawks – Toby Albert
• Kent Spitfires – Joe Denly

Most wickets

• Hampshire Hawks – Michael Neser
• Kent Spitfires – Matthew Parkinson

Most sixes

• Hampshire Hawks – Toby Albert
• Kent Spitfires – Joe Denly

Team Scores Batting First

• Hampshire Hawks – 160+
• Kent Spitfires – 150+

According to cricket analysts, Hampshire Hawks have a 55.9% chance of winning.

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