Vitality Blast 2024 Cricket Match Prediction | South Group | Gloucestershire vs Somerset – Let’s see who will win the match | June 21, 2024

Gloucestershire vs Somerset Match Analysis

The 2024 T20 Blast South Group matchup between host Gloucestershire and Somerset takes place on Friday at The Cooper Associates County Ground in Taunton.

Thanks to strong efforts from captain Jack Taylor and M Taylor, Gloucestershire defeated Glamorgan by two wickets. Gloucestershire now sits sixth in the league table after this outcome.

Nonetheless, Will Smeed, Craig Overton, and Lewis Gregory all played outstandingly as Somerset defeated Glamorgan by a commanding 108 runs. Somerset is presently leading the South Group table with five wins and two losses.

In the competition’s 40-year existence, both clubs have played off 40 times. Somerset has a distinct edge with 19 wins against Gloucestershire’s 14 victories, while seven games have ended in a draw.

Gloucestershire vs Somerset Team Preview & Squads

Gloucestershire

The team’s batting lineup, which includes in-form openers Cameron Bancroft, Miles Hammond, James Bracey, Beau Webster, and Ben Charlesworth, will be expected to provide the majority of the runs.

With the help of two fours and five sixes, Gloucestershire skipper Jack Taylor ended the innings with a total of 70 runs off 48 balls in the previous game. Taylor was Gloucestershire’s best batsman.

The team will be counting on bowlers like Josh Shaw, David Payne, MD Taylor, Marchant de Lange, and Buuren to make big bowling strikes when needed.

The standout bowler for Gloucestershire in the last game was left-arm pacer MD Taylor, who took 3 for 21 in his four overs.

Gloucestershire Squads

Gloucestershire

Jack Taylor (c), James Bracey (wk), Miles Hammond, Beau Webster, Marchant de Lange, Graeme van Buuren, David Payne, Ben Charlesworth, Josh Shaw, Cameron Bancroft, and MD Taylor.

Somerset

The majority of the runs will be made by the team in the batting area by players like Will Smeed, Tom Abell, Tom Banton, Tom-Kohler Cadmore, and Sean Dickson.

Will Smeed was Somerset’s most impressive batsman in the previous game. With the help of nine fours and five sixes, he concluded the innings with a top score of 86 runs off 48 balls. Along with Smeed, Craig Overton struck two sixes and four fours en route to a vital knock of 42 runs off 24 balls. Van der Merwe, the last man to score, gave him enough of support, scoring 21 runs off just 15 balls.

Riley Meredith, Jake Ball, Roelof van der Merwe, Craig Overton, and Ben Green are among the bowlers the team will be counting on to make timely breakthroughs.

Lewis Gregory, a medium-pacer, was Somerset’s best bowler in the previous game, taking 3 for 11 in three overs.In addition to Gregory, Roelof van der Merwe, Craig Overton, and Jake Ball bowled brilliantly and each took two wickets.

Somerset Squads

Somerset

Lewis Gregory (c), Tom Banton (wk), Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Sean Dickson, Craig Overton, Ben Green, Roelof van der Merwe, Tom Abell, Jake Ball, Will Smeed, and Riley Meredith.

Gloucestershire vs Somerset outfield report

Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol

Both sides will be eager to bat first, win the toss, and score more than 195 runs. The team that batted first won the previous game at Bristol.

A light breeze and light rain are predicted for the game’s weather.

There will be plenty of runs on the Bristol surface for the batting groups. To succeed on this surface, bowlers will need to be precise and reliable.

Gloucestershire vs Somerset Head-to-Head Stats of Last 5 Matches

In the last five encounters between these two teams, Somerset won all of them.

Gloucestershire vs Somerset Prediction

Winning the toss

• Somerset

Player of the Match

• Somerset – Will Smeed

Most runs

• Gloucestershire – Jack Taylor
• Somerset – Will Smeed

Most wickets

• Gloucestershire – Matthew David Taylor
• Somerset – Lewis Gregory

Most sixes

• Gloucestershire – Jack Taylor
• Somerset – Will Smeed

Team Scores Batting First 

• Gloucestershire – 180+
• Somerset – 190+

According to cricket analysts, Somerset has a 58% chance of winning.