<strong>Vitality Blast 2023 Cricket Prediction | North Group: Durham Cricket vs Birmingham Bears</strong>

Durham Cricket vs Birmingham Bears at a Glance

• Birmingham Bears has 12 points from 9 games and has lately won 2 straight games.
• Durham has nine points from ten games and hasn’t won any of their last four games (three losses and a draw).
• Durham has a record of 2 wins, 2 defeats, and a draw at this location this year.

Durham Cricket vs Birmingham Bears Team Preview

Durham Cricket

Durham barely lost to Lancashire Lightning on Sunday after tying with Derbyshire Falcons on Friday. Durham’s aim was trimmed due to bad weather to 158 runs, but despite scoring 150-3 in Manchester, they fell eight runs short.     

The Durham openers each scored a half-century, but they probably would have preferred to have done so in their last game at a faster run rate. In his 78 from 57 balls, captain Alex Lees, who was in the England Test team at this time last year, smashed 11 boundaries.

Birmingham Bears

After having a rough start to the month with losses to the Notts Outlaws and Derbyshire Falcons (twice), Birmingham Bears has recovered with wins over the Northamptonshire Steelbacks and Worcestershire Rapids. The top of the leaderboard is the Bears.    

Even though Sam Hain, who was in fine form, was absent on Friday, Birmingham Bears still managed to score 196-5, with contributions from Dan Mousley (49 not out), Chris Benjamin (34), Jacob Bethell (32 not out), Alex Davies (28), and Rob Yates (27) among others. The Bears’ batting order is lengthy now.

Durham Cricket vs Birmingham Bears Team Playing Squads

Durham Cricket Squads

Durham Cricket

Alex Lees (c), Oliver Robinson (wk), Brydon Carse, Michael Jones, Liam Trevaskis, Wayne Parnell, Ben Raine, Luke Doneathy, Nathan Sowter, Ashton Turner, Brandon Glover

Birmingham Bears Squads 

Birmingham Bears

Alex Davies (c & wk), Ed Barnard, Jacob Bethell, Dan Mousley, Hasan Ali, Chris Benjamin, Danny Briggs, Glenn Maxwell, Henry Brookes, Robert Yates, Jake Lintott

Durham Cricket vs Birmingham Bears Team Form in Last 5 Matches

Durham Cricket vs Birmingham Bears outfield report

Seat Unique Riverside

With four victories and a tie so far this season, chasing teams have never lost at Chester-le-Street, so we anticipate both captains to bowl first at this location if they win the toss.

Weather predictions the evening will be partly sunny, and the night will be mostly cloudy. Mostly bright with occasional cloud cover and a few clouds into the afternoon.

We anticipate a par score to be between 155 and 160 because it is not one of the greatest batting surfaces in the game.

Durham Cricket vs Birmingham Bears Prediction

Winning the toss

• Birmingham Bears

Player of the Match

• Birmingham Bears – Dan Mousley

Most sixes

• Durham Cricket – Alex Lees
• Birmingham Bears – Dan Mousley

Most wickets

• Durham Cricket – Wayne Parnell
• Birmingham Bears – Glenn Maxwell

Most runs

• Durham Cricket – Alex Lees
• Birmingham Bears – Dan Mousley

Team Scores Batting First

• Durham Cricket – 170+   
• Birmingham Bears – 180+  

According to our prediction, Birmingham Bears will win this match.