Vitality Blast 2023 Cricket Prediction | South Group: Surrey CCC vs Sussex Sharks

Surrey CCC vs Sussex Sharks at a Glance

• Surrey won their most recent game by an enormous margin of 41 runs, moving them to the top of the standings.
• Sussex started their season with a loss after losing their prior game by a margin of five wickets.
• Surrey is in first place in the points standings after winning their first two games.

Surrey CCC vs Sussex Sharks Team Preview

Surrey CCC

Surrey has already recorded two victories after playing twice in two days—Thursday at Lord’s and Friday at The Oval—and appears to be one of the strongest teams in the South Group once more. On Friday, Kent Spitfires were defeated by 41 runs.

On Friday, Surrey’s top five hitters were all bowled for scores of 11 to 17 until Australian all-rounder Sean Abbott produced a remarkable 110 not out off only 41 balls, bringing the team’s total to 223-5. There were 14 sixes in the inning, and Abbott hit 11 of them. Gus Atkinson, who finished Friday with the most wickets at Lord’s, and Abbott were the only players for Surrey without a wicket, with Will Jacks, Tom Lawes, and Sunil Narine each taking two. On Sunday, we anticipate more turn and bounce for the spinners.

Sussex Sharks

Despite Tymal Mills and Ravi Bopara continuing their outstanding T20 bowling performances from earlier in the week, Sussex Sharks were defeated by Somerset in their home opener on Friday night in Hove.

Captain Ravi Bopara scored 88 not out of the Shark’s total of 183-8 after scoring 144 and 47 runs for Sussex 2nds earlier in the week. Ali Orr scored 33 runs off 18 balls, and loanee Michael Burgess scored 17, but the rest of the batters only managed single-digit runs. Tom Clark and Shadab Khan will need to contribute more to this game.

Surrey CCC vs Sussex Sharks Team Playing Squads

Surrey CCC Squads 

Surrey CCC

Sam Curran (c), Jamie Smith (wk), Sunil Narine, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Sean Abbott, Jordan Clark, Laurie Evans, Gus Atkinson, Tom Curran, Tom Lawes

Sussex Sharks Squads 

Sussex Sharks

Ravi Bopara (c), Oliver Carter (wk), Alistair Orr, Fynn Hudson-Prentice, Tom Alsop, Bradley Currie, Henry Crocombe, James Coles, Michael Burgess, Nathan McAndrew, Shadab Khan, Harrison Ward, George Garton, Tom Clark, Tymal Mills

Surrey CCC vs Sussex Sharks Team Form in Last 5 Matches

Surrey CCC vs Sussex Sharks outfield report

  The Kia Oval

The pitch provides a lot of runs to the hitters here, and the wicket will be one for batting. The team winning the toss will decide to bat first and put a big total on the board because this is a high-scoring pitch.

The night of the game in London will be chilly. Around 12 degrees Celsius will be the temperature, and there won’t be much cloud cover in the sky. The likelihood of rain falling during the game is lower.

The surface at Kennington Oval frequently is level and true, providing the batsmen with considerable bounce and pace.

Surrey CCC vs Sussex Sharks Final Prediction

Winning the toss

• Surrey CCC

Player of the Match

• Surrey CCC – Sean Abbott

Most sixes

• Surrey CCC – Sean Abbott
• Sussex Sharks – Ravi Bopara

Most wickets

• Surrey CCC – Will Jacks 
• Sussex Sharks – Tymal Mills

Most runs

• Surrey CCC – Sean Abbott
• Sussex Sharks – Ravi Bopara

Team Scores Batting First

• Surrey CCC – 170+
• Sussex Sharks – 160+

According to our prediction, Surrey CCC will win this match.