Glamorgan vs Surrey Match Prediction & Betting Tips – Vitality T20 Blast 2024
Glamorgan will take on Surrey at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff in the South Group of the 2024 Vitality Blast. This game gets underway at 18:30 local time on Friday 31st May 2024.
GLA vs SUR, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Pitch Report
There has been plenty of wet weather around Cardiff over recent weeks and we expect there to be plenty of assistance for the quick bowlers. Equally, there are short straight boundaries for the batters to exploit.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Glamorgan vs Surrey, Vitality T20 Blast 2024
Glamorgan Team News & Playing 11
GLA Team News
With many of their group opponents getting their campaign underway on Thursday evening, Glamorgan could sit back and watch and will play their first game of the season in this match. They had a poor T20 Blast last year, finishing in eighth place.
GLA Team Batting
There is plenty of talent in the batting line-up and the top four of captain Kiran Carlson, Sam Northeast, Colin Ingram and Marnus Labuschagne will take some beating! However, Glamorgan will miss the lower order runs from Michael Neser who is playing for Hampshire Hawks this season.
GLA Team Bowling
Spinner Mason Crane and medium pacer Dan Douthwaite will lead the bowling attack although Crane may have to buy his wickets – that is to say, accept that he will need to be expensive and encourage the batters to attack him in Cardiff. Fast medium bowler Timm van der Gugten will be the main pace option.
GLA Team Form
Glamorgan ended last year’s campaign with five successive defeats.
Glamorgan Predicted Playing 11
Kiran Carlson (c), Sam Northeast, Colin Ingram, Marnus Labuschagne, Chris Cooke (wk), Eddie Byrom, Mason Crane, Timm van der Gugten, Andy Gorvin, Dan Douthwaite, Tom Bevan
Surrey Team News & Playing 11
SUR Team News
It was an away win for Surrey to get their 2024 T20 Blast season underway on Thursday evening as they returned from the south coast with a 5 wicket win over Hampshire Hawks. Ollie Pope will now be looking to lead his side to their second win in as many days on Friday.
SUR Team Batting
Chasing 163 to win on Thursday, Surrey got home with four balls to spare thanks to 34 from Laurie Evans, 21 from Jason Roy, 30 from Jamie Smith, 21 not out from Jordan Clark and 37 not out from Tom Curran. As is often the case with Surrey, they will have runs throughout their batting line-up in this game.
SUR Team Bowling
Surrey come into this match with a very strong bowling attack and it was only spinner Dan Lawrence who went wicketless from the six strong bowling unit against Hampshire Hawks. Australian pacers Spencer Johnson and Sean Abbott should enjoy bowling on this pitch.
SUR Team Form
Surrey showed that they have quality throughout their side with a fine performance on Thursday.
Surrey Predicted Playing 11
Dan Lawrence, Laurie Evans, Jason Roy, Ollie Pope (c), Jamie Smith (wk), Jordan Clark, Tom Curran, Sean Abbott, Gus Atkinson, Spencer Johnson, Daniel Worrall
🏆 Glamorgan vs Surrey Prediction
Surrey showed their high performance levels with an excellent showing with the bat and ball in their opening match and they will be well tested again in this game. Glamorgan have a strong batting line-up but they look weak with the ball so we are backing Surrey to win.
