Northamptonshire vs Worcestershire Match Prediction & Betting Tips – Vitality T20 Blast 2024
Northamptonshire and Worcestershire will go head to head for the first time in the T20 Blast 2024. The match is scheduled to take place at County Ground in Northampton on 7th June 2024, starting at 11:00 PM IST.
Northants started off with 2 back to back victories then lost the last match against Yorkshire. They are sitting at the 4th spot on the points table. Worcestershire are just below them at the 5th position with same points but a slightly low net run rate. WOR started off with a loss in the first match then picked up with 2 back to back wins.
Take a look at the detailed predictions for the NOR vs WOR fixture for the T20 Blast 2024.
NOR vs WOR, County Ground, Northampton Pitch Report
The pitch at County Ground offers a good batting track with an average innings score of around 175. There will be good bounce and fast bowlers will be able to pick more wickets than spinners. Out of the last 12 wickets here, 10 were taken by the pacers. The toss winner is likely to bat first and set a target above par score.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Northamptonshire vs Worcestershire, Vitality T20 Blast 2024
Northamptonshire Team News & Playing 11
NOR Team News
The Northants might bring back Raphael Weatherall to the playing 11 after sitting him in the last match. Ben Sanderson will sit out.
NOR Team Batting
The top batters for Northamptonshire will be Ravi Bopara and David Willey. Bopara has scored 110 runs in 3 matches at a good strike rate of 144.73. David Willey also looks in good form with the bat. He has accumulated 87 runs in 3 matches at a strike rate of 167.30.
NOR Team Bowling
In bowling, the top players for Northants will be George Scrimshaw and Saif Zaib. Scrimshaw has taken 6 wickets in 3 matches at a good average of 15 and Zaib has picked 3 wickets in 3 overs so far at an impressive average of 4.00.
NOR Team Form
After winning 2 back to back games in the start, Northamptonshire lost the last match but they will try not losing the confidence.
Northamptonshire Predicted Playing 11
Ricardo Vasconcelos, Matthew Breetzke, David Willey (c), Ravi Bopara, Sikandar Raza, Saif Zaib, Lewis McManus (wk), George Bartlett, Raphael Weatherall, George Scrimshaw, Freddie Heldreich
Worcestershire Team News & Playing 11
WOR Team News
Worcs have won 2 back to back fixtures so we do not anticipate any changes in the playing 11 for them.
WOR Team Batting
Adam Hose and Ethan Brookes will be the top batters for the Worcs. Adam Hose has scored 67 runs in 3 matches at a decent strike rate of 124. Ethan Brookes has smashed 58 runs in 3 matches at a strike rate of 131.
WOR Team Bowling
For bowling, we are backing Tom Taylor and Nathan Smith to be the top players. Taylor has taken 4 wickets so far at an average of 24 and Nathan Smith has taken 3 wickets in 3 matches and he has scored 54 runs as well.
WOR Team Form
They played well in the last season and reached the quarter final stage. This year they started off with a loss but are currently on a 2 match winning streak.
Worcestershire Predicted Playing 11
Matthew Waite, Ed Pollock, Josh Cobb, Adam Hose (c), Ethan Brookes, Rob Jones, Tom Taylor, Gareth Roderick (wk), Nathan Smith, Hayden Walsh, Adam Finch
🏆 Northamptonshire vs Worcestershire Prediction
Northamptonshire has the upper hand as they have won 18 out of 36 head to head matches against Worcestershire. The Northants lost their last fixture but their squad looks in better form than the Worcs’. Bopara has reached 110 runs while 2 other batters of NOR are in 80s and on the other hand, the leading run scorer of WOR is at 67. Even the NOR bowlers have picked more wickets. We back them to win this match due to more in-form players.
