Vitality Blast 2023, Semi-Final 2: SOM vs SUR Dream11 Prediction, Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing 11, Pitch Report and Injury Update
Somerset were table toppers in the league stage.
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Somerset will be up against Surrey in the 2nd Semi Final of the Vitality Blast 2023. This match will be played at Edgbaston in Birmingham. Somerset topped the group in the league stages and won 12 out of the 14 games. They beat Nottinghamshire by 5 wickets in Quarter Final 3. They opted to bowl first and restricted Nottinghamshire to 157 in the first innings and in reply Somerset chased it down in the final over courtesy an unbeaten half century by Lewis Gregory. They will be keen to get into the finals.
Surrey have a star studded lineup and finished third in the group stages. They defeated Lancashire by 13 runs in Quarter Final 4 while defending a target of 187. Laurie Evans starred with the bat scoring 70 runs and a half century by Jason Roy helped them post a par total. Surrey bowlers led by captain Chris Jordan did an exceptional job in restricting the opposition. They will be without Jason Roy and Sunil Narine for this match as both of them are currently playing in Major League Cricket. This promsies to be a closely fought game.
Match Information
Somerset vs Surrey, 2nd Semi Final
Vitality Blast, 15 Jul 2023, Sat, 7:00 PM IST, Edgbaston, Birmingham
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Weather Report
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87% (Humidity)
Team Form (Last 5 matches)
Probable Playing XI
Somerset
T Banton (wk), T Kohler-Cadmore, TA Lammonby, Will Smeed, TB Abell, L Gregory (C), C Overton, BGF Green, MJ Henry, SR Dickson, JH Davey
Bench : PM Siddle, RE van der Merwe, James Rew, SM Davies, CT Bancroft, GA Bartlett, ARI Umeed, George Thomas-2, Lewis Goldsworthy, Sam Young, Kasey Aldridge, Ned Leonard, Jamie Baird, Joshua Thomas, Sonny Baker, MJ Leach, Alfie Ogborne, Shoaib Bashir, JA Brooks, Jack Harding
Surrey
JL Smith (wk), WG Jacks, LJ Evans, SM Curran, Sean Abbott, TK Curran, J Clark, Thomas Lawes, J Overton, CJ Jordan (C), D Moriarty
Bench : SP Narine, AAP Atkinson, BT Foakes, Josh Blake, Tom Latham, Ollie Pope, Rory Burns, Dom Sibley, JJ Roy, Ben Geddes, Nico Reifer, Timothy Lloyd, Sheridon Gumbs, CT Steel, R Patel, Yousef Majid, AM Hardie, Daniel Worrall, Kemar Roach, RJW Topley, MP Dunn, A Virdi, J Taylor, Nick Kimber, Nathan Barnwell, C McKerr
Injury and availability news
Pitch Report
40%
Pace Bowling
60%
Spin Bowling
60%
Batting Pitch
168
Average Score
40%
Bowling Pitch
Player Picks
Laurie Evans SUR | BAT
Laurie Evans is the leading run getter in this edition for Surrey with 563 runs in 15 matches at an average of 65 and a strike rate of 154.
Sam Curran SUR | ALL
Daniel Sams is a quality all-rounder and has picked up 15 wickets in 15 matches at an average of 30.27. He has also scored 391 runs at a strike rate of 149.
Avoid Having These Players In Your Fantasy Sports Team
Jamie Smith
SUR | BAT
Jamie Smith is batting lower down the order and might not face much balls to have much of an impact. Hence avoid him for this match.
Daniel Moriarty
SUR | BOWL
Daniel Moriarty has played just the game and scalped 1 wicket. With plenty of better options in the bowlers section he can be left out.
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