MID vs SOM Dream11 Team - County Championship 2021 | 8 Apr

It’s the return of the County Championship in England and 18 teams are participating in the season this year, divided into groups of 6 teams each based on geographical regions. In the 2021 County Championship, we have 9 games scheduled to begin on the opening day (8th April 2021) and one of them takes place between Middlesex and Somerset, two teams who have enjoyed a great rivalry over the years across formats.

Even in recent games between these two sides, we’ve seen 3 drawn games and the other two being shared results between them. This game kicks off simultaneously with the other games and this one is played at the home of cricket aka Lord’s Cricket Ground in London. Keep reading for our complete My11Circle (Get Rs.500 FREE*) fantasy preview of the MID vs SOM game…

Match info

Tournament: 2021 County Championship.
Date: 8th April 2021, 3:30pm IST.
Venue: Lord’s, London, England.
Capacity: 30,000+
Series status: Round robin stage.

Recent form

MID: –
SOM: –

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Numbers

Head to head in last 5 games, these teams are tied 1-1.
Tim Murtagh – 25 wickets in 2 games last season.
Tom Lammonby – 459 runs in 6 games last season.

Middlesex

This team played the one-time shortened version last year called the 2020 Bob Willis Trophy and they finished 3rd in the South Group there. They will be led by Stephen Eskinazi once again who is a good pick in these 4-day games as he comes in and sticks in, in the middle order. The squad will have Australian wicket-keeper batsman Peter Handscomb available for the season and we can add him to our MID vs SOM fantasy team today.

Their highest scorer in that tournament last season was Nick Gubbins who scored 350 runs in 4 matches last year and we can expect him to continue the run-scoring this year as well, so add him to your MID vs SOM Dream11 team. If you want a good bowling pick, go for the seaming opening bowler Tim Murtagh who had two 5-fers in 4 games last season – their top wicket-taker. They also have Jack Leach in the squad, someone with international experience.

Somerset

The first person from this team that I’mm be picking today is Lewis Gregory who is available for the series. Contributing with both bat and ball, he’s even a good pick to have as fantasy captain or vice-captain, with 18 wickets in 3 games to his name last season. Talking about all-round contributors, they have Craig Overton in the side who had 200+ runs with the bat but more importantly, 30 wickets in 6 games, only second to Sion Harmer in the tournament.

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With the bat, Tom Lammonby was their top scorer last season. Even though he bagged 2 ducks, he covered up with 3 big centuries in 11 innings and he becomes a good pick for your My11Circle (Get Rs.500 FREE) MID vs SOM fantasy team here. Even though he’s not a longer format specialist, Tom Banton is available for the season having not made the cut for IPL 2021 and we think he could get a few scores as well.

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Middlesex County Squad

Stephen Eskinazi (C), Sam Robson, Max Holden, Peter Handscomb, Nathan Sowter, Martin Andersson, Nick Gubbins, Robbie White, John Simpson, James Harris, Toby Roland-Jones, Tim Murtagh, Steve Finn, Jack Davies, Tom Helm, Ethan Bamber, Joe Cracknell, Blake Cullen, Thulan Walallawita, Josh de Caires, Luke Hollman.

Somerset County Squad

Tom Banton, Tom Abell, James Hildreth, George Bartlett, Steven Davies, Craig Overton, Lewis Gregory, Josh Davey, Roelof van der Merwe, Marchant de Lange, Tom Lammonby, Jack Leach, Jack Brooks, Eddie Byrom, Kasey Aldrige, Lewis Goldsworthy, Ollie Sale, William Smeed, Sam Young, Ben Green, Ned Leonard.