It was a depressing first day of action at the 2020 Vitality T20 Blast as 6 of the 7 games scheduled were washed out due to rain. On the second day of the tournament, we have only 2 games scheduled for fantasy cricket lovers and one of them is between Sussex and Surrey, both teams playing their first respective games of the 2020 T20 Blast in England.
Match 9 will see Warwickshire aka Birmingham Bears in action as action moves to the iconic Edgbaston ground where they will be playing against Somerset. Remember to choose those with international experience first but leave out those who are in the national squad to play Pakistan. Keep reading for our complete Nostragamus (Use “READSCOOPS” for Rs.100 FREE) fantasy preview of the WAS vs SOM game…
Game details
- Tournament: English T20 Blast 2020.
- Date: 28th August 2020, 11:00pm IST.
- Venue: Edgbaston, Birmingham, England.
- Capacity: 25,000+
- Series status: Match 9 of the round robin stage.
Form (recent first)
- WAS: –
- SOM: –
Numbers
- In last 5 T20 Blast games head to head, Somerset leads 3-1.
- Sam Hain – 5 single digit scores in his last 6 FC innings.
- Henry Brookes – 13 wickets in 10 games last season.
- Tom Abell – 2 centuries in his last 4 FC games for Somerset.
Birmingham Bears
He has a recent run of form of late but 25-year old Sam Hain is one of the better talents of late and he showed in Vitality Blast 2019 too, ending as their leading run scorer with 459 runs in 12 games and that’s reason enough to pick this youngster. They also have Dom Sibley in the side who is coming off a couple of successful home series against Windies and Pakistan, and will be eager to switch into T20 mode now!
He may be aging but Tim Bresnan brings plenty of experience and he’s got 8 wickets along with a century in just 4 FC games so far this season and is one of your choices for fantasy captain or vice-captain today. On the bowling front, they’ve got the Kiwi Jeetan Patel to bowl some off-spinners for them, with the 40-year old having 5 wickets in his last 2 T20 games a few months ago for Wellington.
Somerset County
The league’s top scorers last year and the only 2 to have 500+ tallies were Babar Azam and Tom Banton but both are unavailable for this encounter, so we’d rather have Tom Abell as out top batting pick for this WAS vs SOM fantasy team, who had 350+ runs in Vitality Blast 2019 as well. Along with him, we could even give bowler Dom Bess a go, fresh off the confidence of recently representing England in the longest format.
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Another person who has plenty to offer this side with both and ball and should make your Nostragamus (Use “READSCOOPS” for Rs.100 FREE) fantasy team is Roelof van der Merwe who picked 15 wickets in 13 games last season and is a floater in the batting order as well. Spin might be the way to go in this tournament and that’s why we’d also like to experiment by picking leg-spinner Max Waller today!
Birmingham vs Somerset Betting
England T20 Blast 2020 – Warwickshire vs Somerset
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Birmingham Bears T20 Blast Squad
Will Rhodes (C), Sam Hain, Dominic Sibley, Adam Hose, Michael Burgess, Tim Bresnan, Jeetan Patel, Liam Norwell, Henry Brookes, Alex Thomson, Dan Mousley, Ian Bell, Oliver Hannon-Dalby, Ed Pollock.
Somerset T20 Blast Squad
Tom Abell (C), James Hildreth, Edward Byrom, George Bartlett, Steven Davies, Ben Green, Craig Overton, Roelof van der Merwe, Jamie Overton, Max Waller, Josh Davey, Ollie Sale, Tom Lammonby.
WAS vs SOM fantasy team
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