The pitch at Edgbaston in Birmingham is generally good for batting. The ball comes nicely onto the bat and the batters can play their strokes freely right from the start of their innings.
Glamorgan will locks horns with Gloucestershire as we enter the business end of the Vitality T20 Blast 2023 season. In this crucial South Group encounter, Glamorgan and Gloucestershire face each other at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff. Glamorgan have played eight matches and have won and lost four games each. Gaining eight points, the Kiran Carlson-led unit are situated at the fifth place. Talking about Gloucestershire, they are in the seventh position with six points from seven games winning three and losing four.
Both these sides have met once earlier this season with Glamorgan winning it by a close margin of two wickets. So with revenge at stake, will Gloucestershire come hard at Glamorgan? Or will Glamorgan flight this battle as well? With both teams well matched this game promises to be filled with entertainment and has all the making of going down to the wire. Expect this to be a high-scoring contest filled with sixes and boundaries.
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The pitch at Edgbaston in Birmingham is generally good for batting. The ball comes nicely onto the bat and the batters can play their strokes freely right from the start of their innings. The bowlers will have to be on their toes while bowling on this surface with very short boundaries on either side. The team winning the toss will look to bat first and set a total as the pitch seems to slow down slightly in the 2nd innings.
Total Matches – 31
Gloucestershire – 16
Glamorgan – 15
Gloucestershire vs Glamorgan, South Group
Venue: Edgbaston, Birmingham
Date & Time: 18th June, at 7:00 PM IST
Opened | 1885 |
Capacity | 6500 |
Ends | Wantage Road End, Lynn Wilson Centre End |
Location | Northampton, England |
Time Zone | UTC +1:00 |
Other Sports it is home to | – |
Floodlights | Yes |
Total matches | 7 |
Matches won batting first | 7 |
Matches won bowling first | 0 |
Average 1st Inns scores | 139 |
Average 2nd Inns scores | 89 |
Highest total recorded | 180/6 (20 Ov) by ENGW vs WIW |
Lowest total recorded | 93/10 (19.2 Ov) by WIW vs NZW |
Highest score chased | – |
Lowest score defended | 103/7 (20 Ov) by ENGW vs WIW |
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