Vitality Blast Preview | Surrey vs Gloucestershire
13 June 2024
Gloucestershire travel to The Oval to take on Surrey in the Vitality Blast on Friday evening hoping to get back to winning ways following three consecutive defeats.
Shire succumbed to back-to-back home defeats against Hampshire and Sussex over the weekend leaving Mark Alleyne’s team on two points from the opening four matches.
Those results leave Gloucestershire in seventh place in the table with their sights firmly set on a quick return to the top half of the table.
Surrey, meanwhile, sit in third place in the South Group on six points with three wins to their name so far. Captained by Ollie Pope, Surrey’s three wins have come against Somerset, Glamorgan and Hampshire while their only defeat came at the hands of Sussex.
A win for Gloucestershire could see them climb up to fifth in the table while a win for Surrey could send the Londoners to the top of the table.
TEAM NEWS
Mark Alleyne selects an unchanged squad for the trip to face Surrey.
Spinner Tom Smith misses out due to a back injury as does Zafar Gohar with a hamstring injury. Tom Price also remains sidelined due to an ongoing back injury.
Your 15-man squad to face Surrey:
J Taylor*, Akhter, Bancroft, Bracey†, B Charlesworth, de Lange, Hammond, Middleton, Payne, O Price, Shaw, Singh Dale, M Taylor, van Buuren, Webster
OUR OPPONENTS
Surrey’s last outing in the Vitality Blast saw them fall to a 36-run defeat at the hands of Sussex Sharks. Batting first, the visitors hit 213/7 off 20 overs to which Surrey could only muster 177/7 in reply.
Ollie Pope starred for the hosts scoring a scintillating 99* while Sam Curran claimed three wickets and Dan Lawrence claimed two.
LAST MEETING
In the last T20 meeting between the two sides at the Seat Unique Stadium in Bristol last season, Gloucestershire defeated Surrey by two wickets in a thrilling match in front of a packed crowd.
Matt Taylor and David Payne took three wickets each on that occasion as Gloucestershire won with five balls remaining.
HOW TO WATCH
Gloucestershire will take on Surrey in the Vitality Blast at The Oval, London, from 6:30pm on Friday 14th June.
Watch every ball live via the Gloucestershire Cricket Match Centre, here
