Essex vs Nottinghamshire match prediction 6 May 2021

NOT vs ESS Match 43 R5 Predictions and Betting Tips

The 43rd match in Round 5 will take place between Nottinghamshire and Essex. The match will begin from Thursday, May 6 and will take place at the Trent Bridge, in Nottingham. I have hand picked the top NOT vs ESS betting tips from today's match.

With the completion of four rounds in the ongoing season of County Championship, Essex and Nottinghamshire are at a close encounter. Both the teams have played four matches each. Out of which both the teams have won one match each, lost one match and drew two matches. Nottinghamshire drew one match each against Durham and Worcestershire, lost one match against Warwickshire and won their last match against Derbyshire. Essex, on the other hand, won one match against Durham, lost one match to Warwickshire and drew two matches against Worcestershire.

The teams will be having their first encounter in the current season. In the earlier edition of County, Nottinghamshire and Essex played two matches. Out of which Essex defeated Nottinghamshire in both the games by 8 wickets in one match and an innings and 123 runs in the other. While Essex were the defending champions in the last season of Bob Willis Trophy, Nottinghamshire occupied the fourth spot on the points table with no wins in the tournament. However, Essex seems to have a degradation in their form in the ongoing season. While the teams prepare for their first game, here are the top three betting tips assorted for you ahead of the NOT vs ESS match.

ESS vs NOT Team Bets:

The bookmakers have not yet come up with the player bets for reasons unknown. Hence I have picked the top three team bets for you to make money from. Here are the top team bets for ESS vs NOT match prediction.

Team With Top Batter : Nottinghamshire

With such a close encounter in the current tournament, this is the only betting tip in favour of Nottinghamshire. The opening batsman for Nottinghamshire, Haseeb Hameed is the top batter for the team. Hameed has opened in 8 innings for Nottinghamshire and racked 401 runs from it including two centuries and two fifties. The second highest scoring batsman is Ben Slater, who opens along with Hameed. Hameed’s highest score this season was playing against Worcestershire where he scored 111 runs and 114 runs simultaneously in the two innings.

From the four matches played by Slater, he has piled 304 runs which includes two centuries and one fifty. In the earlier season of County, Slater had put together 471 runs from 24 innings played by him. The top three batters for Essex are Tom Westley (385 runs), Dan Lawrence (304 runs) and Paul Walter (254 runs). Evidently Nottinghamshire batsmen are in a better form in the ongoing season and this bet is in favour of the same. Sportsbet.io has offered betting odds of 2.22 for Nottinghamshire to be the team with the top batter.

Essex To Take 1st Innings Lead

From the four matches that both the teams have played, Essex has outdone Nottinghampshire in taking the first innings lead. Considering Essex to be the defending champions, they have always put forward a strong show before their contenders. From the four matches played in this ongoing season of the County Championship so far, Essex has taken 1st innings lead in three of the matches. Nottinghamshire on the other hand have managed to do the same in two of their four games played.

Again looking back at the Bob Willis Trophy played last year, Nottinghamshire had taken first innings lead in all five of the matches played. Essex on the other hand took the lead in only two matches.When Essex and Nottinghamshire had their two head-to-head encounters in the County Championship’2019 Essex had defeated Nottinghamshire in both the matches and taken first innings leads respectively in the two matches played. Bet365.com has offered betting odds of 1.66 for Essex to take the first innings lead in the ESS vs NOT match.

Essex To Have Highest Score At First Dismissal

In the current batting format Ben Slater and Haseeb Hameed are opening for Nottinghamshire. Nick Browne and Sir Alastair Cook are the opening batsmen for Essex. Essex have never been consistent with their opening batsmen as observed in County Championship’2019 and Bob Willis Trophy’2020. The Essex opening batsmen have gathered 156 runs at an average of 39 runs per match from their first dismissal. On the contrary, Slater and Hammed from Nottinghamshire are at 129 runs with an average of 32.25 runs per match at first dismissal.

In the County Championship’19, Browne and Cook, who opened the two matches played against Nottinghamshire, had scored 78 and 10 runs in the two innings. Ben Slater and Duckett who opened for the opponent were at 9 and 13 runs in the same match. While in BWT’20 Chris Nash, Hammed and Ben Slater who took turns in opening for Nottinghampshire had accumulated a gammoth of 402 runs from their first dismissal. Essex were barely at 170 runs in the five matches played in BWT’19. However, since the ongoing domestic league is considerate on the current form, Essex steals the deal here.