Hampshire vs Gloucestershire match prediction 22 Apr 2021

HAM vs GLO Match 23 Predictions & Betting Tips

Hampshire and Gloucestershire will play the 23rd match of round three of County Championship 2021. The match will commence on Wednesday, April 22 and will be held at County Ground in Northampton. I have picked the best HAM vs GLO match predictions for you.

Hampshire started this season with two massive wins. One against Leicestershire in round one and the other against Middlesex in round two. Gloucestershire are not far behind with two wins to themselves again. In round one they beat Surrey and in round two Somerset lost to them. Back when the last County Championship was played in 2019, Hampshire featured from Division One and were placed third in the points table. While Gloucestershire played from Division two and were occupying the similar spot in the points table. Both teams played fourteen matches each and won five from them and lost three matches.

In the Bob Willis Trophy’2019 Hampshire played from the South Group and Gloucestershire played from the Central Group. Gloucestershire did not have a very good season that year as they occupied the bottom of the points table with only one win. Hampshire on the other hand registered two wins from the five played and were at the fourth position in the South group points table. With the two teams playing at par in the current season, the next match will decide who outbeats the other. Meanwhile here are the top three betting tips from the HAM vs GLO match prediction ahead.

HAM vs GLO Team Bets

With no odds available for player markets, this betting tips will focus on team bets specifically. While the winner odds are in favour of Hampshire, I have assembled the top three team bets from the HAM vs GLO match.

Team With Highest Score At First Dismissal: Hampshire

Hampshire and Gloucestershire have levelled their game in the ongoing season of County. Joe Weatherley and Ian Holland have opened the two matches for Hampshire. They have together put in 63 runs from their opening partnership. Gloucestershire on the other hand has captain Chris Dent and Kraigg Brathwaite who are currently opening the matches for the team. Dent and Brathwaite have accumulated 180 runs from their partnership so far. But we cannot infer a conclusion looking at two matches hence let us review some of the past matches played by the teams.

In the County Championship 2019, Miles Hammond along with the captain Chris Dent have been opening most of the matches for Gloucestershire. However towards the end James Bracey took over Hammonds role. The opening batsmen gathered a total of 381 runs from the matches played. They averaged at 29.30 from the 14 County innings played in 2019. While Hampshire have not been consistent with their opening batsmen. Joe Weatherly along with captain James Vince, Oliver Soames or wicketkeeper Tom Alsop opened for the County matches last season. The Hampshire squad had gathered 397 runs from their first dismissal score. They averaged at 33.08 from the 14 matches played. Now looking at the Bob Willis Trophy held last year, Hampshire had 129 runs while Gloucestershire made only 29 runs from their opening partnership. Where Gloucestershire was averaging at 9.75 runs per match, Hampshire were at 32.25 runs per match from first dismissal. Clearly, Hampshire has a better chance of winning this bet. Sportsbet.io has offered betting odds of 1.90 for Hampshire to score highest runs at first dismissal.

Gloucestershire 1st Innings Total At 1st Dismissal To Be Over 24.5

As I mentioned earlier, Gloucestershire have not been able to accumulate many runs from their opening partnership in the last two matches played. However, they managed to reach the targeted runs in most of the matches. In the Bob Willis Trophy when Ben Charlesworth opened with Chris Dent the maximum they made from the opening partnership was 23 runs in one of the matches. But looking back at the County 2019, Gloucestershire made a total of 381 runs from the 14 matches that they played.

They outdid their opponent in gathering runs from opening partnership in seven matches out of the same. The current season being opened by Kraigg Brathwaite and Chris Dent have proved the same. They made 139 and 41 runs against their opponent who were at 0 and 4 runs. Gloucestershire is currently standing at a total of 180 runs from their first dismissal score. Sportsbet.io has offered betting odds of 1.85 for Gloucestershire to score over 24.5 runs at 1st dismissal in the 1st innings.

Hampshire 1st Innings Total At 1st Dismissal To Be Under 23.5

Even though Hampshire has scored more runs than their opponent in the current season from their opening partnership and have reached above the targeted runs. Their past records prove otherwise. Joe Weatherly and Ian Holland opened the two matches for Hampshire and scored 37 and 26 runs. Their opponents on the other hand were at 15 and 2 runs. But considering Hampshire’s performance in County’ 19 and BWT’20 , we shall rule the statement.

In County’ 2019, Hampshire was not able to reach the targeted runs in more than four matches. Their opponents have managed to outdo them in eight of the fourteen matches that they played. Not to forget the point that Hampshire have not been stable with their batting line up in the same tournament. In the BWT’20 Hampshire did try to up their game by scoring more runs than their opponent in two matches from their opening partnership. There were three batsman who took turns in opening for the team in BWT as well. Sportsbet.io has offered betting odds of 1.85 for Hampshire to score under 23.5 runs from their first dismissal score.