Surrey vs Gloucestershire match prediction 3 Oct 2020

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Two top placed teams from their respective groups - Surrey and Gloucestershire will lock horns to book a place in the final this Saturday evening itself. While Gloucestershire have lost a couple of matches en-route to the semi-finals, Surrey have been beaten just once this season. The match will be of high intensity and nowhere near to a one-sided affair.

This Saturday is sorted for cricket fans like us. But to double the fun, I have also assorted the top three bets for you from the upcoming match. Go through the analysis and get invested in them to get richer by the end of the day, while you keep an eye on the exciting contest.

Ian Cockbain to score over 22.5 @ 1.83 (Bet 365)

The most reliable batsman for Gloucestershire - Ian Cockbain has been a class apart from his teammates this season. In the last five matches, his scores were - 30, 89, 15, 44, 50, scoring a total of 228 runs, at a rate of 45.6 runs per innings, with four scores of at least 23 runs in the above-mentioned matches. Overall, he has played 10 matches this season, amassed 399 runs, maintaining a healthy average of 49.87 runs per innings, with seven scores in our range, which speaks a lot regarding his consistency.

In the past four matches against Surrey, his scores were - 40, 9, 16, 31, piling up 96 runs, at a rate of 24 runs per innings, having scored north of 22 runs in two of those games. Overall, in seven matches against the county rivals, the right-hander has put 265 runs, at a rate of 44.17 runs per innings. In 121 T20s, the batsman has scored 3064 runs, at a rate of 33.30 runs per innings. Meanwhile, the last time Cockbain played at Edgbaston, he scored a blistering 84-run knock. So, what are you waiting for? Just place your bets.

Gloucestershire to hit more sixes @ 2.05 (Bet 365)

This is a safe bet as far as past records suggest, with Gloucestershire being one of best sides in the T20 Blast as far as the number of sixes hit this season. In the past five matches, only once have Gloucestershire been outnumbered in terms of sixes hit, with them striking 26 (5.2 per match), while conceding 23 in the same time frame. Overall, in 10 matches this season, Gloucestershire has hit a total of 58 sixes, at a rate of 5.8 per match. Meanwhile, in the last four matches away from home, their record has been better, with them never outnumbered, hitting a total of 31 sixes (6.2 per match), while shipping in 21 in the same.

On the flip side, Surrey have hit more sixes than their opponents in just two of their last five matches, with them registering 26 sixes, at a rate of 5.2 per match. Overall, in 11 matches, Surrey have hit a total of 38 sixes, which is equivalent to 3.45 per match. Even in the last five H2H matches, only once have they been outnumbered in terms of sixes hit, having struck 18 sixes (3.6 per match), compared to Gloucestershire's 24 (4.8 per match). With all the evidence indicating one way, we should definitely place our bets on Gloucestershire.

Surrey to hit less than 14.5 fours @ 1.83 (Bet 365)

If you have any doubts regarding this bet, give me a couple of minutes and I will clarify them for you. In the past five matches, Surrey have struck a total of 80 boundaries, at a rate of 16 hits per innings, which does not support our cause. But, overall, the team has registered 144 boundaries in 11 matches this season, at a rate of 13.09 hits per match, which shows they have been inconsistent in the earlier stages of the competition. Moreover, in the last eight innings at Edgbaston, only four times have a team hit more than 14 boundaries.

In the last four H2H matches between both these sides, Surrey have hit a total of 39 boundaries, at a rate of 9.75 per innings, which also works in our favour. Lastly, in the previous four matches away from home, they have hit more than 14 boundaries on a couple of occasions, which highlights the uncertainty of the criteria of 15 boundaries being fulfilled. Meanwhile, Gloucestershire have conceded just 61 boundaries (5, 14, 21, 8, 13), at a rate of 12.2 per match, with them shipping in more than 14 boundaries just once in the above-mentioned games. There is no doubt that we are set to win some easy cash by investing on this particular bet.