Warwickshire vs Northamptonshire match prediction 1 Sep 2020

Birmingham Bears will lock their horns with Northamptonshire Steelbacks in match number 27 of the Vitality T20 Blast 2020 at the County Ground, in Northampton, on September 1, Tuesday.

Northamptonshire, better known as Northamptonshire Steelbacks, have made a wonderful start to their tournament as they are right on top of that Central Group points table. Warwickshire, A.K.A Birmingham Bears, are right behind their next opponent and therefore one can expect one hell of an encounter when these two sides will collide tomorrow at the County Ground in Northampton. While we let the two teams decide the outcome of the fixture, meanwhile we will dig into some of the best betting markets for this game. Don’t sweat it out as I already have gathered three of the best markets from this match.

Betting Tips

We will get on with a tricky one and yet winnable bet in the first place so that it sets the tone for the other two in this piece. Northamptonshire have made a rolicking start to their Vitality T20 Blast 2020 campaign as they have gone on to with both their matches so far and one of them being abandoned. This has put them at the top of the Central Group points table and they are looking quite comfortable out there. Warwickshire also have not lost a game yet, winning their only game against Glamorgan the other day. The two teams have met on 32 occasions in the previous seasons of this competition, Warwickshire have won 17 times compared to Northamptonshire’s victory count of 15. You see there is not much of a difference between these two sides but in the last eight head-to-head encounters, Northamptonshire have gone on to win on six occasions. At the county ground in Northampton, the hosts have won on seven occasions and the visitors bagged the claims on eight of them. The numbers are slightly in the favour of Birmingham Bears but the Steelbacks have been the better side in recent years. Considering their current form, I already placed my bet on Northamptonshire Steelbacks from the William Hill website as they are offering odds of 2.00.

The evergreen Englishman Ian Bell still puts his pads on and continues to play those glorious cover drives and leg glances - this is music to my ears already! He has been a loyal servant of the Birmingham Bears for years now and still continues to thrill cricket fans like us. For him to score 23 runs should be a piece of cake as he scored 28 runs in his first game of the season for the Bears already. Now, this England legend has played 77 matches for the Bears scoring 2211 runs at an average of 31.51. He was not only the highest run getter for Birmingham Bears in the 2018 season but also the third highest run scorer with 580 runs in 14 matches at an average of 48.33 including one century and four fifties. Bell is also the highest run getter in head-to-head encounters against Northamptonshire Steelbacks with 427 runs in 11 matches at an average of 42.70. These numbers speak volume about Bell’s performance with the bat in this competition and I am going for it! Dafabet are offering odds of 1.87 for Ian Bell to score at least 23 runs tomorrow and I believe he can score a lot more than that.

The Irish all-rounder has earned quite a name in almost every single format of the gentleman’s game, especially in white-ball cricket. Northamptonshire Steelbacks depend quite heavily on Stirling both with bat and ball, needless to say, he delivers. This is his first season with the Steelbacks and in the very first match for his new side, he picked up a man of the match performance as he added two scalps to his name and registered a 49-ball 80 and that too, undefeated. Prior to this season, Paul Stirling has played 90 matches for Middlesex Panthers and had notched 2261 runs at an average of 25.69. He was the 7th highest run getter in the 2018 season of the Vitality T20 Blast with 498 runs under his cap at an average of 35.57 including one century and gour half centuries in 14 matches. He had a forgetful season last time around for Middlesex but has got off to a good start scoring 95 runs in two matches already in the ongoing edition. Dafabet are offering odds of 1.87 for Paul Stirling to score at least 23 runs and I have done my part, now it is time for yours