Yorkshire vs Worcestershire match prediction 25 May 2022

YOR vs WOR Match 1 North Group Predictions & Betting Tips

Yorkshire will be at loggerheads with Worcestershire in the match number 2 of Vitality T20 Blast 2022 under North Group. Yorkshire will host their opponent at the Headingley, Leeds on May 25. The match is scheduled to commence from 11:30 PM IST. Ahead of the matchday, I have unearthed three of the best betting tips for you from the YOR vs WOR head-to-head encounter.

The brand new edition of world’s longest running professional domestic Twenty20 competition - Vitality T20 Blast is all set to commence from May 25. A total of 18 teams will be participating in this elite competition divided amongst two groups - North & South. Each county club will be playing a total of 14 group stage matches (seven at home and seven at away). Each side can play with a maximum of two overseas players therefore all the county clubs are in a race to sign quality players including the likes of Rashid Khan, Carlos Braithwaite, Kieron Pollard and many more. While the two teams, YOR & WOR, gear up for this exciting game of cricket, let us have a closer look at the top team & player betting tips from the YOR vs WOR head-to-head encounter.

YOR vs WOR Team Bet:

Mentioned below is the top team bet from the YOR vs WOR head-to-head encounter.

Yorkshire Clear Favourites

This is one of the easiest betting tips to predict. Yorkshire will be walking into this match as our clear favourites and here’s why. The two sides have met on 12 different occasions in the past in T20 Blast wherein Yorkshire leads the tally by 7-5 in terms of the victories overall. In the 2021 edition of the competition, Yorkshire finished second in North Group with seven solitary victories and five unfortunate defeats. They managed to gather 15 points in the process and made it to the quarter finals. Worcestershire on the contrary finished fifth in the same group with 14 points to themselves and failed to make it to the knockout stage. The two sides met twice last season and Yorkshire defeated them both the times by 12 runs & 94 runs respectively. On top of that, Yorkshire leads the tally by 4-1 in terms of the victories in the last five head-to-head clashes between the two sides. Yorkshire has a quality batting lineup including the likes of Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Adam Lyth and Joe Root. Their bowling department is quite lethal too which includes the likes of Haris Rauf, Adil Rashid and Shadab Khan. Considering all these, we have sided with Yorkshire for this game. Head over to Pari Match and place your bet on the same whenever the odds are made available on the website.

YOR vs WOR Player Bets:

Harry Brook and Jake Libby are my only two player betting tips from the YOR vs WOR head-to-head encounter.

Harry Brook To Play An Expensive Knock

A young and impressive right-handed batsman, Harry Brook who is touted to be a future England player first came into the scene in the 2020 edition of T20 Blast where he played brilliantly as a finisher and grabbed everyone’s attention. In the following season, he shifted into No.4 and finished being the leading run-getter for his side that season. The 23-year-old racked up 486 runs from 13 matches averaging almost 69.40. He has played against Worcestershire thrice in his career and has scored 122 runs at an astonishing average of 61.0. His numbers at the Headingley, Leeds is something which cannot be questioned at all. H Brook has played 18 matches at this venue and has added 595 runs at an average of almost 59.50. The last time the two sides met, Brook played an extraordinary innings of 83* off 54 deliveries which was laced with 4 fours and 6 sixes. H Brook has posted scores of 83*, 22, 17, 33 in his last four innings against the same opponent. His scores in the last five games in the T20 Blast read 1, 22, 0, 91*, 28*. Brook holds an experience of about 61 T20 matches and has accumulated 1549 runs to his tally of total runs at an phenomenal average of 35.20. The stats clearly work in favour of this betting tip thus making it a strong and a reliable one for this game. Pari Match should be offering the best of odds from the YOR vs WOR head-to-head encounter.

Jake Libby To Score Over 22.5 Runs

We have now arrived at my ultimate player betting tip today from the YOR vs WOR head-to-head contest. Jake Libby made a sensational first-class debut back in 2014 by becoming the first Nottinghamshire player to score a century. With 315 runs from 13 matches at an average of 31.50, Jake Libby finished being the leading run-getter for his side last season. Overall across four seasons in T20 Blast, Libby has racked up 1002 runs from 38 games at an average of about 34.60. His scores read 35, 36, 18, 12, 10 in the last five games in T20 Blast. He has featured in almost 42 T20 matches and has amassed 1002 runs at a similar average of 34.55. Jake Libby’s scores in the last five T20 Blast games read 35, 36, 18, 12, 10. He has played in 5 matches against Yorkshire and has hammered 128 runs at an average of 25.60. Although he averages just 17.50, we expect him to deliver with the bat in the opening encounter. Pari Match should be offering the best of odds from the YOR vs WOR head-to-head encounter.

My Picks:

Yorkshire Clear Favourites - @ 1.79 (Pari Match)

Harry Brook To Play An Expensive Knock

Jake Libby To Score Over 22.5 Runs - @ 1.87 (Pari Match)