Gloucestershire vs Surrey Betting Tips 16/07/2021

13:03, 15 Jul 2021

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13:03, 15 Jul 2021

Zohaib Ahmed is a sports journalist whose profession is to report and edit but whose passion is to predict and bet. He’s been in the industry for more than a decade and has worked/written for various bookmakers/tipsters. His expertise is in cricket, football, MMA, boxing and basketball.

The second match of the 13th round of the 2021 Vitality Blast sees Gloucestershire take on Surrey in the North Group at the College Ground in Cheltenham on July 16 (Friday). The match is scheduled to begin at around 7pm IST.

Teams Status

Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire snapped a run of two straight defeats in the last round of the Vitality Blast, beating Middlesex by 10 runs.

They owed their victory to their lower order, which recovered from 88-5 and 117-6 to post a sizable total of 171-8. Furthermore, the bowling of Benny Howell was of critical importance as his stifling job on Middlesex batters proved the difference.

If Gloucestershire win this, they could potentially become the new leaders of South Group, overtaking both Sussex and current league leaders Kent.

Surrey

Surrey head into this game on the back of successive losses – both at the hands of Kent. While the first of their two defeats was close, the second was a heavy nine-wicket shellacking, which indicates that things might be going from bad to worse for them.

Gareth Batty and company batted first, suffered a nightmare start and never recovered. They eventually posted just 128-7, which was never going to be enough and it wasn’t.

The main culprits were Jamie Smith, Ben Geddes and Laurie Evans, none of whom managed to get into double figures and created pressure for the subsequent batters.

What do the Sportsbook Say

Brand	Gloucestershire	Surrey
	1.72	2.00
	1.79	2.00
	1.60	1.90

Gloucestershire are the favourites. Betway has them priced at 1.72 and Surrey at 2.0. Dafabet has Gloucestershire priced at 1.79 and Surrey at 2.0. Lastly, 888 has Gloucestershire available for 1.60 and Surrey for 1.90, with a tie priced at a staggering 29.0.

Tipster’s Angle

Tip: Gloucestershire to win @ 1.79

Gloucestershire have won two of their last three matches in all competitions whereas Surrey are winless in their last four. It’s clear to see which side is on the rise, even if Surrey has an edge in head-to-head battle (6-8) in matches played between these sides since 2015. The play here is to back Glos to get the job done at odds of 1.79 available with Dafabet.

Tip: Ian Cockbain to score over 21.5 runs

Ian Cockbain’s last four T20 scores are 31, 62*, 30* and 34. The veteran batsman has hit a purple patch and when that happens, it isn’t a difficult task to cover a spread as low as 21.5 runs. The play can be found on Dafabet.

Conclusion

There is little to choose between the two sides but Glocs do have a slight edge. If all goes according to plan and recent trend, Jack Taylor’s side should emerge as the new league leaders, even if for a little bit.