Nottinghamshire vs Durham Betting Tips 18/07/2021

18:04, 17 Jul 2021

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18:04, 17 Jul 2021

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Nottinghamshire and Durham will face each other on July 18 (Sunday) in North Group of the 2021 Vitality Blast. The match is scheduled to begin at 8:30pm IST.

Teams Status

Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire saw their run of four straight defeats come to an end on Friday night when they were bested by Leicestershire in what was an upset.

It was clear where the group leaders lost the game. At 115-2 and 133-3 during 12^th and 13^th overs, a score above 200 was almost inevitable. This was when the Notts suffered an inexplicable collapse, eventually losing all their wickets, with the scoreboard reading an abysmal 173.

With the ball, Nottinghamshire bowlers got an early breakthrough but then the pairing of Josh Inglis and Aaron Lilley, both of whom scored whirlwind 42, provided the Foxes the foundation that was so solid that even when they departed and the wickets started falling, the target was never within out of reach.

The defeat wouldn’t hurt Notts much as it was only their second of the campaign and they have already secured a quarter-final berth at home.

Durham

Durham are coming off a slim defeat that could have gone their way, had they made a slight more push and been slightly more lucky in the death overs. They fell just six runs short of the big 200-run target set by Lancashire on Friday night.

The match was pretty much lost when Durham bowlers had allowed such a massive total – more than half of which came during the opening-wicket stand between Finn Allen and Keaton Jennings.

When Allen fell with 101 on board in just the 9^th over, Durham were on track to amass even a bigger total than what they eventually managed but the middle-order could not match the Kiwi’s pace.

A slight cause of concern for Durham should be the form of their captain Cameron Bancroft, who has had several underwhelming performances.

What do the Sportsbook Say

Brand	Nottinghamshire	Durham
	1.44	2.75
	1.452	2.762
	1.40	2.75

Nottinghamshire are the clear favourites. MelBet has Nottinghamshire priced at 1.452 and Durham at 2.762. Bet365 has Nottinghamshire available for 1.44 and Durham for 2.75, whereas Betway has Nottinghamshire priced at 1.40 and Durham at 2.75.

Tipster’s Angle

Tip: Alex Hales to score over 27.5 runs

Highflying Alex Hales was brought back down to Earth a little bit – something we had predicted. That does not mean he is not a superb player in sublime form. This time, we expect him to resume his journey and if nothing, at least cover the modest spread of 27.5 runs. This play can be found on MelBet.

Tip: Best bowler for Nottingham – Samit Patel @ 4.0

The last time these two teams met on June 15, Samit Patel was excellent and finished with 2-29 in his quota of four overs. The veteran left-arm spinner, we believe, could again be a hard bowler to deal with for Durham batters and could very well be his team’s most successful ball hurler on the night. This play has also been sourced from MelBet.