The cricket fans are ready to witness yet another big battle of Vitality T20 Blast. The 1st Match of Vitality T20 Blast 2020 is scheduled to play between Essex and Middlesex on Thursday, 27th August 2020 at County Ground, Chelmsford. We are posting safe, accurate, and secure today match prediction for all matches of T20 Blast free.

Essex won the previous edition of the T20 Blast and will be defending their title. The performance of this team was not impressive at the league stage matches. They played a total of 14 matches at the league stage with just five wins to their name. They lost four matches while their one match was tied and four matches ended with no result. They were situated in the 4th position on the points table of South Group. They won the 1st Quarter-Final match against Lancashire and won the 2nd Semi-Final against Derbyshire with the margin of 34 runs and made their way to the final where they beat Worcestershire with a handsome margin of four wickets.

The performance of Essex had been good in the recent tournament, Bob Willis Trophy. Simon Harmer is going to lead this team in this season of T20 Blast. The bowling unit of this team looks strong at least on papers. Jamie Porter and Aaron Beard will be leading the bowling unit of this team. The batting order of this team is also strong. Dan Lawrence, Ryan Ten Doeschate, Cameron Delport, dam Wheater, and Paul Walter will be leading the batting order of this team.

The performance of Middlesex was good in the previous season of T20 Blast till the league stage matches. They played 14 matches at the league stage with seven wins to their name. They lost six matches while their one match was ended with no result. They were holding the third position on the points table of South Group with 15 points to their name. They were beaten by Nottinghamshire in the 2nd Quarter-Final match by the margin of 10 wickets.

Change in the schedule of this tournament had effected this team very badly. They will be missing their key players like Dawid Malan, Eoin Morgan, and AB de Villiers are not part of the squad of this team. Nick Gubbins, Max Holden, and Steve Eskinazi will be replacing these key players.

According to our match prediction, Essex is the favorite team to win this match. There are many factors that make Essex a favorite team to win this match.

• Essex had performed well in the recent tournament
• The bowling unit of Essex is strong
• Essex has been in terrific form in the last few weeks and holds the upper hand in this contest

The performance of Essex had been good in their previously played matches so far, so the winning chances of today match for Essex have been increased. The equation of winning chances of both teams for today’s match is mentioned as under.

Essex has 56% chances to win this match
Middlesex has 44% chances to win this match

The toss will play a key role in the decision of all matches of Vitality T20 Blast. Defending is much easier in the conditions in England than chasing so according to our toss prediction, the team who will win the toss will elect to bat first.

The 1st Match of Vitality T20 Blast is going to be played at County Ground, Chelmsford. The pitch here at this stadium is expected to be flat and much favored for batting. It has a decent amount of pace and bounces in it. We may have some high scoring matches here. The pitch may also have some help in it for the seamers.

The weather forecast for Birmingham is good for a cricket match. There are some chances of rain during this match but we are hoping a full match to see without any disturbance.

Check out the Dream11 fantasy prediction for the 2nd Semi-Final of the finals day in Vitality T20 Blast, between Essex and Middlesex.

WICKETKEEPER:
J Simpson
BATSMEN:
T Westley (vc)
S Eskinazi
M holden
ALL-ROUNDERS:
T Jones
S harmer
D Lawrence
C Delport (c)
BOWLERS:
T Helm
J Porter
A Beard

Date: Thursday, 27th August 2020
Time: 01:00 PM GMT / 02:00 PM LOCAL / 06:00 PM IST

Total matches: 2
Matches won batting first: 1
Matches won bowling first: 1
Average 1st Inns scores: 181
Average 2nd Inns scores: 137
Highest total recorded: 226/3 (20 Ov) by AUSW vs ENGW
Highest score chased: 141/3 (17.1 Ov) by ENGW vs NZW
Lowest score defended: 226/3 (20 Ov) by AUSW vs ENGW

Ravi Rampaul, Billy Godleman (c), Wayne Madsen, Alex Hughes, Luis Reece, Daryn Smit (wk), Logan van Beek, Fynn Hudson-Prentice, Matthew Critchley, Leus du Plooy, Anuj Dal, Boyd Rankin, Darren Stevens, Hamidullah Qadri. (Will be Updated).