Preview:
Worcestershire will host Durham in the North Group contest of the T20 blast on Friday. Despite half-centuries from Riki Wessels and Ben Cox, Worcestershire lost the match by 12 runs against Yorkshire on Wednesday. This was their 3rd straight loss in a row and they have been pushed down to the 7th spot in the standings.
Meanwhile, Durham lost to Northamptonshire in the previous match by 9 wickets with 13 balls still left in the game. With 4 wins, 2 losses, and no result they positioned themselves at 4th spot in the standings with 9 points.
Match Details:
Worcestershire vs Durham, North Group
Venue: County Ground, New Road, Worcester
Date &Time: June 25th at 10:00 PM IST and 5:30 PM local time
Live Streaming: Youtube
Pitch Report:
By looking at the previous matches played at this venue, the batters had a success where we saw 2 huge scores in the last 3 matches. Anything close to 180 is a good score on this wicket.
Probable Playing XIs WOR vs DUR:
Worcestershire
Riki Wessels, Brett D’Oliveira, Jake Libby, Ross Whiteley, Ben Cox (wk), Tom Fell, Ed Barnard, Ben Dwarshuis, Ish Sodhi, Dillon Pennington, Charlie Morris
Durham
David Bedingham, Graham Clark, Ben Stokes, Ben Raine, Cameron Bancroft (c), Sean Dickson, Brydon Carse, Ned Eckersley (wk), Liam Trevaskis, Scott Borthwick, Matty Potts
WOR vs DUR Top Picks for WOR vs DUR Dream11 Match:
Top Picks – Worcestershire
Riki Wessels is the leading run-scorer for Worcestershire in this tournament, scoring 173 runs in 6 matches at an average of 28.83 with a strike rate of 137.3.
Wicketkeeper Ben Cox batted well in the last game against the Yorkshire, scoring 61* runs from 37 balls but his knock went in vain. Overall in this tournament, he has scored 110 runs in 5 innings at an average of 27.5.
Top Picks – Durham
Star all-rounder Ben Stokes is yet to score big runs for Durham in this tournament. He has played 2 matches and managed to score only 40 runs with a strike rate of 125 and picked up a wicket as well.
Skipper Cameron Bancroft has been dismissed only once in the last 3 matches. In this tournament, he scored 155 runs in 6 matches at an average of 38.75 with the highest score of 76*.
WOR vs DUR Must Picks for Dream11 Fantasy Cricket:
| Player | Statistics (In this tournament) | Dream11 Points |
| Riki Wessels | 173 runs | 300 |
| Ben Cox | 110 runs | 204 |
| Brett D’Oliveira | 111 runs and one wicket | 205 |
| Ben Stokes | 40 runs and one wicket | 103 |
| Cameron Bancroft | 155 runs | 236 |
Suggested Playing XI No.1 for WOR vs DUR Dream11 Fantasy Cricket:
Ben Cox, Cameron Bancroft (c), Ross Whiteley, Graham Clark, Sean Dickson, Riki Wessels (vc), Ben Stokes, Brett D’Oliveira, Ben Dwarshuis, Charlie Morris, Liam Trevaskis
Suggested Playing XI No.2 for WOR vs DUR Dream11 Fantasy Cricket:
Ben Cox (vc), David Bedingham, Cameron Bancroft, Graham Clark, Riki Wessels, Ben Stokes (c), Brett D’Oliveira, Ben Raine, Charlie Morris, Matty Potts, Dillon Pennington
WOR vs DUR Risky Captaincy Choices:
Brett D’Oliveira has scored 111 runs in 6 matches so far in this tournament and picked up a wicket as well. You can take a risk and make him your fantasy team skipper.
Matty Potts has picked up 9 wickets in 6 matches this tournament at an economy of 8.56. It’s a risky call to make a bowler as your fantasy team skipper.
Player you should avoid:
Ish Sodhi has picked up only 2 wickets in 6 matches so far in this tournament. Considering his lack of taking abilities in this tournament it is better to avoid him while making your fantasy teams.
