KET vs ESS Dream11 Prediction T20 Blast Player Stats, Pitch Report

KET vs ESS Dream11 Prediction: Kent and Essex meet in the South group fixture of the English T20 Blast 2021. The Kent team has 4 wins in 5 matches, and is positioned 3rd on the points table, while Essex is languishing at near bottom of the table with only 1 win in 5 matches.

KET vs ESS Dream11 Prediction

Fixture name: South Group

Competition: English T20 Blast 2021

Date: Sunday, June 20, 2021

Time: 7:00 PM IST

Team Form Guide:

KET in Last 3 Matches (recent last): W L W

ESS in Last 3 Matches (recent last): L L L

Standings: KET 3, ESS 8

Ground: ST. Lawrence, Canterbury

Brief score of the last result at the venue: Kent 183/5 won by 5 runs against Gloucestershire 178/8 in T20 Blast 2021.

Pitch Report:

The ST. Lawrence boasts of a good batting surface with average score of 171. Although, the rain showers are expected to make the things easy for the pace bowlers aiding in movement with the new ball. Here, the teams batting first wins most of the games.

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KET vs ESS Dream 11 Prediction

KET Team news

The Kent team has been terrific with 4 wins in 5 matches and are at 3rd position in the points table.
In their last league match, they won by 40 runs against Glamorgan in a low-scoring affair.
The batting unit has the presence of star players like Crawley and Denly at the top-order, while Billings and Leaning in the middle-order.
In the bowling unit, Matt Milnes picked 5 wickets and helped the team to win the match by a big margin.

Injury update, unavailability: None

Expected team changes: They are expected to play with the same 11.

15 men Squad: Joe Denly, Daniel Bell-Drummond (c), Oliver Robinson (wk), Alex Blake, Jack Leaning, Jordan Cox, Darren Stevens, Grant Stewart, Matt Milnes, James Logan, Fred Klaassen, Qais Ahmad, Nathan Gilchrist, Marcus ORiordan

KET Playing 11 (likely)

1. Joe Denly
2. Daniel Bell-Drummond (c)
3. Zak Crawley
4. Sam Billings (wk)
5. Jack Leaning
6. Jordan Cox
7. Darren Stevens
8. Grant Stewart
9. Qais Ahmad
10. Matt Milnes
11. Fred Klaassen

ESS Team news

The Essex team have been disappointing in their performances with 1 win in 5 matches.
In their last league match, the Sussex team beat them by 7 wickets.
They could post only 128 runs on the board, with the contribution of Buttleman and Pepper.
Then, in the bowling department, only Aron Nijjar could pick wickets and players like Cook and Porter would be the crucial wicket-takers.

Injury update, unavailability: None

Expected team changes: The team would look to bring Northeast in replacement for Dawson.

13 men Squad: Harmer (c), Buttleman (wk), Cook, Khushi, Neesham, Nijjar, Pepper, Plom, Porter, Snater, Ten Doeschate, Walter, Westley

ESS Playing 11 (likely)

1. Tom Westley
2. William Buttleman (wk)
3. Michael-Kyle Pepper
4. Paul Walter
5. Ryan ten Doeschate
6. James Neesham
7. Simon Harmer (c)
8. Aron Nijjar
9. Jack Plom
10. Samuel Cook
11. James Porter

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Captain options

J Leaning- The leading run-scorer of the Kent team has a good experience in the domestic circuit and has the right capability and techniques to hold one end and score runs.
J Leaning in T20 Blast 2021- 171 Runs, Bat. AVG. 42.75

D Stevens- The experienced player who has been the consistent wicket-taker across all the formats can be handy with the bat as well.
D Stevens in in T20 Blast 2021- 6 Wickets, Bowl. AVG. 22.50 and 43 Runs, Bat. AVG. 14.33

Differential pick

J Neesham – The all-rounder has displayed his fine skills in the international circuit and has scored the most runs for the Essex team this season.
J Neesham in T20 Blast 2021- 121 Runs, Bat. AVG. 30.25