Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions Vitality Blast T20 Matches Today 4th July

The Vitality Blast T20 matches today are the curtain raiser to this year’s tournament which finishes on Finals day at Edgbaston on Saturday 15^th September.

Let’s have a look at today’s fixtures and cricket match predictions and betting tips*.

Vitality T20 Blast 2018 - July 4th Wednesday

Essex Eagles v Sussex Sharks  Cloud FM County Ground, Chelmsford 

Essex Eagles Squad

SQUAD | Here is your Eagles 14-man squad for the opening @VitalityBlast match of the season against @SussexCCC ?? at The Cloudfm County Ground! ??

Who makes your starting XI tonight? #ESSvSUS #SoarWithUs

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— Essex Cricket (@EssexCricket) July 4, 2018

Sussex Sharks Squad

10. Luke Wright (c)
22. Jofra Archer 
18. Will Beer
21. Danny Briggs
42. Tom Bruce 
5. Michael Burgess (wk)
32. Laurie Evans
15. George Garton
1. Rashid Khan
9. Delray Rawlins
25. Ollie Robinson
28. Phil Salt
96. David Wiese

Who will win? Sussex

Top Batsman (Runs Scored) - Tom Westley Essex, David Wiese

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Adam Zampa Essex, Rashid Khan Sussex

Most Sixes - Ravi Bopara Essex, Luke Wright Sussex

 

Notts Outlaws v Birmingham Bears Trent Bridge Nottingham

Notts Outlaws Squad

PREVIEW & SQUAD | @VitalityBlast T20 cricket is back!
Here's your defending champions' first squad.@danchristian54 preview ?? https://t.co/OhZQB75anX #Outlaws pic.twitter.com/YTpjaIxSZI

— Nottinghamshire CCC (@TrentBridge) July 3, 2018

Birmingham Bears Squad

?? Here's your 2??0??1??8?? Birmingham Bears!

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— Birmingham Bears ?? (@BearsT20) July 4, 2018

Who will win? Notts Outlaws

Top Batsman (Runs Scored) - Samit Patel Notts Outlaws, Ian Bell Bears

Top Bowler (Wickets Taken) - Matt Carter Notts Outlaws, Colin de Grandhomme Bears

Most Sixes – Riki Wessels Notts Outlaws, Grant Elliott Bears

 

Northants Steelbacks v Leicestershire Foxes   Northampton 

Northants Steelbacks Squad

Here is our first T20 Vitality Blast squad of the season! The Blast kicks off against Leicestershire Foxes at 18:30 tonight at Wantage Road. pic.twitter.com/2OLG3TIUaH

— NCCC (@NorthantsCCC) July 4, 2018

Leicestershire Foxes Squad

Foxes (from): Ackermann (capt), Abbas, Chappell, Cosgrove, Delport, Dexter, Griffiths, Hill (wk), Horton, Nabi, Parkinson, Raine, Sayer, Wells.

Who will win? Northants SteelBacks

Top Batsman (Runs Scored) - Ben Duckett SteelBacks, Mark Cosgrove Foxes

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Nathan Buck SteelBacks, Ben Raine Foxes

Most Sixes - Alex Wakeley SteelBacks, Paul Horton Foxes

 

*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In–Play’ features soon, so stay tuned.

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