Gloucestershire vs Warwickshire Prediction: Gloucestershire scored 454-3 on this ground

Gloucestershire and Warwickshire are going to clash in the Match 37 of England Domestic One-Day Cup at County Ground, Bristol on 4th August, 2024. Gloucestershire scored 454-3 on this ground last year. Who will win this game of cricket?

Gloucestershire recently won a game by 36 runs against Yorkshire at the York Cricket Club. This was on a tough pitch, but Gloucestershire battled to 251-9 in the first innings and then bowled Yorkshire out for 215. Oliver Price was the standout batsman for Gloucestershire with 98 runs off 118 balls. He now has 140 runs in 4 innings and is leading the side in this season, averaging 35 with a strike rate of 77. Cameron Bancroft and James Bracey, both 126 runs, aren't very far behind either. Miles Hammond turned the eyeballs in the last game with an impressive knock of 54 runs, and everybody's expecting that kind of display again from him. Dominic Goodman has been their standout bowler with 10 wickets in 4 innings at an economy rate of 5.94. The new ball bowlers, Ajeet Dale and Matt Taylor, have been consistent for breakthroughs, having taken 8 and 7 wickets respectively.

Miles Hammond, Cameron Bancroft, Oliver Price, James Bracey (wk), Ben Charlesworth, Jack Taylor (c), Graeme van Buuren, Ajeet Dale, Matt Taylor, Dominic Goodman, Tom Smith

Warwickshire has completely dominated the One-Day Cup, winning all of their four matches to date, which has recently included victory against Surrey. Posting 311-9 after being asked to bat, Warwickshire won by 3 runs thanks to excellent contributions from Chris Benjamin, who struck 75 runs off 51 balls, and Michael Burgess, who added 60 runs off 58 balls. Captain Ed Barnard has been the leader of the team with 195 runs in 4 innings, but Will Rhodes is not far behind as he has garnered 193 runs. Barnard also holds his own as a bowler with 10 wickets in 4 innings at an economy of 4.76. Oliver Hannon-Dalby and Michael Booth have also done well with 8 and 6 wickets each respectively. They would be expected to do well in the upcoming matches.

Will Rhodes, Ed Barnard(c), Hamza Shaikh, Michael Burgess, Kai Smith, Chris Benjamin(wk), Jake Lintott, Oliver Hannon-Dalby, Tazeem Chaudry Ali, Robert Yates, Michael Booth

Warwickshire has been unstoppable in the One-Day Cup this season with four back-to-back wins. They have been dominating by performing well with both the bat and the ball. Gloucestershire is coming off a win and oozing in confidence. However, considering the overall strengths of both teams in balance, Warwickshire does look a bit stronger. It is surely going to be a tightly fought contest, but Warwickshire are most likely to win. This game does carry a high potential for Warwickshire to win.