Surrey vs Nottinghamshire Prediction: Surrey is not in best form

Surrey and Nottinghamshire are going to face off in the Match 39 of England Domestic One-Day Cup at Woodbridge Rd, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom on 4th August 2024. Surrey is not in best of the form. Who will win this game of cricket?

While Surrey and Sussex are presently the only two teams in One Day Cup 2024 without a win after four matches, their heavy defeat at the hands of Glamorgan has moved them to the bottom of the table with the worst net run rate of -1.59. However, in recent games, Surrey performed well, like the close game against Warwickshire where the team just fell short of the target by 3 runs. Cameron Steel and James Taylor took 3 wickets each in that game when Surrey conceded 311 runs in 50 overs while chasing. Dom Sibley's magnificent 149 off 142 balls kept Surrey in the hunt throughout, but his dismissal in the 48th over ultimately proved costly as they fell three runs short. Ben Geddes added 62 and shared a vital 124-run partnership with Sibley. Key players in Dominic Sibley, Ben Geddes, Cameron Steel, James Taylor, Ryan Patel, and Mckerr have been in good form, and it will be imperative for them to put it all together if Surrey is to notch their first win of the season.

Ryan Patel, Dominic Sibley, Ben Geddes, Rory Burns, Ben Foakes, Cameron Steel, Josh Blake, Conor McKerr, Nathan Barnwell, Yousef Majid, James Philip Arthur Taylor

Notts Outlaws have been performing good batting this season. In particular, Haseeb Hameed, who had an average of 111.00 in 3 innings, has already hit a century this season. Alongside him, a century by Ben Slater has kept his average at 44 in 4 innings. Out of the four games played, with 2 wins and 2 losses, the current points are 4, which places the team at 4th position in the Group B points table. There have been convincing wins against Yorkshire and Sussex, and at this point, the matches look quite promising.

In their last game against Glamorgan, Notts Outlaws posted 274 for the loss of runs while batting first, thanks to Haseeb Hameed's knock of 89 runs off 109 balls. However, this was chased down quite easily with 8 wickets in hand and 27 balls to spare by Glamorgan. The Notts Outlaws were at the receiving end as their bowlers failed to make a dent; the team took only 2 wickets while conceding two hundreds to their opponents.

Though their batting lineup looks quite impressive, to make it through the knockout stage, the weaknesses in bowling need to be worked on in the upcoming match against Surrey. Some players to watch out for will include Haseeb Hameed, Brett Hutton, Ben Slater, and Liam Patterson-White.

Ben Slater, Freddie McCann, Jack Haynes, Haseeb Hameed(c), Matthew Montgomery, Lyndon James, Tom Moores(wk), Liam Patterson-White, Brett Hutton, Tom Loten, Toby Pettman

Notts Outlaws have had a good start to their One Day Cup 2024 campaign as they have won two of their first four matches while Surrey are yet to taste victory in their first four games. While the strong area of Notts Outlaws is their performance with the bat, the visitors, Surrey, will have to perform magic with the ball. Looking at the present form and momentum of Notts Outlaws, it is predicted that they will not allow Surrey to get them their first win this season. Our prediction is that Notts Outlaws will outperform Surrey.