- Match: 13.
- Teams: Sussex vs Gloucestershire.
- Ground: County Ground, Bristol.
- Time: 11:00 pm IST.
- Performance in 2020 season:
- Sussex was second in the league stage last season whereas Gloucestershire was the semi-finalists. Gloucestershire also made a winning start to their first match in this season.
- 2021 Performers: (Gloucestershire)
- Glenn Phillips: 44.
- Howell: 30 & 3 wickets.
- Higgins: 22 & 2 wickets.
- Last 5 H2H results: Sussex leads by 3-2 in last 5 H2H matches.
- H2H Performers:
- Sussex: 163/8.
- Rawlins: 69 & 2 wickets.
- Wright: 41.
- Wiese: 26.
- Beer: 2 wickets.
- Jordan: 1 wicket.
- Gloucestershire: 168/7.
- Cockbain: 37.
- Van Buuren: 37 & 1 wicket.
- Hammond: 26.
- David Payne: 3 wickets.
- Shaw: 1 wicket.
- Gloucestershire: 159/6.
- Cockbain: 61.
- Howell: 28.
- David Payne: 3 wickets.
- Tom Smith: 1 wicket.
- Sussex: 163/7.
- Wiese: 37.
- Rawlins: 35.
- Wright: 24.
- Jordan: 1 wicket.
- Gloucestershire: 159/9.
- Hammond: 29.
- Howell: 3 wickets.
- David Payne: 1 wicket.
- Sussex: 160/6.
- Salt: 60.
- Wiese: 38.
- Jordan: 2 wickets.
- Sussex: 127/8.
- Luke Wright: 16.
- Jordan: 13 & 1 wicket.
- Gloucestershire: 129/6.
- Hammond: 35.
- Taylor: 23.
- Higgins: 21 & 1 wicket.
- Payne: 2 wickets.
- Tom Smith: 1 wicket.
- Howell: 1 wicket.
- Gloucestershire: 138/10.
- Howell: 20 & 1 wicket.
- David Payne: 1 wicket.
- Sussex: 139/5.
- Luke Wright: 22.
- Wiese: 20 & 1 wicket.
- Jordan: 3 wickets.
- Garton: 3 wickets.
- Venue Performers: (Last 2 years). County Ground, Bristol is the home-ground of Gloucestershire
- Sussex:
- David Wiese: 37 runs (1 Inns). (RHB, RAM).
- Delray Rawlins: 35 runs (1 Inns). (LHB, LAO).
- Luke Wright: 24 runs (1 Inns). (RHB, RAM).
- Gloucestershire:
- Ian Cockbain: 328 runs (11 Inns). (RHB, RAM).
- Miles Hammond: 212 runs (10 Inns). (LHB).
- Ryan Higgins: 12 wickets (9 Inns). (RHB, RAO).
- David Payne: 12 wickets (11 Inns). (RHB,LAF).
- Tom Smith: 9 wickets (11 Inns). (LHB, RAM).
- Common Players:
- Sussex: Wright, Rawlins, Wiese,Jordan.
- Gloucestershire: Cockbain, Hammond, Howell, Higgins, David Payne.
- Players to watch out for:
- Travis Head: The overseas recruit of Sussex is an experienced campaigner and has scored 2106 runs and even picked up 66 wickets in 84 T20 matches.
- Phil Salt: Salt’s name may not be in the record books but he is an aggressive batsman who can give his team blistering starts. He even batted with a strike rate of 165+ in last season.
- Ryan Higgins: He is perhaps the best all-rounder in the game for Gloucestershire and took 2 wickets and scored 22 runs in the first game. He also scored 200 runs and picked up 16 wickets last season.
- Teams:
- Sussex: Luke Wright (C), Will Beer, Ravi Bopara, Oli Carter, Henry Crocombe George Garton, Travis Head, Chris Jordan, Archie Lenham, Tymal Mills, Delray Rawlins, Phil Salt (Wk), Aaron Thomason, David Wiese.
- Gloucestershire: Jack Taylor (C), Ian Cockbain, Chris Dent, Miles Hammond, George Hankins, Ryan Higgins, Benny Howell, David Payne, Glenn Phillips (Wk), Graeme van Buuren, Josh Shaw, Tom Smith.
- Others: Matt Taylor, George Scott.
Wk: Phillips.
Batsmen: Cockbain, Head, Luke Wright.
All Rounders: Wiese, Howell, Higgins, Bopara.
Bowlers: Payne, Jordan, Mills.
Other Options: Rawlins, Garton, Van Buuren.
- Safe C/Vc: Head, Wright, Phillips.
- Differential: C/Vc: Howell. Higgins, Wiese.
- Risky: Salt.
- Disclaimer: As there are too many big names in both sides focus on the consistent and utility players as Captain and Vice-Captain. Go through the toss and playing Xi.