Essex and Worcestershire square off in the 21st match of the Metro Bank One Day Cup 2025 on Sunday, 10th August. The match will be played at County Ground, Chelmsford and the start time is 3:30 PM IST. Ahead of this contest check out the tips, odds, stats, pitch report, squad, head to head record, match winner prediction of Essex vs Worcestershire match.
Essex vs Worcestershire Tips & Odds
Stats
- Essex lost 88% of the One Day Cup matches played at Chelmsford in the last two seasons.
- Teams batting 1st won four of the last eight One Day Cup matches played at Chelmsford.
- The average 1st innings score at Chelmsford in the 2024 season was 301 runs.
County Ground, Chelmsford Pitch Report
The pitch at County Ground, Chelmsford has favoured the batters in the last couple of seasons and is a high scoring venue. Earlier in the season the surface remains intact right through out the game and bowlers have to work hard for their wickets. The par score in the last four list A matches played at Chelmsford is around 300-310 runs. Expect a high scoring fixture and we predict the team that wins the toss will prefer to chase at this venue.
Essex vs Worcestershire Head to Head Record
Worcestershire Rapid holds the upperhand with two wins in the three head to head matches played against the Essex Eagles in the Metro Bank One Day Cup. While Essex managed to win one match. The last time these two teams faced off was in the 2022 season which Worcestershire won by 7 wickets.
- Matches Played: 3
- Essex Won: 1
- Worcestershire Won: 2
Head to Head Record at Chelmsford
Worcestershire and Essex met only once in the Metro Bank One Day Cup at County Ground, Chelmsford which Worcestershire won by a huge margin of 183 runs in the 2021 season.
- Matches Played: 1
- Essex Won: 0
- Worcestershire Won: 1
Essex vs Worcestershire Squad
Essex Squad: Tom Westley (C), Charlie Allison, Luc Benkenstein, Charlie Bennett, Nick Browne, Matt Critchley, Robin Das, Simon Fernandes, Jamie Porter, Jamal Richards, Shane Snater, Noah Thain.
Worcestershire Squad: Fateh Singh, Jake Libby (c), Matthew Waite, Isaac Mohammed, Henry Cullen, Brett D’Oliveira, Jack Home, Kashif Ali, Tom Hinley, Khurram Shahzad, Adam Finch, Ben Allison, Ethan Brookes, Rob Jones.
Essex vs Worcestershire Match Winner Prediction
Worcestershire Rapids enter this contest as the favourites to win. They tied their last match against Nottinghamshire in high scoring affair.
While Essex have carried on their poor run of form from the T20 Blast to the One Day Cup where they lost both the matches played in the season. They have been really poor with the ball, so far and the kind of form the Rapids batters are in, expect a tough outing for the Eagles bowlers.
Our Prediction: Worcestershire to Win!
