Blast Preview: Everything you need to know ahead of Round One of the Natwest Blast!

Worcestershire v Durham
Venue: New Road
Start time: 5.30 pm
Last Year:
Worcs: Q/F
Durham: North Group 6th
Squad:
Worcs: Mitchell (c), Clarke, Kohler-Cadmore, Whiteley, Santner, D’Oliveira, Cox (w/k), Leach, Barnard, Henry, Shantry, Russell, Morris, Kervezee
Durham: Stoneman (c), Mustard (w/k), Jennings, Collingwood, Richardson, Pringle, Borthwick, Poynter, MacLeod, Weighell, McCarthy, Arshad, Coughlin
Nicknames:
Worcestershire Rapids
Durham Jets
Match Odds*:
Rapids: 10/11
Jets: evens
Weather: Cloudy with highs of 15c

Gloucestershire v Sussex
Venue: Bristol
Start time: 6.30pm (first ever floodlit match at Bristol)
Last year:
Glo: South Group 5th
Sus: Q/F
Squads:
Glo: Klinger (c), Bancroft, Cockbain, Dent, Howell, Liddle, Marshall, Miles, Noema-Barnett, Payne, Roderick (w/k), Smith, J Taylor, M Taylor, Van Buuren
Sus: Wright (c), Beer, Briggs, Brown (w/k), Cachopa, Finch, Garton, Machan, Mills, Nash, Robinson, Salt, Shahzad, Taylor
Nicknames:
Gloucestershire
Sussex Sharks
Match odds:
Glos: evens
Sharks: 10/11
Weather: Cloudy with highs of 15c

Leicestershire v Northamptonshire
Venue: Grace Road
Start time: 6.30pm
Last year:
Lei: North group 7th
Nor: Runners-up
Squads:
Lei: Pettini (c), Cosgrove, K O’Brien, Akmal, N O’Brien (w/k), Hill, Wells, Dexter, Taylor, Raine, McKay, Naik, Sykes.
Nor: Wakely (c), Levi, Cobb, Duckett, Rossington (w/k), Keogh, Prasanna, Kleinveldt, Crook, White, Sanderson, Azharullah, Stone.
Nicknames:
Leicestershire Foxes
Northamptonshire Steelbacks
Match odds:
Foxes: evens
Steelbacks: evens
Weather: cloudy with highs of 16c

Nottinghamshire v Birmingham
Venue: Trent Bridge
Start time: 18.30
Last year:
Notts: North Group 5th
Birm: Semi-finals
Squads:
Notts: Carter, Christian ©, Fletcher, Gurney, Hutton, Lumb, Mullaney, Patel, Read (w/k) Smith, Taylor, Wessels, Wood.
Bears: Bell ©, Clarke, Chopra, Evans, Gordon, Hain, Hannon-Dalby, Javid, Patel, Porterfield, Poysden, Ronchi (w/k), Woakes.
Nicknames:
Nottinghamshire Outlaws
Birmingham Bears
Match Odds:
Outlaws: 3/4
Bears: 6/5
Weather: Cloudy with a chance of rain at 9pm, highs of 16c.

Kent v Somerset
Venue: Canterbury
Start time: 7pm
Last year:
Kent: Q/F
Som: South Group 6th
Squads:
Kent: Northeast ©, Denly, Bell-Drummond, Latham, Stevens, Blake, Cowdrey, Dickson, Coles, Claydon, Griffiths, Tredwell, Qayyum, Rouse (w/k), Ball, Hunn, Thomas.
Som: Allenby ©, Myburgh, Trego, Hildreth, Davies (w/k), Gregory, van der Merwe, J. Overton, C. Overton, Leask, Arafat, Groenewald, Waller.
Nicknames:
Kent Spitfires
Somerset Sabres
Match odds:
Spitfires: 11/10
Sabres: 4/5
Weather: Cloudy highs of 15c

Essex v Surrey
Venue: Essex County Ground, Chelmsford
Start time: 7.15pm (live on Sky)
Last year:
Essex: Q/f
Surrey: South Group 7th
Squads:
Essex: Bopara ©, Ryder, Westley, Lawrence, ten Doeschate, Zaidi, Foster (w/k), Napier, Riaz, Masters, Dixon, Porter
Surrey: Batty ©, Burke, Burns, S. Curran, T. Curran, Davies, Foakes (w/k), Mahmood, Meaker, Pillans, Roy, Sangakkara, Sibley, Wilson
Nicknames:
Essex Eagles
Surrey
Match odds:
Eagles: evens
Lions: evens
Weather: cloudy with highs of 16c

Previews by David Bowden (@Bowdenwhu)

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