Who will Win Worcestershire vs Derbyshire?
Worcestershire Rapids will be seeking their first win of the season when they take on the Derbyshire Falcons at the County Ground - their home ground in Worcester. This North Group fixture of the NatWest T20 Blast 2017 is scheduled to be played on July 19 with live action to begin at 5:30 PM local time.
Read on for team previews, latest betting odds, betting tips and match prediction for Worcestershire Rapids vs Derbyshire Falcons, NatWest T20 Blast 2017....
Worcestershire Team News & Playing 11
Ben Cox has batted well in both the matches and he will hold the key for Worcestershire with the bat. The wicketkeeper-batsman scored 43 against Warwickshire and 51 against Leicestershire at this ground. The team will want him to carry his good form into this match which will be played at the same venue. Mitchell Santner and Brett D'Oliveira will be the bowlers to watch out for. Both the spinners took two wickets apiece in the last game and they could cause a few problems for Derbyshire on this surface.
Worcestershire Predicted Playing 11
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J Leach (c), DKH Mitchell, JM Clarke, BL D'Oliveira, OB Cox (wk), MJ Santner, RA Whiteley, JW Hastings, EG Barnard, GH Rhodes, JD Shantry
Derbyshire Team News & Playing 11
Luis Reece and Wayne Madsen have both hit a fifty each and they will be the key figures in Derbyshire's batting lineup. Reece is averaging 60.50 and he played an unbeaten knock of 75 against Northamptonshire in the first match. The team will expect him to play another high quality innings come Wednesday. Imran Tahir and Hardus Viljoen have been the pick of the bowlers for Derbyshire so far. Both have taken six wickets each from three matches and it will be up to these two to take wickets and apply the brakes on Worcestershire's scoring rate.
Derbyshire Predicted Playing 11
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GC Wilson (c), MJJ Critchley, BA Godleman, LM Reece, WL Madsen, MJ Henry, AL Hughes, D Smit (wk), GC Viljoen, Imran Tahir, Hamidullah Qadri
Worcestershire vs Derbyshire Betting Odds
Bookmakers are showing more faith in Worcestershire and have kept them as favorites to win this match. While Betfair have them at 1.82, Bet365 is offering slightly shorter odds of 1.80. This is probably because Worcestershire are playing on their home ground and having already played two matches here, they won't need much time to get accustomed to the conditions. Derbyshire, despite winning two of their first three games, are outsiders for this game but not by much. They are 1.89 with betfair and 2 with bet365.
Worcestershire vs Derbyshire Prediction
Out of the nine matches played between these two sides in the past, six have been won by Worcestershire and three by Derbyshire. So quite clearly, the hosts have an upper hand when it comes to head-to-head statistics. However, they did end up losing both their group matches to Derbyshire last season and one of those matches was played at this ground. Also, Derbyshire are performing better than Worcestershire this year. While the former have won two of their three matches, the latter have so far played two matches at this venue and have lost both. So considering the two teams' recent performances, we predict Derbyshire to win this match.
Final Verdict: Back Derbyshire Falcons to beat Worcestershire Rapids at 1.89 with betfair and 2 with bet365.
Jul 19, 2017
22:00 IST / 16:30 GMT
New Road - Worcester, England
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