Durham Jets are favorites to win
Defending champions Nottinghamshire Outlaws face Durham Jets in the t20 Blast 2018, providing the weather holds in Chester-le-Street. Taking place at the Emirates Riverside the match is scheduled for July 28 and the live action begins at 14:30 local time.
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Nottinghamshire Outlaws tend to field first after winning the toss but they have been successful setting targets too. The weather will play a big part in what the winning captain elects to do.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds and match prediction for Durham Jets vs Nottinghamshire Outlaws - t20 Blast.
Ben Stokes is set to play for Durham as a batsman only against Notts Outlaws. Paul Collingwood is also fit again, after an achilles problem ruled him out of the last two matches, while Ryan Pringle replaces the injured Will Smith. This is Durham's first game back in T20 action after the brief sojourn for a round of County Championship fixtures.
Ben Stokes starred with bat and ball as Durham beat Worcestershire Rapids last week - taking 4-16 and hitting 43. Even as a batsman only, however, the big-hitting England man is a big asset - he scored an unbeaten 90 against Yorkshire on one of his other recent appearances.
Paul Collingwood continues to roll the clock back, meanwhile - the 41-year-old former T20 World Cup-winning captain took 3-25 from his 20 overs against Notts when they last met and has seven wickets in the competition so far this year.
Also starring with the ball was veteran leg-spinner Imran Tahir, who Durham snapped up when he was dropped from the South Africa squad. Part of Chennai Super Kings' IPL-winning squad, Tahir took 4-14 in a win against Leicestershire earlier in the competition and has ten wickets from six matches so far - he is contracted to play nine.
Tahir's fellow overseas player is Tom Latham, who scored 98 not out last time Durham played Notts. That was his second consecutive half-century and he has 252 runs from his first six innings. He also warmed up for this match with scores of 147 and 45 in the County Championship in his most recent game.
Durham played Yorkshire twice in their first three games and lost both matches against the Vikings. They are their only defeats in six games in this year's T20 Blast so far, having beaten Leicestershire in between thanks to Imran Tahir's 4-14, and also claimed wins against Birmingham Bears, Notts Outlaws at Trent Bridge - thanks to Tom Latham's 98 not out - and Worcestershire. Ben Stokes was the star man last time out, claiming 4-16 with the ball and hitting 43 with the bat.
Tom Latham, Ben Stokes, Graham Clark, Paul Collingwood, Ryan Davies, Stuart Poynter, Liam Trevaskis, James Weighell, Nathan Rimmington, Barry McCarthy, Imran Tahir
This is the second game in two days for Notts Outlaws, who are likely to stick with the same XI who beat Lancashire Lightning last time out. That team itself - with England's Jake Ball among the bowling options - was itself an unchanged line-up.
England opener Alex Hales would have been available by now with his international duty finished for the summer, but the big-hitting opener is out injured. Stuart Broad has not been released with the first test against India almost upon us.
Captain Dan Christian is one of three batsmen to pass 300 so far in this year's competition, including an unbeaten 113 from 45 balls in the win against Northants Steelbacks. That continued the form he showed earlier this season when touring with the Aboriginal XI.
Both Ish Sodhi and Harry Gurney claimed their tenth wickets of the tournament in the win against Lancashire, meanwhile. Sodhi claimed 2-17 from three overs while Gurney took 1-16. Gurney also boasts the best economy rate in the team - the only player under eight so far.
Other players to look out for include Tom Moores, who passed 50 twice this season and is just three runs behind Riki Wessels for this year's tournament (181 compared to 184).
After back-to-back defeats, Notts got back to winning ways by beating Lancashire Lightning in a rain-affected game at Trent Bridge on Friday night. Notts posted 196/9 and, after the rain halted the reply after three overs, Lancs were given a tough revised target of 155 from 15 overs - and fell 16 runs short.
Riki Wessels hit four sixes in his 13-ball 33 at the top of the order, while Ish Sodhi and Harry Gurney bowled brilliantly.
Riki Wessels, Will Fraine, Tom Moores, Samit Patel, Dan Christian, Steven Mullaney, Billy Root, Jake Libby, Ish Sodhi, Jake Ball, Harry Gurney
Durham's win at Trent Bridge earlier this month was their 13th in 23 previous matches against Notts Outlaws. They have lost nine more with just one no result in the 15 previous years of this tournament. Unfortunately, this could be the second of those.
Durham posted 184/5 in this season's reverse fixture, thanks to Tom Latham's 98*, before Imran Tahir and Paul Collingwood tied Notts down in response - all out for 150.
Notts won both matches last year, however, as Durham failed to defend 183/7 at Trent Bridge - Alex Hales scoring 95 from just 30 balls in reply as Notts won in the 14th over. Prior to that, they were dismissed for 123 thanks to Samit Patel's 3-26 and won by nine wickets with four overs to go.
Defending champions Notts Outlaws - back to winning ways - are favourites to beat Durham Jets at 1.57 with Bet365 and Betfair.
Durham, by contrast, are 2.37 with Bet265 and 2.38 with Betfair. The Jets are unbeaten in three, however, and with Ben Stokes' power-hitting at the top of the order they are more than capable of a win.
Tom Latham is a better option for top batsman, however, if his performance in the last match against the Outlaws is anything to go by. He hit 98* in that game and is a best price of 3.75 to top score for Durham with Bet365.
With Latham and Stokes opening the batting for the Jets, it is worth backing them at 2.00 to post the highest opening partnership too.
Durham have already beaten Notts once this season and can make it four wins in a row with another victory at Chester-le-Street - if they manage to get any play.
Final Verdict: Back Durham Jets to beat Nottinghamshire Outlaws at 2.37 with Bet365 and 2.38 with Betfair
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