Durham Jets are favourites to win
The previous two games of Durham Jets were washed out with no result. They are currently sixth in the North Group standings with eight points from nine games. Leicestershire Foxes are lying at the bottom of the pool with five points from eight games. They are set to play Derbyshire on Friday before facing Durham on the 10th of July at the Riverside Ground in Chester-le-Street. The match is scheduled to begin at 2:30 PM local time.
Read on for our betting tips and match prediction on Durham Jets vs Leicestershire Foxes Natwest T20 Blast 2016....
The opening pair of Mark Stoneman and Phil Mustard hasn't been impressive since the last few games. Also, Ben Stokes may have to leave the team to play for England in the test series against Pakistan. However, good news is that Paul Collingwood, their most dependable batsman, is showing signs of recovery from thumb injury and is likely to feature against Leicestershire. The former England batsman should be backed to top-score while a cameo can be expected from Keaton Jennings who scored 42 in the reverse fixture.
Paul Coughlin has been the standout bowler for Durham Jets. The medium pacer has taken 13 wickets in 8 matches and ranks among the tournament's top 5 bowlers. Chris Rushworth has five wickets in the last three games while Jennings took two in the last match. But Durham will be banking on Coughlin the most to do some early damage.
Skipper and opening batsman Mark Pettini recently hit a 39-ball 56 against Northamptonshire while his left-handed partner Mark Cosgrove had smashed a fifty a couple of games earlier. With Delport struggling, Leicestershire will want these two to bat for long. Umar Akmal has departed for the Caribbean Premier League, in which case, Kevin O'Brien will be expected to score big.
Clint McKay and Kevin O'Brien will be heading the pace attack for Leicestershire. McKay has been the better bowler of the two and he could be more difficult for the Durham batsmen to face. Neil Dexter is another seamer who is expected to deliver a decent performance and Cameron Delport, who had a good game recently, can also be handy with the ball. The spotlight, though, is going to be on McKay.
Leicestershire Foxes hold a strong record over Durham Jets in the Natwest T20 Blast tournament. The two teams have gone head-to-head in five games and four of these have been won by Leicestershire. However, both have a win each in the two matches at Chester-le-Street with Durham winning the most recent match here last year. So as far as past records go, the hosts seem to have a lot of catching up to do. This season, neither team's performance has been up to the mark but Durham are faring slightly better in comparison.
Although Leicestershire Foxes have lost just once to Durham Jets, we feel that the latter will be a little tough to beat at a ground where they are more familiar with the conditions and therefore, predict them to be the winners of this match.
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