May 28, 2022
19:00 IST / 13:30 GMT
Grace Road - Leicester, England
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Derbyshire are favourites to win
In what will be the second game of the 2022 T20 Blast for both teams, Leicestershire Foxes and Derbyshire Falcons meet in Leicester on Saturday evening. Leicestershire Foxes opened their campaign at home with a 54 run defeat to Durham on Thursday night. Derbyshire Falcons lost by 3 runs to Birmingham Bears on Friday evening. Read on as we preview this game. The match begins at the County Ground at 14:30 local time.
Leicestershire Foxes ended last season in strong form but missed out on qualification for the knockout stage. However, Thursday’s performance against Durham was poor and they must raise their game in this match.
Derbyshire Falcons opened their campaign against a very confident Birmingham Bears side on Friday night and pushed them all the way. They will feel strong about their chances in this game.
TV channels: This match will be shown live on Sky Sports in the UK.
Live Streaming: Fans can stream the match on the Fan Code app; the ECB website and app; and SkyGo.
Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and chose to field in Thursday’s game at the same venue. Although humidity will not be an issue, we predict that both captains will want to chase a total in the second innings of the match.
Every bowler who sent down an over on Thursday picked up at least one wicket but it was the quicker bowlers who were the most dangerous. We expect the same in this match with a par score no higher than 175-180.
The temperature will be in the mid to high teens throughout with some form of cloud cover but no risk of rain.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Leicestershire vs Derbyshire, Vitality T20 Blast 2022.
There were three debutants for Leicestershire Foxes ahead of their opening game of the tournament on Thursday evening. New Zealand’s Hamish Rutherford, England u-19 leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed and 21 year-old Welshman Roman Walker all made their first appearance in the Blast for the county.
The home defeat against Durham ended a run of three successive victories for Leicestershire Foxes. They will be looking to bounce back immediately with a win in this game.
Hamish Rutherford, Lewis Hill, Aaron Lilley, Colin Ackermann (c), Rishi Patel, Louis Kimber, Ben Mike, Rehan Ahmed, Roman Walker, Callum Parkinson, Naveen-ul-Haq
The Falcons put in a very strong display on Friday night and came within a whisker of pulling off their largest T20 Blast run chase. With no injuries in the camp, we expect Mickey Arthur and his coaching staff to pick the same XI for this game.
Derbyshire Falcons have won only one of their last six T20 Blast fixtures but they came very close to getting a victory on Friday.
Shan Masood (c), Luis Reece, Harry Came, Leus du Plooy, Wayne Madsen, Brooke Guest (wk) George Scrimshaw, Hayden Kerr, Sam Conners, Mattie McKiernan, Mark Watt
Derbyshire Falcons have had the upper hand in recent games between the two and their defeat in the last meeting was their first since 2019. Overall, Leicestershire Foxes have a seven match lead in the head to head.
| Matches Played | LEI Won | DER Won | Tie | NR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 35 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 4 |
| Last 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
The bookies are expecting a close game but fancy Derbyshire Falcons to leave Leicester with the victory.
There was a lack of big runs on either side in their opening games but we expect the experienced pair of Hamish Rutherford and Shan Masood to both step up in this televised match.
Hamish Rutherford, Colin Ackermann and Aaron Lilley are our batting recommendations for Leicestershire Foxes. Lilley is a T20 specialist with a top score of 99 not-out in this format.
Shan Masood, Luis Reece and Leus du Plooy are our batting tips for Derbyshire Falcons. Reece played for London Spirit in the Men’s Hundred last year and has hit 12 half-centuries in T20 cricket.
For Leicestershire Foxes, Naveen ul-Haq, Callum Parkinson and Roman Walker are our bowling tips. Spinner Parkinson opened the bowling and took 1-28 on Thursday evening.
For Derbyshire Falcons, Mark Watt, Sam Conners and Mattie McKiernan are our bowling tips. McKiernan was the most economical of all the Derbyshire bowlers on Friday and picked up the wicket of Alex Davies.
Under the tutelage of Mickey Arthur, many pundits were expecting to see a significant improvement in the Derbyshire Falcons T20 record. Although they lost to Birmingham Bears on Friday, they put in a strong display and we are predicting a win for the Falcons in this game.
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