Leicestershire vs Derbyshire Today Match Prediction & Live Odds - Vitality T20 Blast 2023

Leicestershire vs Derbyshire Match Prediction & Betting Tips, T20 Blast 2023

Leicestershire will take on Derbyshire at the Grace Road, Leicester. This T20 match gets underway at 18:30 local time on Thursday 1st June.

Leicestershire

After three games so far in the 2023 T20 Blast, Leicestershire are still looking for their first win after defeats to Lancashire Lightning by 8 wickets, Birmingham Bears by 5 wickets and to Worcestershire Rapids by 33 runs. They are currently bottom of the North Group.

LEI Team Batting

There have been three different leading run scorers for the Foxes across their opening three matches although none have hit a half-century. Wiaan Mulder top scored in the opening game with Nick Welch doing so in the second. Rishi Patel hit Leicestershire’s highest score of the campaign with 42 runs from 29 balls in the last match.

LEI Team Bowling

After going wicketless against Lancashire Lightning and Birmingham Bears, young Pakistan pace bowler Naseem Shah was impressive against Worcestershire Rapids as he took 2-32. We expect him to lead the bowling attack in this game.

LEI Team Form

It has been three convincing defeats from three games in this year’s competition and the Foxes do not look like they have enough batting power at the moment.

Derbyshire

Like their opponents in this match, Derbyshire are still looking for their first victory of the tournament and are hoping to avoid their fourth successive 2023 T20 Blast defeat. They come into this game one place above the Foxes due to a superior net-run-rate.

DER Team Batting

The experienced Wayne Madsen must be wondering what he needs to do to get a win in the tournament. He has hit a half-century in all three of the games in the Blast and also hit 83 in a 2nd XI T20 match in between the second and third matches. Keeper-batter Brooke Guest impressed with 49 in the last match.

DER Team Bowling

Zaman Khan and Luis Reece both took two wickets each against Northamptonshire Steelbacks on Monday but the other four bowlers used in the game went wicketless. Left-arm spinner Mark Watt is yet to dismiss a player in the 2023 Blast but should get some assistance from the wicket in this match.

DER Team Form

Derbyshire have been well beaten by 4 wickets twice and by 6 wickets once in their opening three matches of this year’s T20 Blast.

LEI vs DER, Grace Road, Leicester Pitch Report

This Vitality T20 Blast game will be played at Grace Road, Leicester. There will be turn for the spinners but it’s also a good batting track where a score approaching 200 is certainly attainable.

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