Who Will Win Derbyshire vs Northamptonshire, Vitality Blast 2018?
Northamptonshire Steelbacks and Derbyshire Falcons will look to register their first win of the season when they face each other on July 19. This North Group game of the Vitality Blast 2018 will be played at Northamptonshire's home ground - the County Ground in Northampton. Live telecast is scheduled to begin at 6:30 PM local time.
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Toss Prediction
Four of the last five T20 Blast matches, including the last match between Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire, played at Northampton have been won by the side batting first. Also since the wicket might get a bit slower during the second period of play, the toss-winning captain is more likely to bat first.
Read on for team previews, betting odds, betting tips and match prediction for Northamptonshire vs Derbyshire, Vitality Blast 2018...
Northamptonshire Team News & Playing 11
NOR Team News
Northamptonshire Steelbacks have replaced injured wicket-keeper Adam Rossington with Ricardo Vasconcelos. Rossington had injured his thumb and had been ruled out of action for about a month. They are already missing the services of all-rounder Rob Keogh who was ruled out of the entire tournament with a finger injury. Northamptonshire are expected to go in with the same line-up from the last match.
NOR Key Players
Ben Duckett and Alex Wakely have both smashed two half-centuries each so far in this Vitality Blast and these two are going to be the key men for Northamptonshire with the bat. While Duckett is among the season's leading run-scorer with 194 runs, skipper Wakely has a healthy strike rate of 187 and is coming off a 21-ball 54 against Worcestershire. Opening batsman Richard Levi has also done well for the team in the past and it will be crucial that he fires in this match. Northamptonshire will turn to their fast bowlers Ben Sanderson and Rory Kleinveldt to take wickets and apply pressure on Derbyshire. Both have taken four wickets each in as many matches. Graeme White has taken 39 wickets for his side in this format and he will be the one to watch out for when it comes to spin.
NOR Recent Form
Northamptonshire Steelbacks are languishing at the bottom of the North Group standings with four losses from as many matches. They lost to Worcestershire Rapids by 41 runs in the rain-curtailed last game after having lost to Leicestershire Foxes, Nottinghamshire Outlaws and Lancashire Lightning in their first three games. Barring the opening encounter, Northamptonshire have struggled with their batting in this year's T20 Blast.
Northamptonshire Predicted Playing 11
Richard Levi, Ben Duckett, Joshua Cobb, Alex Wakely (c), Ricardo Vasconcelos (wk), Steven Crook, Seekkuge Prasanna, Rory Kleinveldt, Graeme White, Brett Hutton, Ben Sanderson
Derbyshire Team News & Playing 11
DERBY Team News
Derbyshire Falcons brought Matt McKiernan in place of medium pacer Anuj Dal in the last match against Lancashire Lightning. McKiernan returned impressive figures of 4-0-27-0 and he will probably be retained by the team for this upcoming game against Northamptonshire Steelbacks. So expect Derbyshire to go in with an unchanged line-up.
DERBY Key Players
Calum MacLeod and Wayne Madsen have looked to be the most promising of all the batsmen in this line-up and so there will be a lot of expectations from them going into this game. Madsen is the leading run-getter for Derbyshire in the 20-overs format which makes him a key figure at the top of the order. However, the team will also need strong contributions from skipper Gary Wilson. Lockie Ferguson has taken seven wickets from four matches this season and the Kiwi fast bowler will pose the biggest threat to Northamptonshire with the ball. Wahab Riaz had a good last game against Lancashire and he too could trouble the batsmen in this match. Alex Hughes has also bowled pretty well so far and Derbyshire will need him to maintain the pressure created by Ferguson and Riaz.
DERBY Recent Form
Derbyshire Falcons are yet to get off the mark on the points table. They have lost all four league matches they have played so far and are currently one place above Northamptonshire on the eight spot in the North Group standings. Derbyshire have managed to post just one 150+ score in their four matches which goes to show how ordinary they have been with the bat.
Derbyshire Predicted Playing 11
Ben Slater, Calum MacLeod, Wayne Madsen, Gary Wilson (c), Daryn Smit (wk), Matthew Critchley, Alex Hughes, Wahab Riaz, Matt McKiernan, Lockie Ferguson, Ravi Rampaul
Jul 19, 2018
23:00 IST / 17:30 GMT
County Ground - Northampton, England
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