Jun 18, 2022
19:00 IST / 13:30 GMT
New Road - Worcester, England
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Northamptonshire are favorites to win
Worcestershire Rapids and Northamptonshire Steelbacks go head to head on Saturday afternoon in the 2022 Vitality Blast. The Rapids are bottom of the North Group with only one win from nine matches. The Steelbacks have won six and are level on points with top of the table Lancashire Lightning. Read on as we preview this North Group game. The match begins at New Road, Worcester at 14:30 local time.
Worcestershire Rapids have had a torrid 2022 Vitality Blast and were well beaten by Leicestershire Foxes in their last game. They have no chance of reaching the knockout stage and are only playing for pride.
Northamptonshire Steelbacks thrashed North Group leaders Lancashire Lightning by 7 wickets with 22 balls remaining on Friday. The win was all the more impressive as it was done without tournament leading run scorer Chris Lynn.
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.
The toss winning captain chose to field first in the last game of this tournament at New Road. We predict that both captains will want to bat second in this fixture.
The pitch is never too quick in Worcester but there is often assistance from the surface for seam and spin bowlers. We expect a par score to be no higher than 170.
Light rain is forecast during the afternoon on an unseasonably cold day in Worcester.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Worcestershire vs Northamptonshire, Vitality T20 Blast 2022.
The Rapids were without captain Moeen Ali for Friday’s trip to Leicester with the England all-rounder on international duty in the Netherlands. Colin Munro took over the captaincy with Mitchell Stanley making his debut for the county in the game. Ali is unavailable for this match and we expect Munro to continue to lead.
Worcestershire Rapids have lost their last four games in the competition and were nowhere near being competitive against Leicestershire Foxes on Friday evening.
Ed Pollock, Brett D’Oliveira, Colin Munro (c), Jack Haynes, Ed Barnard, Kashif Ali, Gareth Roderick (wk), Dwayne Bravo, Josh Baker, Mitchell Stanley, Patrick Brown
Chris Lynn failed a late fitness test on his groin ahead of the victory over Lancashire Lightning on Friday evening. With less than 24 hours between Friday’s and this match, we doubt Lynn will be available for the trip to Worcester. Emiliano Gay deputised for Lynn and struck an impressive 30 runs from 19 balls
Northamptonshire Steelbacks have won four successive T20 Blast games and produced a very convincing win over Lancashire Lightning in their last match.
Ben Curran, Emilio Gay, Josh Cobb (c), Saif Zaib, Rob Keogh, Jimmy Neesham. Lewis McManus (wk), Tom Taylor, Graeme White, Ben Sanderson, Freddie Heldreich
Worcestershire Rapids have dominated Northamptonshire Steelbacks over recent seasons. Since 2017, the Steelbacks have won only two of the eight T20 Blast games between the sides.
| Matches Played | WOR Won | NOR Won | Tie | NR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 36 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 5 |
| Last 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
After their spectacular win over Lancashire Lightning on Friday evening, the visitors are favourites with the bookies ahead of this trip to Worcester.
Chris Lynn is the leading run scorer in the tournament and his big hitting will be missed at the top of the Steebacks’ order. However, they showed on Friday that they have plenty of other good batters in their side.
Colin Munro, Jake Libby and Jack Haynes are our batting recommendations for Worcestershire Rapids. Munro has scored eight centuries in this format.
Ben Curran, Josh Cobb and Emiliano Gay are our batting tips for Northamptonshire Steelbacks. Cobb has one ton and 23 half-centuries to his name in T20 cricket.
For Worcestershire Rapids, Dwayne Bravo, Patrick Brown and Mitchell Stanley are our bowling tips. Stanley took the wicket of Harry Swindells with his first ball in top level cricket on Friday.
For Northamptonshire Steelbacks, Ben Sanderson, Jimmy Neesham and Tom Taylor are our bowling tips. Neesham got the ball rolling with the first dismissal against Lancashire Lightning.
With Worcestershire Rapids struggling at the foot of the table and Northamptonshire Steelbacks flying high, the form book would suggest an easy win for the away side. We expect the Rapids to battle hard in this game but overall we are predicting another victory for the Steelbacks.
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