NOR vs DER Match Preview
The Northamptonshire team scored an emphatic win over Yorkshire in their last contest on Tuesday. They have now moved 4 points clear of the Leicestershire Foxes who are lying at the bottom of the table. The Northamptonshire Steelbacks are currently just 4 points behind the top 4 teams lying at the top of the table. Batting first, Northamptonshire were successful in putting up a total of 180 runs for the loss of 6 wickets against the Vikings. This total received its impetus from one Emilio Gay near the top of the batting order.
There was another notable contribution made by Justin Broad in the middle order scoring 47 not out. Other threats for the Derbyshire bowlers in this game will be the Northampts skipper David Willey and Chris Lynn. These two are always a threat for any team. While defending this good target the Northampton bowlers provided a solid bowling performance. They succeeded in bowling out Yorkshire for a score of 102 runs from 15.2 overs. The only bowler that went wicketless in the game was Justin Broad. Tom Taylor picked up a fifer for the first time in his career.
The Derbyshire team has had to face just a single defeat from their last 4 matches and are currently in 7th position in the points tally. They are just 3 to 5 points behind the top four teams in the North Group. They were up against the Vikings as well in their last match. They also handed out a sound thrashing to the Yorkshire Vikings by a massive margin of 144 runs on Sunday. The star of the show on Sunday was the Derbyshire skipper Leus du Plooy. He struck an unbeaten 66 from 32 balls with 5 sixes and 4 fours.
The captain's inning was primarily responsible for Falcons managing to put together a huge target of 213 runs in front of the Yorkshire team. Haider Ali was also among runs scoring 59 runs from 41 balls. The batting performance by Derbyshire was terrific in this game. However, the bowling performance from the side was even better. The 5 bowlers used by the team were all among wickets. The bowling attack was led by Zak Chappell who picked up 3 wickets for 16 runs and Alex Thompson picked up 2 for 22. Mattie McKiernan took 2 scalps for 10 runs and George Scrimshaw collected 2 wickets for 8 runs.
Weather Report
The temperature during the game is expected to be close to 18 degrees. The air quality during the game will be fair for everyone. Although the conditions are likely to remain sunny most of the time, you can expect a cloud cover during the game at some point in time. There are some chances of getting strong Southwest winds and the relative humidity will be close to 80% during the contest.
Pitch Report
The average total achieved at this venue while batting first has been 175 runs. The largest score ever on the venue has been 227 runs by Northamptonshire. This wicket has a reputation for helping the spinners. Bowlers such as Monty Panesar and Jason Brown have done a fair job on this track. But the pitch here is basically in favor of batters and you can expect large totals at the venue.
Notable stats
Derbyshire leads the recent head-to-head between the two teams in last 5 contests.
The Derbyshire side has done marginally better in their last 5 encounters against Northamptonshire leading the head-to-head 3-2.
Wayne Madsen has a terrific average and strike rate combination.
Wayne Madsen has been in stupendous form with the bat for Derbyshire. He has scored 451 runs from his last 10 appearances with an average of 56.37 and a strike rate of 148.84.
Team News
There do not appear to be any serious injury worries for either of the teams. So, you can expect the entire sides to be available for selection.
NOR vs DER Probable 11
NOR Playing 11
- Emilio Gay
- Ricardo Vasconcelos
- Saif Zaib
- David Willey (C)
- Justin Broad
- Lewis McManus (Wk)
- Chris Lynn
- Tom Taylor
- Andrew Tye
- Ben Sanderson
- Freddie Heldreich
DER Playing 11
- Luis Reece
- Harry Came
- Wayne Madsen
- Leus du Plooy (C)
- Haider Ali
- Brooke Guest (Wk)
- Mattie McKiernan
- Zak Chappell
- Alex Thomson
- George Scrimshaw
- Zaman Khan
Dream11 Prediction
Although both these teams are going into this game on the back of solid wins over Yorkshire, the Northamptonshire team will start as favorites for yet another win. They have done a better job in the competition so far and are more likely to continue this trend. We will bet with Northamptonshire to win this contest.
Top Picks
Andrew Tye: Andrew Tye has picked up 14 wickets for Northamptonshire from his last 10 games with a strike rate of 12.85.
Wayne Madsen: Wayne Madsen has scored 451 runs for Derbyshire from his last 10games with a good strike rate of 148.84 as well.
Zak Chappell: Zak Chappell has picked up 19 scalps for Derbyshire from 10 matches with a strike rate of 11.36.
Ricardo Vasconcelos: Vasconcelos has scored 269 runs from his last 7 matches for Northamptonshire with an average of 38.42 and a strike rate of 145.40.
NOR vs DER Dream11 Team 1
Keeper: B Guest , R Vasconcelos
Batters: C Lynn, W Madsen, H Ali, L du Plooy
All-rounders: D Willey (C), L Reece, T Taylor (VC)
Bowlers: A Tye, Z Chappell
