Derbyshire vs Durham, County Championship Division Two, Today Match Prediction 19 July 2023

derby vs dur Match Prediction & Analysis

County Championship tournament is moving towards the last 4-5 matches for every team and teams fighting hard to gain good lead in the points table with every match. Durham is currently sitting at the top comfortably with good lead ahead of second placed team. They will look go further strengthen their position with crucial points from this match. They were relegated to Division 2 in 2016 owing to financial issues and will look to make a promotion back to Division 1. Derbyshire are not having a good season and looks primed to win the wooden spoon this season.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Derbyshire Preview

Derbyshire made 407 & 361/8 in the two innings as the match ended in a stalemate. Brooke Guest (105 & 29) and Leus De Ploy (53 & 128 runs) made centuries to lead their team’s fightback across innings. Wayne Hudson and Haider Ali made fifties and lead their team in the other end during crucial positions to lead their fightback. 

Their bowlers gave the opposition 402 & 384/9 in their both innings last game. Scrimshaw (5/49 & 0/53) and Thomson (3/70 & 5/110) lead their bowling attack effectively in the last match. Suranga Lakmal was superb with the new balls he took 4 wickets in the match. Samuel Connors, Luice Reece and Anuj Dal chipped in with vital middle order overs in the match.

Key players: Thomson, Leus De Ploy, Haider Ali

Derbyshire Predicted Playing XI:

Harry Came, Luis Reece, Brooke Guest (wk), Wayne Madsen, Haider Ali, Leus du Plooy (c), Anuj Dal, Alex Thomson, Samuel Conners, Suranga Lakmal, George Scrimshaw

Durham Preview

Durham was led by their opener Alex Lees who made a mammoth 195 runs as their team finished with score of 453 runs in reply to Gloucestershire`s 316 runs in the first innings last night. Graham Clark (82 runs) and Bryon Carse (62 runs) played good knocks in the middle order but made effective partnerships between Alex Lees respectively.

Their bowlers bundled out the opposition to 316 runs and 188 runs across both innings. Their bowling attack had 4-men pace attack with the likes of Ben Raine (2/67 & 1/69), Miguel Pretorius (1/44 & 1/67), Brydon Carse (2/44 & 2/24), and Matty Potts (2/69 & 4/55) shared 15 wickets between them in the last game. Mathew Parkinson was their lone spinner, and he took 5 wickets in the match.

Key players: Brydon Carse, Alex Lees, Matty Potts

Durham Predicted Playing XI:

Alex Lees, Michael Jones, Scott Borthwick (c), David Bedingham, Oliver Robinson (wk), Graham Clark, Brydon Carse, Ben Raine, Matthew Potts, Matthew Parkinson, Migael Pretorius

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Derby has been traditionally a good pitch with batters having an upper hand in the first innings of the match. We will have dark and cloudy weather on the match day with intermittent rain expected on all days.

Venue Details

We expect the teams batting first to score 300-320 runs in this match. And chasing any score above 250 runs will be a tough task in the match.

Toss: To Bat

Batting first is the best option on this pitch as the pitch will be good to bat on in the first innings. Chasing might be tough in the second innings on this pitch.