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Leicestershire vs Durham, T20BLAST, Today Match Prediction
LEI vs DUR Win Probability
Toss Winner - Leicestershire won the toss and choose to bat first
Durham beat Leicestershire by 8 wickets
Leicestershire or Durham: Who will break the curse of back-to-back losses?
- Ashton Turner has 213 runs and 6 wickets for Leicestershire.
- Durham’s Alex Lees is the third-leading run-scorer of the Blast 2026 with 384 runs at a strike rate of 165.
- Leicestershire has 2 wins in the last 3 games against Durham.
We predict that Durham will beat Leicestershire.
| Tournament: | Vitality T20 Blast, 2026 |
| Format: | t20 |
| Venue: | Grace Road, Leicester , United Kingdom |
| Toss Prediction: | To Bat |
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LEI vs DUR Match Prediction & Analysis
Leicestershire will be facing Durham in the North Group of the Vitality Blast 2026. The game will be played at Grace Road, Leicester, on 8th July from 7 pm onwards. Both teams are currently struggling with the format and are coming into the game with back-to-back losses.
Leicestershire are currently fifth in the points table with three wins and six defeats. Their inconsistent campaign has left them on the brink of missing out on a place in the knockout stages. They come into this fixture on the back of consecutive losses, having gone down to Nottinghamshire by 74 runs and Yorkshire by 41 runs. Their bowling unit has also struggled for breakthroughs, claiming just 13 wickets in the last three matches.
Durham, meanwhile, are not in a much stronger position despite occupying fourth place. They, too, have managed only three wins from nine matches. Their last victory was a convincing 100-run triumph over Middlesex, but they have since suffered back-to-back defeats against Yorkshire (by five wickets) and Nottinghamshire (by two runs), making this a crucial encounter for both sides in the race for the knockout stages.
Both teams have already faced each other once in this campaign. Batting first, Leicestershire scored 148 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. Soloman Budinger scored 40 for them. Matthew Potts took 3 wickets for Durham. In return, Graham Clark (62) and Alex Lees (45) added 107 for the first wicket to help Durham win by 6 wickets. Liam Trevaskis and Ben Mike picked up 2 wickets each for Leicestershire.
RECENT PERFORMANCE
LEI
L
L
L
W
L
LEI
135/10 in 17.5 7.57
209/4 in 20.0 10.45
453/10 in 297.0 1.53
185/10 in 54.2 3.4
DUR
L
L
W
W
W
DUR
HEAD TO HEAD
Last 7 Matches
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174/4 in 17.4
VITALITY T20 BLAST 2023
Leicestershire won by 6 wickets
172/4 in 20.0
168/6 in 20.0
VITALITY T20 BLAST 2023
Leicestershire won by 7 wickets
169/3 in 18.0
TEAMS PREVIEW
Leicestershire Preview
Leicestershire suffered their third consecutive defeat of the season, sinking to 5th in the points table. Bowling first, they let Yorkshire score 207 runs. Rehan Ahmed picked up 3 wickets. Ben Cox’s 47 went in vain as he saw his team get defeated by 41 runs. Stephen Eskinazi will open the innings with Rishi Patel. Patel played a cameo of 34 runs off 14 balls with 4 sixes in the last game. He has 173 runs in 9 games. Rehan Ahmed will come in at number three. He scored 30 in the last game.
Nick Kelly will come in the middle with Ashton Turner, Ben Cox, and Ben Green. Kelly is their leading run-scorer with 243 runs. But his strike rate is below 120. He will be the player to watch out for. Turner has 213 runs in 9 games at a strike rate of 173 - the highest among the batters. Cox scored 47 in the last game to take his tally to 187 runs in 9 games. Green has been poor with the bat and has scored just 87 runs in 9 games.
Green will lead the bowling attack with Ahmed, Turner, and Trevaskis. Green has 10 wickets in 9 games. Among the remaining 3, Turner has an economy of 7 - the lowest among the bowlers. The Leicestershire bowlers have managed to pick up just 60% of the wickets in 9 games.
Key Players: Rishi Patel, Nick Kelly, Ashton Turner
Leicestershire Predicted Playing XI:
Stephen Eskinazi, Rishi Patel, Rehan Ahmed, Nick Kelly, Ashton Turner, Ben Cox (wk), Ben Green (c), Liam Trevaskis, Josh Davey, Josh Hull, Alex Green.
Leicestershire Key Players From Previous Game Of Vitality T20 Blast, 2026
Leicestershire Actual Playing XI:
Josh Davey, Rishi Patel, Rehan Ahmed, Stephen Eskinazi, Josh Hull, Liam Trevaskis, Ben Cox, Alex Green, Ben Green, Ashton Turner, Ruan de Swardt
Durham Preview
Durham suffered a heartbreak in the last game. Bowling first, they restricted Nottinghamshire to 166 runs. Matthew Potts picked up 3 wickets while Callum Parkinson picked up two. A 64-run partnership between Graham Clark and Alex Lees put them in control. But the slower middle-order ended their efforts. Durham lost the game by just 2 runs.
Graham Clark will open the innings with Alex Lees. Clark scored 34 off 25 in the last game. He has 214 runs in 9 games at a strike rate of 163.35. Lees is their leading run-scorer with 384 runs. He has scored a century and 2 half centuries so far. He will be the batter to watch out for. Ben McKinney will come in at number three. McKinney scored 26 in the last game. He has a strike rate of 171.62 - the highest among the batters.
David Bedingham will come in the middle with Ben Raine, Colin Ackermann, and Oliver Robinson. Bedingham has 135 runs in 7 innings, while Ackermann has 147 in the same number of games. Excluding Robinson, the remaining three have a strike rate of 120. Raine has been the weak link in the middle order with just 39 runs in 9 games.
He will lead the bowling attack with Matthew Potts, Callum Parkinson, and Kasey Aldridge. Durham’s bowling attack is pretty strong on paper. The big four have taken 54 wickets in 9 games. Potts is their leading wicket-taker with 15 wickets at an economy of 9.47. He will be the bowler to watch out for. The absence of the fifth bowler has made it difficult for Durham to win the games in this season.
Key Players: Matthew Potts, Ben McKinney, Alex Lees.
Durham Predicted Playing XI:
Graham Clark, Alex Lees (c), David Bedingham, Colin Ackermann, Oliver Robinson (wk), Ben McKinney, Kasey Aldridge, Ben Raine, Matthew Potts, Nathan Sowter, Callum Parkinson.
Durham Key Players From Previous Game Of Vitality T20 Blast, 2026
Durham Actual Playing XI:
Kasey Aldridge, Nathan Sowter, Alex Lees, Ben McKinney, Graham Clark, Matthew Potts, Brydon Carse, Colin Ackermann, Callum Parkinson, Oliver Robinson, Luke Robinson
PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS
Weather Conditions
The weather in Leicester is expected to be cold and clear on match day, with temperatures ranging from 5 to 18 degrees Celsius. Winds will blow from the southeast at 6-10 km/h.
It is a bowling-friendly pitch. 72 wickets have fallen in the 10 innings played at this venue in 5 games.
LEI vs DUR Pitch Report
Pitch Condition
BalancedBatting Conditions
Moderate ScoringPace Bowling
SwingSpin Bowling
Minimal Turn
The match will be played at Grace Road, Leicester, from 8th July. The match will start at 7 pm. The average first innings score is 227, 63 more than the second innings in this season. Leicestershire have just one win in 5 games played at Grace Road.
Toss: To Bat
This season has favored the team batting first at this venue. Four out of the five times, the team defending the target has won here. The team winning the toss should bat first.
LEI vs DUR
Winning Prediction
Durham has a balanced unit as compared to Leicestershire. Their top 4 batters have scored at a strike rate of above 160. On the other hand, their top 4 bowlers have taken 54 wickets in 9 games. Leicestershire are low on confidence with three losses in a row. They have lost 4 out of five home games.
We predict that Durham will beat Leicestershire.
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