Leicestershire vs Nottinghamshire, VITALITY T20 BLAST 2022, Today Match Prediction 10 June 2022

leic vs notts Match Prediction & Analysis

Leicestershire will face Nottinghamshire in the 65th fixture of the vitality blast at Grace Road in Leicester. Both the teams are on a losing streak of two matches in the league stage and will try to win this game to improve their position in the points table. 

With 3 wins and 5 defeats, Leicestershire are in 6th place in the points table of the north group with 6 points. On the other hand, Nottinghamshire have managed to win 2 games from the 6 matches they played and with 5 points, they are in 7th place in the same group.

Both the teams are struggling this season and they will like to be back on the winning side in this fixture. A win in this fixture will help them to improve their chances of qualifying for the knockout stage this season.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Leicestershire Preview

After registering back-to-back wins against Warwickshire and Worcestershire, Leicestershire have lost their next two games against Lancashire and Derbyshire. They couldn’t manage to continue their winning momentum and now they will face Nottinghamshire on 10th June to back on a winning track.

While batting first against Derbyshire in the last match, the team’s batting unit has shown a good display of batting skills and set up a target of 182 for Derbyshire. Aaron Lilley played a crucial knock of 67 runs from 41 balls. Hamish Rutherford (scored 35 runs from 28 balls) and Scott Steel (scored 25 runs from 16 balls), have supported him with the bat.

Although Leicestershire have managed to put a good score on the board, their bowling unit failed to defend that total against Derbyshire. They failed to strike at the early stage of the innings and the opponents’ opening pair managed to put 99 runs on the board for the 1st wicket. Derbyshire chased down the target easily and won the game by 6 wickets.

Leicestershire have done well at the start of the season when their bowling, as well as batting unit, has managed to perform well. Currently, it seems that the team’s bowling unit is struggling to find form and they need to solve that issue while playing against Nottinghamshire in this match on 10th June.

Key players
Hamish Rutherford, Scott Stee, Ben Mike, Naveen-ul-Haq.

Leicestershire Predicted Playing XI:

Scott Steel, Hamish Rutherford, Arron Lilley (wk), Colin Ackermann (c), Lewis Hill, Ben Mike, Rishi Patel, Rehan Ahmed, Callum Parkinson, Will Davis, Naveen-ul-Haq.

Leicestershire Actual Playing XI:

Naveen-ul-Haq, Callum Parkinson, Lewis Hill, Colin Ackermann, Wiaan Mulder, Scott Steel, Ben Mike, Arron Lilley, Rishi Patel, Will Davis, Rehan Ahmed

Nottinghamshire Preview

Nottinghamshire failed to continue the winning momentum and now they have lost the last 2 games against Warwickshire and Yorkshire. They need to win this game against Leicestershire to continue the race of qualifying for the playoffs.

In the last game against Yorkshire, they decided to bowl first but failed to put pressure on the opponents. As a result, they conceded 202 runs in 20 overs. Despite Jake Balls’ brilliant spell of 3 wickets for 29 runs, no other bowler could manage to put pressure on the opponent’s batters.

While chasing the target of 203 runs, half of the team went to the pavilion for just 50 runs. Steven Mullaney has managed to stand there on the wicket and played a superb knock of 79 runs from 46 balls in the middle overs. Captain Dan Christian has tried to chase down the target during the last overs but his 56 runs from 35 balls went in vain.

The team has built a good batting unit which has shown skills in the league stage except for the last match. They need to focus on their bowling unit while playing against Leicestershire on Friday. 

Key players
Alex Hales, Dan Christian, Luke Fletcher, Jake Ball.

Nottinghamshire Predicted Playing XI:

Alex Hales, Ben Duckett, Samit Patel, Joe Clarke, Tom Moores (wk), Steven Mullaney, Dan Christian (c), Calvin Harrison, Matthew Carter, Luke Fletcher, Jake Ball.

Nottinghamshire Actual Playing XI:

Alex Hales, Matthew Carter, Calvin Harrison, Steven Mullaney, Dane Paterson, Samit Patel, Joe Clarke, Ben Duckett, Tom Moores, DT Christian, Luke Fletcher

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

The weather is clear on the 10th of June, with a less than 5% chance of raining on match day. The maximum and minimum temperatures will be in the 21°C - 12°C range.

Venue Details

Grace Road in Leicester will host this match. This ground is a home ground for Leicestershire and has a capacity of 6000. The ground has conducted 1 ODI game so far which is the only international game that has been played on this ground.

Toss: To Bowl

This ground has not conducted any T20Is games but conducted a few domestic tournaments. This ground is mainly used for domestic purposes like Vitality Blast and County Championship. The pitch is in favor of batsmen and it’s easy to chase down the targets on this ground. At this location, whichever team wins the toss will want to ball first.