Northamptonshire vs Derbyshire, Royal London One-Day Cup, Today Match Prediction 23 August 2022

north vs derby Match Prediction & Analysis

Royal London one day cup has come to the final stages of the league phase with every team playing their last league game. The qualification race is heating up but the two teams in contention in this match are out of the competition already. Both teams will look to test their bench strength and get some crucial confidence inspiring performances in this match. 

TEAMS PREVIEW

Northamptonshire Preview

Northamptonshire batters posted a massive score of 370 runs in the last game. Ricardo Vasconceles (104 runs) and Emilio Gay (131 runs) started off with 198-run partnership but were unlucky to be run-out. Lewis McManus then scored a quickfire 31-ball 45 runs to take them to a good finish in the final overs. Their batters are in good form and are scoring runs consistently and will look to finish on a high. 

James Sales and Saif Zaib took 2 wickets each but went for runs at over 6 RPO. Their bowlers were unable to stop the opposition from chasing the total as they leaked 372 runs in 48.2 overs. Nathan Buck, and Freddie Hildreick went for runs at over 8.5 RPO as the opposition piled up the runs in the last game. 

Key players: Saif Zaib, Emilio Gay, Jack White. 

Northamptonshire Predicted Playing XI:

Saif Zaib, Emilio Gay, Jack White, Ricardo Vasconceles, Emilio gay, Nathan Buck, Freddie Heldrich, James Sales, Will young, Gus Miller, Alex Russell.

Derbyshire Preview

Derbyshire were bowled out for just 109 runs in the last game. Harry Came top scored with 19 runs and no player scored over 20 runs. Luis Reece, Godleman, and Shan Masood will need to stand up with the bat and help their team post a good score on the board. 

Their bowlers then came up with a spirited fightback in defending the total bug were unlucky to lose the match by 1 wicket. Samuel Conners (5 wickets) and Ben Atchison (3 runs) bowled with intent and had combined figures of 20-3-61-8 in the match. Mark Watt had a brilliant bowling figures of 7.5-0-20-0 while Nick Potts chipped in with a wicket in the match. 

Key Players: Samuel Conners, Billy Godleman, Shan Masood

Derbyshire Predicted Playing XI:

Luis Reece, Godleman, Samuel Conners, Billy Godleman, Shan Masood, Harry Came, Nick Potts, Mark Watt, Ben Atchison, Matt McKiernan, Brooke Guest

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Northampton will have a slightly dark and cloudy weather on the match day with 40-50% chances of rain as per the weather forecasters. We expect DLS equation to make an appearance in this match. 

Venue Details

Northampton will be a placid track and batters will enjoy the true bounce and pace on this track. We expect the average score to be around 280-290 runs in this match. 

Toss: To Bowl

Chasing is the best option as the pitch is good to bat on and DLS equation might come into consideration at any point.