Northamptonshire vs Nottinghamshire, County Championship Divison One, Today Match Prediction 11 May 2023

north vs not Match Prediction & Analysis

County Division 1 league is spicing up at the half-way stage of the league phase teams giving their bets to secure crucial points from every match. Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire are currently occupy the fifth and seventh place in the points table with similar results so far. Both teams will consider this match as a massive opportunity to move up in the league table with a crucial points. They will have a huge confidence and momentum moving ahead if they manage to win this match and get some vital points.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Northamptonshire Preview

Northamptonshire went onto the draw the last match scoring 311/8 in the second innings with their skipper Sam Whiteman leading with an unbeaten 130* runs after conceding 150+ lead in the first innings. Rob Keogh, Ricardo Vasconseales, and Hassan Azad have chipped in with fifties but will looking to make a big contribution in this match.

Their bowlers did a collective effort to bowl out the opposition for 412 runs. Jack White took a five-for while all the remining 5 bowlers chipped with a wicket each in the last match. Chris Tremain and Ben Sanderson will be looking to join hands Jack White to trouble the opposition in the match.

Key players: Sam Whiteman, Rob Keogh, Chris Tremain

Northamptonshire Predicted Playing XI:

Ricardo Vasconcelos, Hasan Azad, Sam Whiteman (c), Saif Zaib, Rob Keogh, James Sales, Harry Gouldstone (wk), Tom Taylor, Jordan Buckingham, Ben Sanderson, Jack White

Nottinghamshire Preview

Nottinghamshire held onto 138/9 in the fourth innings in their chase of 300 runs against Lancashire in the last game. Openers Ben Duckett (362 runs, 1 century & 2 fifties) and Hasan Hameed (318 runs, 3 fifties) have scored the bulk of runs for the team so far. Their middle order has been below par with joe Clarke the only batter to make a 50+ score apart from the openers.

They have a strong core of pace attack with veteran Stuart Broad (11 wickets), alongside the duo of Dane Patterson (13 wickets) and Ben Hutton (18 wickets) so far. Olly Stone and Luke Fletcher will round off their bowling attack in this match. They have a good bowling attack with a lot of options in the squad.

Key players: Ben Hutton, Ben Duckett, Joe Clarke

Nottinghamshire Predicted Playing XI:

Haseeb Hameed, Ben Duckett, Ben Slater, Matthew Montgomery, Joe Clarke (wk), Lyndon James, Steven Mullaney (c), Brett Hutton, Olly Stone, Stuart Broad, Luke Fletcher

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Northampton is a spicy pitch where the ball will not come onto the bat and batters must apply themselves to score effectively in this pitch. And we expect bright and sunny weather in the match day with no weather interruptions expected.

Venue Details

Northampton will be tough to score, and teams have not posted 350+ totals consistently at this venue so far. Only one of the seven innings on this pitch has crossed the 200-run mark. Any score above 240 runs will be tough to chase here.

Toss: To Bat

Both teams will be looking to bat first and post a big score on board in this pitch as the batting becomes very difficult as the match progresses.