Nottinghamshire vs Derbyshire, VITALITY T20 BLAST 2021, Today Match Prediction 18 June 2021

notts vs derby Match Prediction & Analysis

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire will face each other in this 40th match of the Vitality Blast T20 cup on 18th June at Trent Bridge in Nottinghamshire. Both teams will try to win this game to be in the top 4 in the North Group. Nottinghamshire are at 4th place in the North Group with 2 wins from 4 matches and 5 points in hand whereas Derbyshire are at 7th place in the same group with 2 points from 4 games. Nottinghamshire have started this season well and will be looking forward to being in the top 4 but Derbyshire have struggled this season and managed to win just 1 game so this will be an important game for them to be in the race of playoffs.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Nottinghamshire Preview

Nottinghamshire managed to win two consecutive matches against Northamptonshire and Durham to be at the 4th place in the points table after the first draw against Worcestershire and the defeat against Birmingham Bears. After a fiery knock of Joe Clarke’s 136 from 56 balls against Northamptonshire, another opener Alex Hales played a superb knock of not out 95 from 54 balls to defeat Durham in the last match.

Ben Duckett also scored 52 from 41 balls against Durham to score 195 runs on the board. With the help of Matthew Carter’s 3 wickets for 43 and Samit Patel’s 2 wickets for 29 runs in 4 overs, helped the team to defeat Durham by 13 runs. Jake Ball has taken 23 wickets in the last 12 innings whereas Matthew Carter has taken 15 wickets in the last 13 innings for Nottinghamshire. Nottinghamshire have good batting depth and also a good fast bowling attack. They just have to execute their plans well against Derbyshire and also have to take advantage of home conditions to win this game on 18th June at Trent Bridge in Nottinghamshire.

Key players for Nottinghamshire: Alex Hales, Joe Clarke, Ben Duckett, Matthew Carter

Nottinghamshire Predicted Playing XI:

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

Nottinghamshire Actual Playing XI:

Alex Hales, Steven Mullaney, S Budinger, Matthew Carter, Joe Clarke, Ben Duckett, Tom Moores, Samit Patel, Calvin Harrison, Jake Ball, Luke Fletcher

Derbyshire Preview

Derbyshire are still struggling this year and have managed to win just one game against Leicestershire to be in 7th place in the North Group with just 2 points from 4 games. They need a win in this game against Nottinghamshire to remain in the race for the knockout stage. After winning over Leicestershire, Derbyshire have lost the next two consecutive games against Birmingham Bears and Lancashire. Matt Critchley’s all-around performance helped his team to defeat Leicestershire. He played a quick knock of 80  runs in 45 balls to put 209 runs on the board and took 2 wickets for 36 runs while defending the target.

Although they managed to put a high score of 196 on the board against Lancashire with help of Leus du Plooy’s 92 from 56, they couldn’t manage to defend that target against an opponent. Bowlers were not on the mark for defending the target and they lost that game against Lancashire.

The overall team is performing well with the bat and the team has managed to score a few big figures on the board but has failed to defend that target because of the poor performances from bowlers. They will try to solve this issue against Nottinghamshire on 18th June.

Key players for Derbyshire: Luis Reece, Matt Critchley, Leus du Plooy, Logan van Beek

Derbyshire Predicted Playing XI:

Luis Reece, Harry Came, Billy Godleman(c), Matt Critchley, Leus du Plooy, Fynn Hudson-Prentice, Brooke Guest(wk), Mattie McKiernan, Logan van Beek, Michael Cohen, George Scrimshaw.

Derbyshire Actual Playing XI:

Alex Thomson, Conor McKerr, Matthew JJ Critchley, George Scrimshaw, Harry Came, Fynn Hudson Prentice, Brooke Guest, Luis Reece, Billy Godleman, A Leus du Plooy, Logan van Beek

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

The weather will be cloudy on the 18th of June, with a 50-60% chance of raining on match day. The maximum and minimum temperatures will be in the 16°C - 11°C range.

Venue Details

Trent Bridge from Nottinghamshire will host this match. This ground has a capacity of 16000 and has conducted a few international as well as domestic games so far. This ground is a home ground for the Nottinghamshire cricket club.

Toss: To Bat

Trent Bridge has conducted 11 T20Is matches in the last 12 years but it’s been frequently used for domestic tournaments. The pitch offers an equal advantage to batsmen as well as bowlers. In the last 5 T20Is matches, the team who batted first won 3 matches, and the one who bowled first won 2 games. At this location, whichever team wins the toss will want to bat first.