Nottinghamshire vs Northamptonshire, Royal London One-Day Cup, Today Match Prediction 10 August 2021

notts vs north Match Prediction & Analysis

Royal London One-Day Cup is almost to the end of the league phase with only 1-2 matches remaining for every team and no team is assured of a place in the knockouts yet. And Group B is very closely contested with four teams with equal points fighting for the qualification spots. Nottinghamshire and Northampstonshire are currently tied in the points tally and both teams need to win this match to keep the qualification hopes alive. Nottinghamshire will need to wait for other results even if they manage to win this match while a loss will knockout them out. Northamptonshire can qualify even if they loss but depends heavily on other team`s results.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Nottinghamshire Preview

Nottinghamshire were bowled out for just 73 runs in the 23-over contest with all their top-8 batters being dismissed for single digit scores. Ben Slater and Solomon Budinger have been their chief contributors with the bat while their middle order has chipped in with vital cameos.

Their bowling unit gave 74 runs in just 16 overs picking up 2 wickets only. Dane Patterson and Liam White took a wicket each in the last game. Luke Fletcher, Brett Hutton, and Mathew Montomery are expected to slot together as the remaining bowlers in the playing XI.

Top players to bet on:

Ben Slater – Ben Slater has scored 342 runs in the 7 innings at an average of 57 with 3 fifties to his name. We expect him to make yet another big contribution with the bat in this match.

Liam Patterson-White – Liam has the best strike arte with the ball for the team claiming 8 wickets in the 25 overs he bowled so far. But his economy rate of 7.5 RPO is a big worry or concern for the team.

Nottinghamshire Predicted Playing XI:

Soloman Budinger, Peter Trego (c), Matthew Montgomery, Ben Slater, Lyndon James, Liam Patterson-White, Dane Schadendorf (wk), Brett Hutton, Fateh Singh, Dane Paterson, Tom Barber, Sam King

Northamptonshire Preview

Northamptonshire scored 305 runs in just 46 overs in the last game. Ricardo Vasconseales (88 runs) and Ben Curran (94 runs) lead their batting unit while the middle order batters of Rob Keogh, Saif Zaib, L Proactor, and Tom Taylor scored 100 runs off 67 balls to provide a perfect finish to the team.  

Their bowling unit performed as a unit to bowl out the opposition for 223 runs. Simon Kerrigan (4 wickets) and Luke Fletcher (3wickets) shared 7 wickets between themselves in the middle phase of 16-40 overs.  Tom Taylor, Jack White, and Ben Sanderson chipped with a wicket each in the match.

Top players to bet on:

Ben Curran – Curran scored 94 runs off 93 balls and looked very fluent with the bat smashing 9 boundaries and a six on his en route. He has scored just 170 runs this season and we hope his knock in last match will be a big boost to his confidence.

Luke Proactor – Proactor had bowling figures of 6-0-40-3 and scored 18 runs off 9 balls to finish their innings. He will look to continue his all-round showing in this match too.

Northamptonshire Predicted Playing XI:

Ricardo Vasconcelos (c & wk), Emilio Gay, Ben Curran, Luke Procter, Rob Keogh, Saif Zaib, Tom Taylor, James Sales, Simon Kerrigan, Jack White, Ben Sanderson

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Grantham has a bright and sunny weather with very less to no chances of rain on the match day. We expect a full match with no interruptions.

Venue Details

Gorse Lane is a low scoring pitch as per the recent second XI matches played at this venue. The ball might seam around in the early parts of the match. We expect the average scores in this match to be around 230-250 runs.

Toss: To Bowl

Both teams are not sure of the nature of the pitch owing to very less matches played here. Both captains will look to put the opposition to bat at this venue.