NOT vs DER Match Preview
The Derbyshire top-order batting in this game will be in the hands of players such as Billy Godleman. Other significant batters on the side are Aneurin Donald, the skipper Leus du Plooy, Wayne Madsen, Haider Ali, Tom Wood, Aneurin Donald, Harry Came, and Matthew Lamb. The Derbyshire bowling attack will be handled by the likes of Ben Aitchison, Sam Conners, Zak Chappell, Henry Brookes, Suranga Lakmal, Mattie McKiernan, Toby Pettman, Ravi Rampaul, George Scrimshaw, Logan van Beek, Mark Watt, and Zaman Khan.
There are some good all-rounders in the Derbyshire side as well such as Alex Thomson, Luis Reece, and Anuj Dal. Unlike Notts, Derbyshire has already played a game in this year's Vitality T20 Blast. In this opening game of the season, they played against Lancashire. They ended up on the losing side by a margin of 4 wickets. Lancashire chased down the target with 4 balls to spare. Wayne Madsen was the top performer with the bat for Derbyshire while the bowling attack was led by Zaman Khan and Zak Chappell who picked up two wickets apiece.
Unlike Derbyshire, the Notts cricket team is going into this game with four wins in a row in their previous endeavors. In the last game they played in T20 Blast in the 2022 season they beat Worcestershire by a margin of 5 wickets with 8 balls to spare. Batting first the Worcestershire team set a decent score on the board with 159 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. The Nottinghamshire team chased down the target in 18.4 overs for the loss of 5 wickets. The wrecker-in-chief for Nottinghamshire was Jake Ball. He picked up 4 wickets for 25 runs from his quota of 4 overs to put a damper on the prospects of Worcestershire putting up a big score on the board.
Nottinghamshire were off to the worst possible start with the opening batter Joe Clarke losing his wicket with nothing on the board. But after that, almost all the Notts middle order contributed to the score with Ben Duckett taking the lead with 62 not out from 44 balls with 7 fours and a six. He was able to garner support in the form of Tom Moores towards the end of the innings who hit 26 runs from 15 balls with 3 fours and 1 six. Sol Budinger also scored 24 runs from 12 balls with 4 boundaries and 1 six in the middle order.
Weather Report
It is expected that we will get a pleasant day for cricket on this day. There is some chance of having a cloud cover but the overall conditions will be ideal for cricket.
Pitch Report
The wicket on offer at the Trent Bridge ground in Nottinghamshire is normally a batting beauty. There is little assistance for the bowlers from this track. It is going to be a fresh wicket on offer for this game. So, the ball will come onto the bat nicely. Batters can begin hitting through the line of the ball early to get the feel of the bounce offered by the track. The average first-innings total on this ground is 166 runs in T20 cricket. The highest score put up at the venue is 261 runs for the loss of 2 wickets by Birmingham Bears. We have seen scores above 200 runs on this track 3 times in the T20 Blast earlier. So, the team batting first on the venue will try to set a target of close to 190 runs on this pitch.
Notable stats
Nottinghamshire leads the recent head-to-head in the last 5 games.
Nottinghamshire has won 4 out of their last 5 meetings with Derbyshire. They lead the recent head-to-head 4-0. One of the games was tied.
Ben Duckett has an amazing average in the last 10 matches for Nottinghamshire.
Ben Duckett has scored 335 runs from his last 10 games for Nottinghamshire with an average of 47.85 and a strike rate of 158.76.
Team News
There are no injury updates available for this game. So, we are expecting full sides to be available for selection.
NOT vs DER Probable 11
NOT Playing 11
- Joe Clarke
- Alex Hales
- Colin Munro
- Samit Patel
- Ben Slater
- Tom Moores (Wk)
- Stephen Mullaney (C)
- Lyndon James
- Jake Ball
- Calvin Harrison
- Shaheen Afridi
DER Playing 11
- Haider Ali
- Luis Reece
- Wayne Madsen
- Leus du Plooy (C)
- Anuj Dal
- Aneurin Donald (Wk)
- Mattie McKiernan
- Zak Chappell
- Mark Watt
- George Scrimshaw
- Zaman Khan
Dream11 Prediction
The Nottinghamshire Outlaws team has a clear advantage if you look at the head-to-head record between the two teams. They have a 26-7 record against Falcons. Apart from that, the Derbyshire outfit has been defeated by Nottinghamshire in their last five games against each other. Notts are also playing at their home and this is another major advantage for the team. Notts has a much greater firepower in their batting line-up as well. With the addition of Shaheen Afridi, they also have a potent bowling attack. The Derbyshire batting line-up appears to be decent on paper but whether it will deliver on the match day remains to be seen. The Falcons’ bowling attack is quite thin and may go for a lot of runs on this track. We will bet with Nottinghamshire to win this game.
Top Picks
Jake Ball: Jake Ball has done an incredible job for Notts in the 4 games he has played for them. He has picked up 10 wickets with a strike rate of 7.80.
Wayne Madsen: Wayne Madsen has scored 412 runs from his last 10 appearances for Derbyshire at an average of 45.77 and a strike rate of 170.95.
Alex Hales: Alex Hales is one of the top run-getters for Notts with 251 runs from 10 games with an amazing strike rate of 191.60.
Ben Duckett: Ben Duckett has been the go-to batter for Notts having scored 335 runs from 10 games with an average of 47.85 and a strike rate of 158.76.
NOT vs DER Dream11 Team 1
Keeper: J Clarke
Batters: A Hales (C), C Munro, B Duckett, L du Plooy
All-rounders: S Patel, W Madsen (VC)
Bowlers: S Lakmal, J Ball, G Scrimshaw, S Afridi
