Vitality Blast 2022 – Leicestershire Foxes vs Derbyshire Falcons, match preview, predicted lineups
Leicestershire Foxes take on Derbyshire Falcons in their second game of vitality Blast 2022 as the season moves ahead. Both teams will be looking for a win here.
Date & Time : 28th May 2022, 1:30 PM (Local)
Venue : Upton Steel Cricket Ground, Leicester
Leicestershire Foxes lost their opening game of the blast 2022 campaign suffering a defeat of 54 runs to Durham. They will look to make amends and win their second game at home.
Leicestershire are currently ninth in the points table in the North Group after 1 game with o points with a larger negative net run rate.
Colin Ackermann led side need to their batsman to show up and score runs as till now only Rishi Patel stood up and they must play the 20 overs. Bowling wise they are better but still needs to contain apart from picking wickets.
On the other hand, Derbyshire Falcons too started their 2022 t20 blast campaign with a loss to Birmingham Bears. They will look to win their next fixture on successive days.
The Falcons are currently seventh in the points table after 1 game with 0 points.
The Shan Masood led side have the batters scoring runs but they need to be consistent. Bowling wise too they need to be disciplined going forward.
For the wicket, it’s a good one for batting and the bowlers must work hard.
Team news and possible lineups
There are no fresh injury concerns for both sides at the moment.
Leicestershire Foxes XI : H. Rutherford, Hill (WK), Lilley, Ackermann (C), R. Patel, Kimber, Mike, R. Ahmed, R. Walker, N-ul-Haq, C. Parkinson.
Derbyshire Falcons XI : Masood (C), L. Reece, Ceme, L. du Plooy, Madsen, Guest (WK), Kerr, McKiernan, M. Watt, Conners, Scrimshaw.
Prediction
I expect toss to be important with teams looking to chase.
