T20 Blast 2020: Central Group, Worcestershire vs Northamptonshire – 11Wickets Fantasy Cricket Tips – Playing XI, Pitch Report & Injury Update

Match Details:

The Central Group match of Saturday will be played between the Worcestershire and the Northamptonshire at the New Road Ground in Worchester.

The match is scheduled to start at 01:00 PM Local Time (5:30 PM IST) (12:00 PM UTC) and can be streamed live on FanCode.

Preview:

Worcestershire will be playing the Northamptonshire in the upcoming battle of the Vitality T20 Blast 2020. In the last five encounters between these two teams, they have dominated equally. Both these teams won two games each while one match was abandoned. The teams would like to take the lead with a win in this game and thus have announced strong squads for this match. This should be a very interesting competition.

Weather Report

The chances of precipitation on Saturday are very less. However, the skies are expected to be cloudy.

Pitch Condition/Report:

The pitch at this venue is one which is very favourable for the batsmen. High scores have often been witnessed at this venue.

Average first innings score: 203 (5 matches played at this venue)

Record of chasing teams: Won – 4, Lost – 1, Tied – 0

Injury and Availability News:

(Will be added when there is an update)

Probable Playing XIs:

Worcestershire:

Riki Wessels, Hamish Rutherford, Jack Haynes, Jake Libby, Brett D’Oliveira, Ben Cox (wk), Ross Whiteley, Ed Barnard (c), Daryl Mitchell, Dillon Pennington/Josh Tongue, Charlie Morris.

Bench: Adam Finch, Dillon Pennington/Josh Tongue.

Northamptonshire:

Joshua Cobb (c), Gareth Berg, Nathan Buck, Brandon Glover/Alex Wakely, Richard Levi, Rob Keogh, Adam Rossington, Paul Stirling, Tom Sole, Graeme White, Blessing Murazabani.

Bench: Ricardo Vasconcelos, Saif Zaib, Brandon Glover/Alex Wakely.

Top Picks:

Graeme White has featured in a total of 74 T20 matches thus far. He picked up 50 wickets and even scored 222 runs. Daryl Mitchell is the joint highest wicket-taker for his team with 92 scalps. He has even scored 2193 runs.

Captain and Vice-Captain Selection:

Captain options – Graeme White, Joshua Cobb

Vice-Captain options – Darryl Mitchell, Brett D’Oliveria

Suggested Playing XI No.1 for Fantasy Cricket:

Keeper – Adam Rossington

Batters – Richard Levi, Hamish Rutherford, Jack Haynes

All-Rounders – Daryl Mitchell (VC), Joshua Cobb, Brett D’Oliveria

Bowlers – Graeme White (C), Ed Barnard, Dillon Pennington

12^th Man – Rob Keogh

Suggested Playing XI No.2 for Fantasy Cricket:

Keeper – Adam Rossington

Batters – Paul Stirling, Hamish Rutherford, Jack Haynes, Alex Wakely

All-Rounders – Daryl Mitchell, Joshua Cobb (C), Brett D’Oliveria (VC)

Bowlers – Graeme White, Ed Barnard, Charlie Morris

12^th Man – Rob Keogh

(Note: Players with 9 credits or less can only be chosen as the 12th man. This feature will only come into play if one of 11 players of your team is not the part of the playing XI.)

Expert Advice:

Both the teams taking part in this game have announced their squads. Thus, pick your players only from the names mentioned in the Probable Playing XIs section.

Probable Winners:

Northamptonshire is expected to win this match.

Note: Updated Fantasy teams and Playing XIs of every match will be provided in our Telegram channel if the information is available.

Disclaimer: This team is based on the understanding, analysis, and instinct of the author. While selecting your team, consider the points mentioned and make your own decision.