Vitality T20 Blast 2019: North Group, Nottinghamshire vs Northamptonshire: Dream11 Fantasy Cricket Tips – Playing XI, Pitch Report & Injury Update

The juggernaut rolls on in the ongoing T20 Blast as two North Group teams Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire will face-off at the Trent Bridge. Both the sides are yet to register a win this season. While the Notts lost to Worcestershire, the Northants came second in a close encounter against Durham. Nottinghamshire’s second game was abandoned due to rain and they would want to get going in the competition quickly now.

The batting faltered for the home side chasing 162 in the previous game with only Alex Hales getting some important runs while the rest couldn’t do much. With the ball as well, the team leaked runs at the death and should look to put up a decent show in this game. Northamptonshire, on the other hand, failed to gun down 148 runs against Durham and even their batting failed to stamp their authority.

Match Details:

The North Group game in the Vitality T20 Blast 2019 will be played between Nottinghamshire vs Northamptonshire at the Trent Bridge in Nottingham.

The match starts at 6:30 PM local time (11:00 PM IST) (5:30 PM GMT). This game will be live on Sky Sports in England.

Pitch Report:

The surface at the Trent Bridge helped the slow bowlers in the previous game. It is expected to behave the same way and the bowlers with better variations might succeed. Chasing the total has been extremely tough at the venue and the team winning the toss should opt to bat first.

Average first innings score: 189 (Last six T20 matches at the venue)

Record of chasing teams: Won – 0, Lost – 6

Probable Playing XIs:

Nottinghamshire

Joe Clarke, Alex Hales, Ben Duckett, Jake Libby, Tom Moores (WK), Danie Christian (C), Samit Patel, Luke Wood, Matthew Carter, Jake Ball, Harry Gurney.

Bench – Steven Mullaney, Chris Nash, Zak Chappell.

Northamptonshire

Charlie Thruston, Adam Rossington (WK), Joshua Cobb (C), Matt Coles, Alex Wakely, Dwaine Pretorius, Rob Keogh, Faheem Ashraf, Tom Sole, Graeme White, Ben Sanderson,

Bench – Nathan Buck, Luke Procter, Ben Curran.

Team News

(Will be added when there’s an update)

Power Picks:

Harry Gurney in 2018 T20 Blast:

Matches: 15

Wickets: 20

Average: 19.35

Strike-Rate: 15.2

Captain and Vice-Captain Selection:

Captain Options – Alex Hales, Joe Clarke, Joshua Cobb

Vice-captain Options – Adam Rossington, Matt Coles, Daniel Christian

Suggested Playing XI for Head to Head/Small Leagues:

Keeper – Adam Rossington

Batsmen – Ben Duckett, Alex Hales (C), Jake Libby, Rob Keogh

All-Rounders – Samit Patel, Joshua Cobb (VC), Dwaine Pretorius

Bowlers – Harry Gurney, Graeme White, Matt Coles.

Suggested Playing XI for Grand Leagues/Mega Leagues:

Keeper – Joe Clarke (C), Adam Rossington (VC)

Batsmen – Alex Hales, Jake Libby, Alex Wakely, Charlie Thruston

All-Rounders – Daniel Christian, Joshua Cobb

Bowlers – Jake Ball, Ben Sanderson, Graeme White.

Expert Advice:

Matt Coles batted at four in the previous game and also bowled economical four overs. He could be a decent pick as C or VC.

Don’t go by Joshua Cobb’s poor show in the previous game. He opens the bowling for his team and also bats at three and more often than not performs well.

Probable Winners:

Nottinghamshire are expected to win this match.

*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.