Nottinghamshire vs Northamptonshire, T20 Blast 2022 Match Preview

Venue: Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Date & Time: May 30th at 11:00 PM IST and 6:30 PM Local Time

Preview:

Nottinghamshire will take on Northamptonshire in the North Group of the T20 Blast 2022 on Monday. Nottinghamshire made a massive start to their campaign with a 4 wickets win over Worcestershire. Luke Fletcher’s fifer and later collective batting performances powered them to a convincing win in the end with 2 balls to spare. They are a well-balanced side and look to go with the same eleven for their 2nd home fixture. All eyes will be on Alex Hales who just managed to score 2 runs against Worcestershire.

After enduring a huge defeat against Warwickshire in their opening game, Northamptonshire came out of nowhere and beat Durham by 31 runs to get their first points on the table. 149 runs stand for the opening wicket between Chris Lynn and Ben Curran set the tone for them and while with the ball Freddie Heldreich bagged 3 wickets. It won’t be easy for them as they are traveling to Nottingham.

Pitch report: Batting friendly

Probable Playing XI:

Nottinghamshire: Joe Clarke, Alex Hales, Ben Duckett, Samit Patel, Tom Moores (wk), Dan Christian (c), Steven Mullaney, Calvin Harrison, Matthew Carter, Luke Fletcher, Jake Ball

Northamptonshire: Chris Lynn, Ben Curran, Saif Zaib, Joss Cobb (c), Rob Keogh, Lewis McManus (wk), Tom Taylor, Graeme White, Matthew Kelly, Ben Sanderson, Freddie Heldreich

Top Fantasy Pick:

Chris Lynn played a blinder of a knock in the last match against Durham, scoring 83 runs from just 46 balls which comprised 4 fours and 8 sixes. Overall, in 2 matches so far in this tournament, he has added 99 runs at a strike rate of 173.68.

Dan Christian played a significant role with both bat and ball in the winning cause against Worcestershire. Nottinghamshire skipper picked up 2 wickets at an economy of 7.33 and later remained an unbeaten 23* runs from 19 balls.

While all the bowlers going for plenty of runs against Durham, Freddie Heldreich stood out and bowled an impressive spell, picking 3 wickets at an economy of 5.5.

Tom Moores knows different ways of scoring runs, he played a match-defining knock against Worcestershire where he notched 47 runs from 31 balls which includes 2 fours and 3 sixes.

Ben Duckett may be smaller in stature but has the potential to score big runs for his side. He scored a quick-fire 29 runs against Worcestershire at a strike rate of 207.14

Best Caiptan & VC Choice for your small league team:

C Choice: Alex Hales, Ben Duckett

VC Choice: Chris Lynn, Joe Clarke