Lancashire v Derbyshire Bob Willis Trophy preview

Lancashire may have three debutants in the four - day game against Derbyshire that starts at Liverpool tomorrow.

Steven Croft is injured and Tom Bailey is rested from the following 14-man squad:

Dane Vilas (c), George Balderson, Josh Bohannon, George Burrows, Alex Davies, Tom Hartley, Liam Hurt, Keaton Jennings, Rob Jones, Danny Lamb, Jack Morley, George Lavelle, Matt Parkinson, Owais Shah

As for Derbyshire, we travel with thirteen. My guess, based on the wicket for the T20 the other night, is that Mattie McKiernan will play. I am also assuming that Fynn Hudson-Prentice will, since he is in the squad, so I assume two of the seamers will miss out.

I would include Michael Cohen, for variation, but the thirteen is:

Godleman, Reece, Madsen, Du Plooy, Critchley, Hosein, Hudson-Prentice, Dal, McKiernan, Cohen, Conners, Melton, Barnes.

I would leave Barnes and either Conners or Melton out of the final eleven. We need to secure maximum bonus points and ideally win the game to get to the final, so on what may be a tricky pitch, depth of batting and variety of bowling may be crucial.

Our four-day and one-day form has been diametrically different this year. If we can quickly dispose of Jennings, Vilas and Davies we have a good chance.

Will the wicket turn as the game goes on? Probably, so whoever wins the toss will want to bat big and then bowl the other team out twice.

Billy's not had much luck with the toss of late, so here's hoping he calls correctly tomorrow.

Good luck, lads. Do us proud.