Saturday, 9 August 2025

Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire Metro Bank preview

Zak and Jack return to the Derbyshire squad for tomorrow's game against Nottinghamshire at the Central Co-op County Ground.

Messrs Chappell and Morley are welcome additions to a thirteen-man squad, which is missing Matt Montgomery, unable to play under the terms of his loan deal. 

It is hard to call the final eleven, but the squad is as follows:

Came, Jewell, Guest, Andersson, Basra, Whiteley, Bin Naeem, Chappell, Hawkins, Aitchison, Haydon, Morley, Potts.

Nottinghamshire had a thrilling tie against Worcestershire in their last game, a stolen bye from the last ball earning them a share of the points. I wouldn't expect much of a change in their side, in which the batting is more experienced than the bowling. 

Likely eleven:

Slater, Hameed, Haynes, Seecharan, Moores, James, Sams, Pocklington, Lord, Hutton, Hayes

For me, the two sides are fairly well matched, both more experienced with the bat and it depends who performs on the day. The forecast is fine and hopefully Derbyshire can get a win under their belts. 

What do you think?

In closing, my latest interview with Matt Rhodes of North Derbyshire Radio is now available. 

You can listen to it here

I am on at the 45 minute mark. Mixing my seasons, call me the half time entertainment...

5 comments:

  1. Potts and Morley to miss out for me. Grant from Telford

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  2. Assuming Zak and Jack both play it certainly strengthens our bowling but I fear Notts will still have too much for us with 6/7 first teamers available to them. Hopefully I’m wrong!
    Paul

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  3. We really need to see what Potts and Bin Naeem can do. Haydon too. I’m relaxed about the rest, but those three have to play, for me. Alarm set for 7am tomorrow, can’t wait to get to the theatre of dreams to see us beat Notts!
    Andy T Cleckheaton

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  4. Notts top 7 look very capable ,will need a very strong team performance with the ball to win this .

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  5. I agree with Andy T - the important thing is to give the younger players experience. Here's hoping for a good performance.

    Allez Derbyshire

    Adrian, Nice

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