Worcestershire v Derbyshire

There are likely returns for Steffan Jones and Robin Peterson tomorrow as Derbyshire travel to Worcestershire for the start of the four day Championship match.

Strangely, the club make no reference on the site to the recall of Tom Poynton behind the stumps, the youngster being preferred to Lee Goddard, who has struggled for runs thus far. John Sadler is also omitted and Chesney Hughes, somewhat unsurprisingly, retains his place in the side after being just about the sole batting bright light at Lords.

The Derbyshire 12 is:

Chris Rogers
Wayne Madsen
Paul Borrington
Garry Park
Greg Smith
Chesney Hughes
Robin Peterson
Tom Poynton
Tom Lungley
Tim Groenewald
Steffan Jones
Mark Footitt

It may be that Poynton's recall is as much to address the loss of money in playing Hughes as anything else, though the youngster is a talented wicket keeper batsman and is worth a place on merit. That one of the seamers will miss out is something of a no-brainer and we'll see who that is tomorrow morning.

No news yet on the home side, though they will be missing Moeen Ali, selected for England Lions, and have a few injury problems, as reported earlier in the week. They will lean heavily on Vikram Solanki and Phil Jaques for runs, but I'm sure we all hope that the Aussie's travails with the bat continue for a little while longer.

Weather permitting, I'll go for a Derbyshire win in this one to get our campaign back on track.

See you tomorrow!