Derbyshire V Glamorgan preview

It is a case of 'as you were' for Derbyshire as they start their third County Championship game of the summer against Glamorgan at Derby tomorrow.

A squad of 12 has been announced, with injuries pretty much everyone we have available.

That squad:

Godleman, Reece, Madsen, Lace, Hughes, Hosein, Critchley, Dal, Van Beek, Palladino, Rampaul, Taylor.

Tom Lace has returned from Middlesex, where he scored 50 in the first innings. I would expect James Taylor to be the 12th man.

Glamorgan rest Marchant de Lange and Tim van der Gugten, while there is also a doubt over Chris Cooke, who awaits the results from recent scans.

They are a decent side and have scored a lot of runs this summer. Billy Root has been in top form, as has Australian batsman Marnus Labuschagne. Former Derbyshire favourite Graeme Wagg is also in the squad which lines up as follows:

Cooke(*†), Lloyd, Root, Hemphrey, Douthwaite, Wagg, Lawlor, Bull, Carey, Labuschagne, Hogan, Selman, Cullen

The game looks to be blessed by good weather and if there is enough for the bowlers, it is one in which I expect Derbyshire to come out on top.

Always assuming, of course, that we continue to play purposeful, focused and professional cricket that has so far been the feature of our season.

Like the rest of you I look forward to watching developments over the next four days.