Yorkshire v. Derbyshire T20 preview

Mickey Arthur has named a 15 man squad for tomorrow's game at Headingley against Yorkshire (start 11.30am)

I don't envisage any changes to the side that has done well in the last two games, unless we get to Headingley and find it is a beach.

Both Wayne Madsen and Mark Watt are in the squad, so I expect the side to be unchanged, with Dal, Aitchison, Thomson and Came missing out. 

I would like to see how this side approaches a run chase and feel that it might be less frenetic if we had a target to aim for, rather than set. Part of me would still like to see Tom Wood open and Haider Ali in the middle order, but I don't see that changing.

Likely team:

Reece, Ali, Madsen, du Plooy, Wood, Guest, McKiernan, Chappell, Watt, Scrimshaw, Khan

There is no news on the Yorkshire squad at this time, but they beat Lancashire last time out and so the side shouldn't be much different to this one:

Adam Lyth, Dawid Malan, Shan Masood, Will Luxton, Jonny Tattersall, Matthew Revis, Jordan Thompson, David Wiese, Dom Bess, Ben Mike, Jafer Chohan.

Always assuming that Root, Brook and Bairstow are not released by England, of course...

Malan has been in fine form for them so far, as has veteran overseas signing David Wiese, though Shan Masood hasn't yet been as prolific as last year. Will Fraine could come under consideration, after back to back centuries for the second team this week.

A win for either side would put clear daylight between the top five and bottom four. But as the last two nights have shown, if a side gets on a run they can quickly put themselves into contention at this stage.

Fingers crossed that we can continue the excellent form of the last few days and come away with the points once more.