Derbyshire v Durham preview

Mickey Arthur has named a 14 man squad for the county championship game that starts against Durham tomorrow at the Incora County Ground.

There is no Suranga Lakmal, this time with a groin strain, but Zak Chappell is back to lead the attack with Sam Conners. I would expect George Scrimshaw to play too, after taking his first five-wicket haul in the last match. Wayne Madsen is in the squad, but will miss the next game on international duty for Italy 

Likely team

Reece, Came, Guest, Madsen, du Plooy, Ali, Dal, Thomson, Chappell, Scrimshaw, Conners (Potts, Wood, Wagstaff in squad)

Durham are top of the table and are a very good side. Ben Raine has taken over the mantle of Chris Rushworth and is a very good bowler, as are Matt Potts and Brydon Carse. South African all rounder Migael Pretorius is in the squad of thirteeen

Their squad:

Borthwick, Bedingham, Carse, Clarke, de Leede, Drissell, Jones, Lees, Parkinson, Potts, Pretorius, Raine, Robinson

Clarke and Drissell likely to miss out for me

It will be a tough game, but the main difference between the two sides is that Durham have strung together total team performances, In that they have batted well then followed it up by bowling as a unit. We haven't, so the table doesn't lie.

The first 3 days look like the weather should not be a problem, but there is some rain about on day 4. Both sides will look to press on and it will be interesting to compare Derbyshire's performance with the team that has looked the best in the division this year.

I think we are good enough to get a draw, but with missing bowlers the win may be beyond us.

What do you think?