I think we will be looking at one win out of the two games, but after the hammering at Derby it is hard to see that coming in the game in Manchester. We just seemed overawed and need to do something special to turn things around tomorrow. Conversely, I think Yorkshire are beatable. They have a good top five, but the batting thereafter is a little flimsy.
Mickey Arthur has named a 14 man squad for the weekend. While the pitch will dictate matters, Alex Thomson may well get a game at Chesterfield, where he often does well, while Old Trafford can also make for happy hunting grounds for spinners in recent years.
Likely side:
Jewell, Donald, Madsen, Patel, Whiteley, Guest, Andersson, Chappell, Aitchison/Thomson, Ghazanfar, Brown
Came and Wagstaff also in squad
Lancashire have Phil Salt and Joss Buttler available for the rest of their group games. They have named the following squad for the game against Northamptonshire tonight, which seems unlikely to change much for us:
Keaton Jennings (c), James Anderson, Jack Blatherwick, Jos Buttler, Chris Green, Tom Hartley, Matty Hurst, Michael Jones, Liam Livingstone, Saqib Mahmood, Phil Salt, Ashton Turner, Luke Wells, Luke Wood
It won't be easy, tomorrow...
Meanwhile, Yorkshire has named the following squad for the game against Worcestershire tonight, again likely to be similar to what will play at Chesterfield:
Bairstow, Bess, Chohan, Luxton, Malan, Milnes, Moriarty, O'Rourke, Revis, Sutherland, Thompson, Wharton
While acknowledging the talent of former England men Bairstow and Malan, the rest represent a side that has also struggled in this competition. They will be aware of their recent record against Derbyshire at Chesterfield and will want to put it right, but I think this a game in which Derbyshire can come out on top.
What do you think?
Expect us to get smashed again by Lancashire, anything other than that would be a welcome surprise.
ReplyDeleteIf that does happen I’d like to see Came and Wagstaff in for the Yorkshire game.