Vitality T20 Blast 2019: Worcestershire vs Northamptonshire Dream 11 Predictions and Fantasy Cricket Tips

Published 08/12/2019, 5:41 AM EDT

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The Vitality T20 Blast is in full swing with defending champions, Worcestershire facing Northamptonshire. Worcestershire are 3rd in the North table, and a win could see them leapfrog Nottingham for 2nd. Meanwhile, Northamptonshire could jump up to 4th if they win this clash.

Team News

Currently, the momentum is with Worcestershire as they are the defending champions. In addition to that, they won their last match by defeating Nottingham. On the other hand, Northamptonshire have lost their last match.

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Predicted Playing XI

Worcestershire: Martin Guptill, Wayne Parnell, Callum Ferguson, Ben Cox (wk), Daryl Mitchell, Moeen Ali (c), Joe Leach, Ross Whiteley, Riki Wessels, Thomas Charles Fell, Ed Barnard.

Northamptonshire: Richard Levi, Nathan Buck, Joshua Cobb (c), Ben Sanderson, Alex Wakely, Luke Procter, Graeme White, Adam Rossington (wk), Matt Coles, Rob Keogh, Dwaine Pretorius

Weather and pitch report

The Worcestershire vs Northamptonshire match will take place at the New Road in Worcester. Unfortunately, he classic British weather As per the weather forecast, the highest chances of rainfall will be between 12 PM and 6 PM. Unfortunately, the Worcester-Northampton match is scheduled around that time. So, a washout is pretty much on the cards if the forecast comes true.

H2H record

Both teams have faced each other on five occasions in the Vitality T20 Blast series. In those 5 matches, Northamptonshire have registered two wins over Worcestershire. The latter seized victory over Northamptonshire in the other three.

Wicketkeeper

Adam Rossington will be the prime pick for the wicketkeeper role for Vitality T20 Blast Northampton vs Worcestershire Dream 11 Predictions Team. Rossington is regarded as one of the best batsman in Northampton and he does a stellar job as a wicket-keeper.

Batsmen

Four batsmen have been included in the Worcestershire vs Northamptonshire Dream 11 Predictions team. They are Riki Wessels, Martin Guptill and Callum Ferguson for Worcestershire and Rob Keogh for Northampton.

All-rounder

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Joshua Cobb takes on the role of allrounder for Northamptonshire, alongside Dwaine Pretorius. The other occupant is Worcestershire’s Wayne Parnell, who has been in excellent form and will be a valuable asset.

Bowlers

Three bowlers have been named in the Worcestershire vs Northamptonshire Dream 11 predictions team. They are Ed Barnard for Worcestershire, and  Graeme White and Ben Sanderson forNorthamptonshire. All of them are among the best bowlers for their respective teams.

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Captain and vice-captain

D’Arcy Short will serve as the captain, while the vice captain of this Dream 11 team will be Harry Gurney

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