Vitality Blast 2023 Cricket Prediction | North Group: Birmingham Bears vs Derbyshire Falcons

Birmingham Bears vs Derbyshire Falcons at a glance

• Birmingham Bears have 8 points after 6 games, although their previous 2 games have ended in losses.
• Derbyshire Falcons has only earned 4 points from its first 6 games, with just 2 wins.
• Derbyshire Falcons defeated Birmingham Bears in their most recent match by a score of 17 runs.

Birmingham Bears vs Derbyshire Falcons Team Preview

Birmingham Bears

Birmingham Bears, who had won four of their previous four games to lead the North Group, have now dropped two straight games to Derbyshire and Notts Outlaws, both by scores of 17 runs and 11 runs, respectively. At the top of the leaderboard, the Bears and Worcestershire Rapids are tied on points.

In T20 cricket, Sam Hain is incredibly difficult to stop once he gets going. The 27-year-old has so far this season recorded unbroken runs of 83, 65, 48, and 97. Henry Brookes also picked up two wickets and Moeen Ali collected 1-32 against the Notts Outlaws. If Warwickshire loses, it will be their third straight loss in the T20 Blast and their second in as many days against Derbyshire.

Derbyshire Falcons 

Derbyshire’s brief winning streak of two games came to an end on Sunday when they were defeated by Yorkshire Vikings by seven wickets with 10 balls remaining, leaving them only one point behind Leicestershire Foxes in the North Group standings. In fourth place, the Falcons are only two points behind Durham.

Wayne Madsen is the player with the most runs scored in the Vitality T20 Blast 2023, despite the fact that in the most recent game, he fell short of either a hundred or a half-century for the first time this season. Zak Chappell, George Scrimshaw, and Tom Wood each took a wicket against the Yorkshire Vikings, but the remainder of the bowling attack struggled to limit the number of runs scored, with the exception of Scottish spinner Mark Watt.

Birmingham Bears vs Derbyshire Falcons Team Playing Squads

Birmingham Bears Squads

Birmingham Bears

Moeen Ali (c), Alex Davies (wk), Danny Briggs, Jake Lintott, Glenn Maxwell, Sam Hain, Dan Mousley, Henry Brookes, Craig Miles, Chris Benjamin, and Ed Barnard.

Derbyshire Falcons Squads

Derbyshire Falcons

Leus du Plooy (c), Brooke Guest (wk), George Scrimshaw, Zaman Khan, Luis Reece, Haider Ali, Mattie McKiernan, Zak Chappell, Mark Watt, Wayne Madsen, and Thomas Wood.

Birmingham Bears vs Derbyshire Falcons Team Form in Last 5 Matches

Birmingham Bears vs Derbyshire Falcons outfield report

Edgbaston

Given that, this pitch may become more forgiving as the game goes on and that both teams have had decent luck pursuing thus far, both teams will attempt to bowl first.

On the day of the match, Birmingham will see bright and sunny weather with little likelihood of precipitation.

The Vitality Blast match will take place at Warwickshire’s Edgbaston. At this location, the pitch always has strong velocity, thus we may anticipate that a par score will be over 200.

Birmingham Bears vs Derbyshire Falcons Final Prediction

Winning the toss

• Birmingham Bears

Player of the Match

• Birmingham Bears – Sam Hain

Most sixes

• Birmingham Bears – Sam Hain
• Derbyshire Falcons – Wayne Madsen

Most wickets

• Birmingham Bears – Danny Briggs
• Derbyshire Falcons – George Scrimshaw

Most runs

• Birmingham Bears – Sam Hain 
• Derbyshire Falcons – Wayne Madsen

Team Scores Batting First

• Birmingham Bears – 200+
• Derbyshire Falcons – 180+

According to our prediction, Birmingham Bears will win this match.