Vitality Blast 2024 Cricket Match Prediction | North Group | Northamptonshire Steelbacks vs Leicestershire Foxes – Let’s see who will win the match. | June 21, 2024

Northamptonshire Steelbacks vs Leicestershire Foxes Match Analysis

In the 2024 Vitality Blast’s North Group, Northamptonshire will play the Leicestershire Foxes at the County Ground in Northampton. On Friday, June 21, 2024, at 17:30 local time, the game will begin.

Northamptonshire is in a good position and has a match remaining against three of the other top-five teams. They could move up above the table with a victory in this game.

Leicestershire has only trailed their opponents by two points at the top of the group this season, despite having lost three of their games. After dropping their previous three meetings with Northamptonshire, the Foxes will be eager to win this one.

Northamptonshire Steelbacks vs Leicestershire Foxes Team Preview & Squads

Northamptonshire Steelbacks

Northamptonshire got back on track last Saturday as they defeated Worcestershire Rapids, following their defeat at the hands of Yorkshire Vikings earlier in the month. It was important to have middle-order runs and an excellent start from the openers, and we anticipate this veteran batting lineup to appreciate the surface.

Against Worcestershire Rapids, Northamptonshire’s bowling attack claimed nine wickets, with only Zimbabwean spinner Sikandar Raza going without a wicket out of the seven bowlers used. In that game, Saif Zaib stood out as a bowler, and he will be optimistic about his prospects against the Falcons.

Northamptonshire Steelbacks Squads

Northamptonshire Steelbacks

David Willey (c), Lewis McManus (wk), Matthew Breetzke, Saif Zaib, George Bartlett, Sikandar Raza, Ben Sanderson, Ravi Bopara, Freddie Heldreich, Ricardo Vasconcelos, Raphael Weatherall

Leicestershire Foxes

Leicestershire defeated Durham by a slim margin of 10 runs on Wednesday at Chester-le-Street, and they were once again helped by opener Rishi Patel, who smashed 48 runs as the team scored 140/8. With just one boundary in his 26 shots, captain Peter Handscomb will be trying to play more shots in this game.

In the most recent match, only spinner Rehan Ahmed failed to pick up a wicket, but promising English left-arm fast Josh Hull and South African pace bowler Wiaan Mulder both made an impact with the new ball. Before this match, the hosts’ bowling assault had a decent amount of variation.

Leicestershire Foxes Squads

Leicestershire Foxes

Peter Handscomb (c), Ben Cox (wk), Sol Budinger, Wiaan Mulder, Ben Mike, Louis Kimber, Lewis Goldsworthy, Rehan Ahmed, Scott Currie, Rishi Patel, Josh Hull

Northamptonshire Steelbacks vs Leicestershire Foxes outfield report

County Ground Northampton

The team that wins the toss will probably choose to bat first because of the eight games played here, batting first has prevailed in eight of them.

With a largely cloudy sky, there is very little chance of rain. The first innings average here is 140, so this is not a batting paradise.

Northamptonshire Steelbacks vs Leicestershire Foxes Head-to-Head Stats of Last 5 Matches

In the last five encounters between these two teams, Northamptonshire Steelbacks won four of them and one match was won by Leicestershire Foxes.

Northamptonshire Steelbacks vs Leicestershire Foxes Prediction

Winning the toss

• Northamptonshire Steelbacks

Player of the Match

• Northamptonshire Steelbacks – Matthew Breetzke

Most runs

• Northamptonshire Steelbacks – Matthew Breetzke
• Leicestershire Foxes – Rishi Patel

Most wickets

• Northamptonshire Steelbacks – Ben Sanderson
• Leicestershire Foxes – Scott Currie

Most sixes

• Northamptonshire Steelbacks – Matthew Breetzke
• Leicestershire Foxes – Rishi Patel

Team Scores Batting First

• Northamptonshire Steelbacks – 150+
• Leicestershire Foxes – 140+

According to cricket analysts, Northamptonshire Steelbacks has a 51% chance of winning.