Vitality Blast 2024 Cricket Match Prediction | North Group | Worcestershire Rapids vs Leicestershire Foxes – Let’s see who will win the match. | July 11

Worcestershire Rapids vs Leicestershire Foxes Match Analysis

Even though the Vitality T20 Blast is nearing its conclusion, no team has advanced to the knockout stages. Following a run of defeats, Worcestershire will take against the Leicestershire Rapids at New Road, Worcester, on July 10 at 10 p.m. While it will be a game of pride for the Rapids, sitting at the bottom of the standings, the Foxes need to win this game to maintain their aspirations of making it to the semifinals.

Worcestershire played second-place Lancashire at Emirates Old Trafford in Manchester in the final match. The Rapids, batting first, scored 181 runs for 4 wickets. Adam Hose scored 45 runs in a short while after Josh Cobb scored 74 runs off 53 balls. Matthew Waite nearly sealed the victory for Worcestershire by taking 3 wickets for 19. However, Luke Wood smashed the final ball for a six to give the Rapids a two-wicket defeat.

During their most recent match, Derbyshire defeated Leicestershire. The Foxes lost six wickets while scoring 184 runs in their opening batting innings. Ben Cox, the wicketkeeper, struck 61 off 30 below with four fours and an equal number of sixes. After collecting the first three wickets for 52 runs, the Foxes got off to a great start. However, Samit Patel and Wayne Madsen quickly added 80 to the total, defeating Leicestershire by 4 wickets.

This season, on July 9, both teams faced off at Grace Road in Leicester. Leicestershire reached 176 for the cost of 8 wickets in a suspenseful conclusion. Rishi Patel of the Foxes amassed 48 runs while Adam Finch and Nathan Smith each claimed three wickets. Brett D’Oliveira, the captain of the Rapids, and Matthew Waite got the chase off with a partnership of 90 runs in the first nine overs. However, Scott Currie and Rehan Ahmed bowled incredibly effectively to win the game by four runs.

Worcestershire Rapids vs Leicestershire Foxes Team Preview & Squads

Worcestershire Rapids

Worcestershire has lost their last seven games, so things are not going well for them. Here, the bowling and batting units are both at fault. The Rapids will start the inning with Matthew Waite and skipper Brett D’Oliveira. D’Oliveira has a strike rate of 113 and 165 runs in 8 games. Waite’s average in the same innings is a pitiful 16.14. Josh Cobb, batting third, has outperformed his teammates by a tiny margin with 192 runs at a 123.87 strike rate.

Adam Hose, Gareth Roderick, and Ethan Brooks will be positioned in the middle. At 126.58, Hose has scored 219 runs, making him their top run scorer. Surprisingly, he hasn’t reached the half-century milestone yet. Roderick, who is batting 148, hasn’t had a very productive inning yet. Whether Kashif Ali plays for the Rapids in the lineup will be interesting to see. He leads the team in strike rate with 69 runs scored in three games. The Rapids have managed to score just three half-centuries in 10 games this season, which is a clear indication of the batting crisis in the team.

Along with Adam Finch and Matthew Waite, Tom Taylor will be the unit’s leader in bowling. Taylor has an economy of over nine in ten games with twelve wickets. Finch, however, has nine wickets in nine games. The Rapids bowling unit’s problem is that none of them has been able to achieve an economy of less than 6. 

Worcestershire Rapids Squads

Worcestershire Rapids

Brett D Oliveira (c), Gareth Roderick (wk), Josh Cobb, Ethan Brookes, Matthew Waite, Ed Pollock, Tom Taylor, Adam Hose, Hayden Walsh, Kashif Ali, Harry Darley

Leicestershire Foxes

In the last three games, Lancashire has not experienced a triumph. They lost the final match against Derbyshire and drew the other one with Northamptonshire. Soloman Budinger will lead off the inning for captain Rishi Patel. With a 149.81 strike rate this season, Patel has amassed 400 runs. As their captain, no other batter has even come close to reaching double figures in runs scored. With 109 runs scored in just 7 innings, Budinger is currently experiencing bad form.

Whether Peter Handscomb will return for the following game is still up in the air. With 213 runs, he is ranked second on the Foxes’ run-scoring list. For the Foxes, Jimmy Neesham and Ben Cox will be deadly in the middle. Neesham has only played in two games, but in eight innings, Cox has scored 174 runs at a 153 strike-rate. In the most recent match, he scored 61 off 30.

The bowling unit will be led by Scott Currie, Josh Hull, and Lewis Goldsworthy. With 14 wickets at an economy of 7.55, Currie leads the group among the three bowlers who have taken 38 wickets thus far. All of them, like Worcestershire, have economies of at least six.

Leicestershire Foxes Squads

Leicestershire Foxes Squads

Rishi Patel (c), Ben Cox (wk), Paul Stirling, James Neesham, Tom Scriven, Ben Mike, Lewis Goldsworthy, Louis Kimber, Samuel Berridge Wood, Soloman Budinger, Josh Hull.

Worcestershire Rapids vs Leicestershire Foxes outfield report

New Road, Worcester

The team that bowled first won the lone T20I match. However, this season, the team has been evenly split between chasing and protecting the aim. Two victories apiece for the first and second-batting teams in four games. However, the defense has demonstrated a few thrilling finishes. The team that wins the toss in this situation should bowl first.

The Northampton will have both sunny and cloudy spells. There will be a temperature range of 32°C to 23°C. There’s a 25% chance of rain today with a moderate wind.

Compared to batters with good bounce and swing, the pitch helps bowlers.

Worcestershire Rapids vs Leicestershire Foxes Head-to-Head Stats of Last 5 Matches

In the last five encounters between these teams, Leicestershire Foxes won three and Worcestershire Rapids won two.

Worcestershire Rapids vs Leicestershire Foxes Prediction

Winning the toss

• Leicestershire Foxes

Player of the Match

• Leicestershire Foxes – Ben Cox

Most runs

• Worcestershire Rapids – Josh Cobb
• Leicestershire Foxes – Ben Cox

Most wickets

• Worcestershire Rapids – Matthew Waite
• Leicestershire Foxes – Ben Mike

Most sixes

• Worcestershire Rapids – Josh Cobb
• Leicestershire Foxes – Ben Cox

Team Scores Batting First

• Worcestershire Rapids – 140+
• Leicestershire Foxes – 150+

According to cricket analysts, Leicestershire Foxes has a 54% chance of winning.

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