Nottinghamshire vs Leicestershire Match Prediction & Betting Tips – Vitality T20 Blast 2024
Nottinghamshire will take on Leicestershire at Trent Bridge, Nottingham in the North Group of the 2024 Vitality Blast. This game gets underway at 18:30 local time on Friday 5th July 2024.
NOT vs LEI, Trent Bridge, Nottingham Pitch Report
This is a good batting wicket at Trent Bridge with strong pace and bounce expected throughout the evening. A par total is likely to be over 175.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Nottinghamshire vs Leicestershire, Vitality T20 Blast 2024
Nottinghamshire Team News & Playing 11
NOT Team News
After an awful start in this year’s T20 Blast which saw Nottinghamshire lose all five of their opening games, Joe Clarke’s side have turned their form around and come into this clash against their local rivals Leicestershire looking to extend their unbeaten run to four matches.
NOT Team Batting
Batting first against Derbyshire Falcons in their last game here at Trent Bridge, 47 runs from 28 balls at the top of the order from captain Clarke and 31 from keeper-batter Tom Moores were the main contributors. With Alex Hales now at the Sri Lanka Premier League, there will need to be at least one change to the batting line up.
NOT Team Bowling
Nottinghamshire’ bowlers have found some good rhythm in recent games and this was evident against the Falcons when they restricted them to 165/8 when chasing 174 for victory. Ben Lister and Olly Stone are likely to take the new ball in this match.
NOT Team Form
Nottinghamshire did not win any of their opening five matches but have won two of their last three.
Nottinghamshire Predicted Playing 11
Benjamin Martindale, Joe Clarke (c), Haseeb Hameed, Jack Haynes, Tom Moores (wk), Matthew Montgomery, Lyndon James, Liam Patterson-White, Calvin Harrison, Olly Stone, Ben Lister
Leicestershire Team News & Playing 11
LEI Team News
It has been a very strong T20 Blast for Leicestershire so far this season and they were involved in a very exciting game against Northamptonshire Steelbacks last time which ended as a tie. A win in this fixture could see them move into the top two of the North Group.
LEI Team Batting
One of the main reasons for Leicestershire’ success has been the top order strength of opener Rishi Patel and captain Peter Handscomb who put on 80 runs for the second wicket in the last game. Louis Kimber will bat at number four and has been in fantastic form across all formats.
LEI Team Bowling
There are plenty of bowling options in Leicestershire’ unit and we can expect to see Josh Hull opening with Wiaan Mulder in this game. Scott Currie and Lewis Goldsworthy have both been in strong form ahead of this fixture at Trent Bridge.
LEI Team Form
Leicestershire come into this game with only one defeat from their last four matches.
Leicestershire Predicted Playing 11
Rishi Patel, Sol Budinger, Peter Handscomb (c), Louis Kimber, Wiaan Mulder, Ben Mike, Ben Cox (wk), Ian Holland, Lewis Goldsworthy, Scott Currie, Josh Hull
🏆 Nottinghamshire vs Leicestershire Prediction
We are expecting this to be a closely contested fixture due to Nottinghamshire suddenly finding form and Leicestershire challenging at the top of the table. Our prediction is for Nottinghamshire to win a tight match at Trent Bridge on Friday evening.
