The County Ground in Northampton will host the next North Group game which will be contested between Northamptonshire Steelbacks and Worcestershire Rapids. This would be the fourth game for Worcestershire Rapids, whereas, Northamptonshire Steelbacks will be playing their 5the match of the season.
The Steelbacks have registered only a solitary win from 4 games, whereas, lost three. Their only win this season came against Warwickshire Bears which was definitely a thumping win with a margin of 194 runs. Worcestershire Rapids, on the other hand, have won two games so far and are comfortably placed at the second spot on the points table.
Their two wins came against Lancashire and Leicestershire by 125 and 38 runs respectively in their opening two games. However, they faced a hurdle in the form of Durham Jets who tamed them by 4 wickets in a rain-curtailed game. They would be eyeing to get back to winning ways and consolidate their second spot on the points table.
Northamptonshire vs Worcestershire, North Group, England Domestic One-Day Cup 2019
Venue: County Ground, Northampton
Time: April 26, 03:30 PM
Worcestershire squad to face Northamptonshire:
(** As per the last game)
Brett D’ Oliveira(c), Hamish Rutherford, Thomas Charles Fell, Daryl Mitchell, Ben Cox, Patrick Brown, Ross Whiteley, Riki Wessels, Ed Barnard, Josh Tongue, Charlie Morris, George Rhodes, Wayne Parnell
Northamptonshire squad to face Worcestershire:
(** As per the last game)
Alex Wakely(c), Ricardo Vasconcelos, Adam Rossington(w), Jason Holder, Joshua Cobb, Luke Procter, Nathan Buck, Ben Sanderson, Richard Levi, Blessing Muzarabani, Rob Newton, Rob Keogh, Ben Curran, Dwaine Pretorius
Northamptonshire:
Windies skipper Jason Holder has been a boon for Northants this season as he has accumulated 248 runs from 4 innings and scalped 7 wickets. R Keogh and A Rossington have been good with the bat.
In the bowling department, B Muzarabani and B Sanderson have been the consistent performers with 5 and 6 wickets respectively to their name.
Worcestershire:
In the batting department, Hamish Rutherford and Alex Whiteley will hold the key. Rutherford has got 149 runs from 3 innings, whereas, Whiteley has got 193 runs from the same number of innings.
Joshua Tongue and C Morris have got 9 wickets between them, whereas, Daryl Mitchell has scalped 3 wickets and scored 101 runs so far from 3 innings.
Both teams are yet to announce their squads, The Dream11 team we are providing here is to the best of our interest.
Wicket-keeper: A Rossington
Batsmen: R Keogh, A Wakely, Hamish Rutherford, Ross Whiteley
All-rounders: L Proctor, Brett D’Olveria, Daryl Mitchell
Bowlers: B Sanderson, C Morris, Joshua Tongue
Our captain and vice-captain picks: R Keogh, A Rossington, Jason Holder, Hamish Rutherford, Daryl Mitchell