After suffering a demeaning loss at the hands of Yorkshire Vikings, the Leicestershire Foxes will now collide with the Durham Jets who have started their campaign on a winning note after a disastrous show in the last edition. This match will be played at the Riverside Ground in Chester-le-Street.
Durham Jets had a really disappointing season last time around where they finished at the bottom of the North Group table with just 2 wins from 8 matches. They had to shrug off their last season’s disappointment and start fresh this season, and they did the same in style by registering a comfortable 72 runs victory over Northamptonshire courtesy twin centuries from Michael Richardson (102 off 96) and skipper Cameron Bancroft (151* off 130) which helped them post a tottering 342 for the loss of 5 wickets. This score was way too much for Northamptonshire who were dismissed for 270 in 43.5 overs. Matty Potts and Matt Salisbury were the pick of the bowlers as the former got 4 for 60 from his full quota of overs, whereas, the latter scalped 3 for 51.
Meanwhile, it was not a good day for Leicestershire Foxes when they faced Yorkshire Vikings in their opening game of the season. Foxes were trumped by 213 runs which has really dented their confidence going further in the competition. It would be interesting to see how they will cope-up after a humiliating show in the last game to get back into the winning ways.
Leicestershire vs Durham, North Group, England Domestic One-Day Cup 2019
Venue: Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
Time: April 19, 3:30 PM
Durham squad to face Leicestershire:
Durham Jets have named an unchanged squad for this fixture.
Cameron Bancroft (C), Alex Lees, James Weighell, Gareth Harte, Liam Trevaskis, Ben Raine, Jack Burnham, Michael Richardson, Brydon Carse, Matt Salisbury, Graham Clark, Scott Steel, Matty Potts
Leicestershire squad to face Durham:
Sam Evans, Niel Dexter, and Pakistan recruit Mohammad Abbas are not available for the Foxes.
P Horton (c), L Hill, Davis, Aadil Ali, M Ackermann, Cosgrove, Dearden, C Wright, T Taylor, Klein, Lilley, Mike, Griffiths, Parkinson.
Wicket-keeper: Cameron Bancroft
Batsmen: M Richardson, L Trevaskis, A Lees, M Cosgrove
All-rounders: A Ali, B Raine, S Steel
Bowlers: C Wright, T Taylor, M Potts
Our Captain/Vice-captain picks: Cameron Bancroft, M Cosgrove, M Richardson, Ben Raine, Adil Ali