Mickey Arthur has named the expected 15-man squad for tomorrow's return T20 fixture against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge (3pm start)

It is unlikely that there will be a change from the side that did well in two matches before going down to Essex. Much as I and several others would like to see Yusuf Bin Naeem come into the side, it could only be at the expense of Caleb Jewell and I don't see Mickey making that call at this stage.

So I expect Derbyshire to line up as follows:

Donald, Andersson, Jewell, Madsen, Montgomery, Whiteley, Basra, Potts, Aitchison, Javed, Morley

Came, Wagstaff, Bin Naeem, Haydon also in the squad.

Last night I watched Nottinghamshire limp over the line against Warwickshire at Trent Bridge. It was a low scoring game, where they were only chasing 140 to win, but got them for seven wickets. They also bowled twelve overs of spin with four spinners, which suggests the way that the game may go tomorrow. A left field pick would see Mitch Wagstaff come into the Derbyshire side, but it will be interesting to see the pitch chosen for the game.

There is no news on the home side as I write but I would expect them to go with this team, unchanged from last night:

Clarke, Munsey, Haynes, McCann, Moores, Howell, McCann, Linde, Patterson-White, Pennington, Stone.

It is a game that Derbyshire at their best are capable of winning, as they did last week. At their least focussed they are eminently capable of losing it too, so it depends which side turns up.

I'm going for a repeat of last week, because I have been impressed on the whole with the way that the county has approached this tournament.

With an impressively positive net run rate, they are in a good position in the competition, if they leave Trent Bridge with the points tomorrow. Mohammad Ghazanfar will be here soon and that can surely only boost prospects.

The forecast is set fair. It would do the mood no harm at all should Northamptonshire take the points from Durham tonight.

Here's hoping for successive, positive events.

What do you think?

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