Pre-Match Pack: Glamorgan

Derbyshire have named a 13-man squad for tomorrow’s Royal London Cup fixture against Glamorgan at The Incora County Ground (11am start).

Captain Billy Godleman will miss the remainder of the competition through a quad injury, so Alex Hughes will continue with the captaincy in his absence.

Academy prospect Mitch Wagstaff comes into the side after signing a short-term deal, he will join a top-order of Harry Came, Tom Wood and Brooke Guest, while Fynn Hudson-Prentice will be looking to add to his back-to-back half-centuries.

Alex Thomson could return to the 11 after missing the match against Warwickshire, offering Hughes an off-spin option and powerful lower-order striking, alongside the likes of fellow all-rounder, Mattie McKiernan.

George Scrimshaw misses the game through a foot injury, while Michael Cohen will not feature again this season through a lower back injury. The duo join the list of Sam Conners, Dustin Melton and Nick Potts as fast bowlers currently sidelined. Wicketkeeper-batsman Harvey Hosein remains out through concussion and has been referred to a specialist.

Derbyshire Squad: 

22. Mitch Wagstaff
4. Harry Came
29. Brooke Guest
24. Tom Wood
65. Anuj Dal
33. Fynn Hudson-Prentice
18. Alex Hughes
15. Alex Thomson
5. Connor Marshall
53. Nils Priestley
21. Mattie McKiernan
14. Ravi Rampaul
11. Ben Aitchison

Bite-sized Stats

Derbyshire and Glamorgan first clashed in one day cricket in a Gillette Cup quarter final tie at Cardiff in 1969 when Derbyshire won by nine wickets largely thanks to Harold Rhodes’ 4-18 and David Smith’s unbeaten 49 which saw them secure a home semi-final tie against Sussex at Chesterfield, about which many thousands of words have been written.

Derbyshire have won 28 of the first 49 games, with Glamorgan winning 16, plus three No Results, one Abandoned and a dramatic tie, at Derby in 1999.

Dominic Cork’s 6-21 are the best figures for Derbyshire – at Chesterfield in 1997 – while aside from Michael Holding’s 5-31 at Swansea in 1988, Graeme Welch is the only other bowler to take five wickets in an innings, for 22, at Derby in 2001.

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Pre-Match Talk

Head of Cricket, Dave Houghton, believes Derbyshire’s decision making with the bat is being affected by a lack of confidence, but he’s urged the squad to take a more positive approach in the remaining Royal London Cup fixtures. 

The side fell to an eight-wicket defeat to Warwickshire at The Incora County Ground, despite an 82-run opening partnership between Harry Came (45) and Tom Wood (28), meaning they’re without a win in their opening three Royal London Cup games.

Houghton was frustrated by the way the batsman approached the innings, but believes a lack of confidence within the players is contributing to some poor decision making at the crease.

“It’s a heavy defeat, and probably the worst we’ve played out of the three games,” he told BBC Radio Derby.

“We didn’t get it right with the batting, we left ourselves short and went backwards against their spinners after probably the best start we’ve had. It’s tough to manage at the moment, we’ve been on a losing streak for some time now and it’s hard to keep the guys positive and get them to make the right decisions to win games of cricket.

“We’ve talked after the game, it’s now about coming back on Friday and start taking some positive options and getting the scoreboard to tick over at the right rate. Being 30 short is just as bad as being 60 short, so let’s try to get winning scores.

“The problem I had with watching us today is they had the same field for their spin bowlers all the way through and I didn’t see one sweep shot, didn’t see us trying to hit the ball from off to leg to bring a fielder across, which would have made it easier to score on a rotational basis every ball.

“We were a little worried about getting out and, in the end, we got out. So let’s be bold enough to take a positive approach and get a challenging total. We’ve got a lot to do to win games, let alone win enough games to go through,” he added.

“The biggest thing for us right now is to turn this around, win a game or two and get some confidence, because when you’re on a losing streak, it’s very hard to turn around.”

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