Pre-Match Pack: Warwickshire

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

Brooke Guest scored a maiden List A half-century in the game against Somerset, with he and captain Billy Godleman both averaging above 50 after two games. The duo are joined in the top order by Tom Wood and Harry Came.

After scoring 93 and claiming two wickets at Taunton, Fynn Hudson-Prentice comes into the game against Warwickshire in good form, he will be looking to replicate that on Tuesday, as Derbyshire go in search of a first List A win of the season.

George Scrimshaw has recovered from a foot injury and could return to a bowling attack led by Ravi Rampaul, with Ben Aitchison providing another seam option.

Alex Hughes is approaching a return to action, while fast bowler Michael Cohen (being assessed for a lower back injury) adds to the list of Sam Conners, Nick Potts Dustin Melton who remain absent from the attack through injury.

Harvey Hosein misses this game, as he remains out for a minimum of six days through concussion protocol after being struck on the helmet against Leicestershire last week.

Derbyshire Squad: 

1. Billy Godleman
4. Harry Came
29. Brooke Guest
24. Tom Wood
65. Anuj Dal
33. Fynn Hudson-Prentice
53. Nils Priestley
15. Alex Thomson
5. Connor Marshall
21. Mattie McKiernan
14. Ravi Rampaul
11. Ben Aitchison
9. George Scrimshaw

Bite-sized Stats

Derbyshire have beaten Warwickshire in each of their last three meetings in this competition, a run only bettered by Kim Barnett’s side which won four in a row between 1983 and 1986.

There have been 57 scheduled List A matches between these two sides, of which five were abandoned without a ball being bowled, and a further four which began but ended as a ‘No Result’. Of the remaining 48, Derbyshire have won 21 games, and Warwickshire 27.

Just five Derbyshire players have recorded List A centuries against Warwickshire with Billy Godleman’s 137 leading the way; the other centuries came from Hill, John Wright, John Morris, and Wayne Madsen.

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Pre-Match Talk

Fynn Hudson-Prentice hopes Derbyshire can make the most of having five of their remaining six Royal London Cup games at home. 

The all-rounder struck 93 and claimed two wickets in the defeat to Somerset, leaving Derbyshire still chasing their first win as they return to The Incora County Ground to host Warwickshire on Tuesday.

That begins a run which will see the side play five of their remaining six 50-over games on home soil, with four matches in Derby, including the visits of Nottinghamshire, Glamorgan and Surrey, and a fixture against Yorkshire Vikings at Queen’s Park, Chesterfield, on Sunday 8 August.

Tickets are available for all home games, and Hudson-Prentice wants to make the most of home advantage to turn their form around and make a push for the latter-stages.

“We go again on Tuesday,” he told BBC Radio Derby.

“We’re playing against a couple of teams who don’t normally travel to Derbyshire, there’s some teams from the south who might not know the dimensions or how to play us.

“Hopefully, we can use that to our advantage, it’s been a tough season so far but we’ll try to make the most of these final six games and push for a place in the knockouts.”

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