Durham will face Leicestershire at Chester-le-Street in the North Group of the 2024 Vitality Blast. The match will commence at 18:30 local time on Wednesday, June 12, 2024.
DUR vs LEI, Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Pitch Report
The pitch at Chester-le-Street often provides early assistance to bowlers, making batting challenging initially. A score of around 140 is expected to be competitive.
Durham Predicted Playing 11: Graham Clark, Alex Lees (c), David Bedingham, Ollie Robinson (wk), Ashton Turner, Ben Raine, Haydon Mustard, Paul Coughlin, Matthew Potts, Callum Parkinson, Nathan Sowter
Leicestershire Predicted Playing 11: Rishi Patel, Sol Budinger, Peter Handscomb (c), Louis Kimber, Wiaan Mulder, Ben Cox (wk), Ben Mike, Rehan Ahmed, Lewis Goldsworthy, Scott Currie, Josh Hull
Match Prediction
With the North Group standings being closely contested, this match offers a chance for Durham to move up the table or for Leicestershire to approach the top two spots. Given their recent comfortable win over Leicestershire, we predict Durham to win and secure their third consecutive victory.
Prediction: Durham to beat Leicestershire