Vitality Blast 2025: Top Fantasy XI for DER vs NOR | Expert Fantasy Tips

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The 2025 Vitality Blast moves on to Match 18, where Derbyshire Falcons will play against Northamptonshire Steelbacks at the County Ground in Derby on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. The match will start at 11:30 PM IST. Both teams are hoping to start the tournament well, and this game is expected to be an exciting contest under the night lights.

In the current North Group points table of the 2025 Vitality Blast, Northamptonshire Steelbacks are in 2nd place with two wins from two matches, showing strong early form. On the other hand, Derbyshire Falcons are placed 7th, having played just one match so far, which they lost. As they head into this encounter, Derbyshire will be eager to register their first win, while Northamptonshire will look to continue their unbeaten run and stay near the top of the standings.

Pitch Condition

The pitch at the County Ground in Derby generally offers a balanced contest between bat and ball. Early in the match, fast bowlers may get some assistance with swing and seam movement due to the typical English conditions.

Predicted to win

15°C

Weather Report

balanced

Pitch Condition

170

Avg. 1st inning score

Probable Playing XI

Derbyshire

Probable XI

AHT Donald, CP Jewell, DL Lloyd, RA Whiteley, SR Patel(C), Allah Mohammad, Ben Aitchison, MK Andersson, Nick Potts, Patrick Brown, ZJ Chappell

Bench

DM Dupavillon, LM Reece, BD Guest, WL Madsen, AT Thomson, AK Dal, MJ Lamb, HRC Came, S Conners, Mitchell Wagstaff, S Lakmal, MRJ Watt, BA Godleman, GLS Scrimshaw, Matt McKiernan, TA Wood, Haider Ali, Archie Harrison, H Moore, Yousaf Bin Naeem, HJH Brookes, JP Morley, BM Tickner

Northamptonshire

Probable XI

GA Bartlett, RS Bopara(C), SA Zaib, DJ Willey, LA Procter, LD McManus, MP Breetzke, R Vasconcelos, BW Sanderson, GLS Scrimshaw, L Pope

Bench

AC Agar, RI Keogh, J White, Emilio Gay, Justin Broad, Gus Miller, Freddie Heldreich, James Sales, Alex Russell, M Finan, George Gowler, George Weldon, R Weatherall, KK Patel, GK Berg, Hasan Azad, SC Kerrigan, GG White, ORT Sale, SM Whiteman, P Shaw, Harry Gouldstone, Y Singh, Karun Nair, JJ Cobb, CA Lynn, CP Tremain, Dominic Leech, TAI Taylor, S Kaul, Fateh Singh, LA Patterson-White, Jordan Buckingham, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harry Conway, L Guthrie, Aadi Sharma, T Louw, Arush Buchake, CG Harrison