The world is ready to witness yet another big battle of Vitality T20 Blast. The 72nd Match of Vitality T20 Blast 2020 is scheduled to play between Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire on Thursday, 17th September 2020 at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. We are posting safe, accurate, and secure today match prediction for all matches of T20 Blast free.

Nottinghamshire had an outstanding performance in this tournament. They are the top-performing team of the North Group. They had played a total of seven matches so far with five wins to their name. Their two matches were ended with no result and they are leading the points table of the north group. They are coming to this match on the back of a massive win over Derbyshire in their previous match with the margin of 13 runs. They won the toss and decided to bat first. The performance of their batting order was outstanding. They put a total of 198 runs in their inning of 20 overs. Almost all batsmen from their side put some runs on the board. Joe Clarke was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side who scored 57 runs on just 35 deliveries with the help of six boundaries and two sixes. Alex Hales also had an outstanding performance with the bat. He scored 49 runs on 32 deliveries with the help of nine boundaries. Tom Moores scored 31 runs in the previous match.

The performance of the bowling unit of Nottinghamshire not good but they defended the target of 199 runs and leaked 185 runs in their inning of 20 overs. Imad Wasim was the most economical bowler from their side who picked two wickets in his four overs bowled out against 29 runs. Jake Ball also picked two wickets but he was charged for 36 runs in his four overs bowled out. Matthew Carter and Steven Mullaney picked one wicket each while Samit Patel and the skipper, Daniel Christian were the bowlers who failed to pick any wicket. Samit Patel leaked 46 runs in his four overs bowled out.

Derbyshire had almost failed to give their best performance in this season of T20 Blast. This is the worst performing team of the North Group. They had played a total of eight matches so far with just one win to their name. They had lost five matches while their two matches were ended with no result. They are laying at the bottom of the points table of the North Group. They won their most recent match against Leicestershire with the margin of just four runs. They won the toss and decided to bat first. The performance of their batting was not impressive. They scored a total of 147 runs in their inning of 20 overs. The skipper, B Godleman was the highest run-scorer from their side who scored 34 runs on 36 deliveries with the help of two boundaries and one six. W Madsen scored 33 runs while Alex Hughes had 25 runs to his name.

Derbyshire won the previous match due to the best performance by their bowling unit. They defended the target of 148 runs and leaked 143 runs in their inning of 20 overs. Almost all bowlers from their side performed well in the previous match. Michael Cohen was the highest wicket-taker from their side who picked two wickets in his four overs bowled out against 23 runs. Matthew Critchley and Alex Hughes picked one wicket each in the previous match while Wayne Madsen, Dustin Melton, Matt McKiernan, and Luis Reece were the bowlers who failed to pick any wicket in the previous match. The batting order of Derbyshire had to perform well in upcoming matches to end this season of T20 blast on a good knock.

According to our Vitality T20 Blast prediction, Nottinghamshire is the favorite team to win this match. There are many factors that make Nottinghamshire a favorite team to win this match.

• Nottinghamshire is the top-performing team of the North Group
• Nottinghamshire is a strong team as compared to Derbyshire
• The bowling unit of Nottinghamshire is strong
• Nottinghamshire also has a strong batting order in the side

The performance of Nottinghamshire had been good in their previously played matches so far, so the winning chances of today match for Nottinghamshire have been increased. The equation of winning chances of both teams for today’s match is mentioned as under.

Nottinghamshire have 58% chances to win this match
Derbyshire has 42% chances to win this match

The toss will play a key role in the decision of all matches of Vitality T20 Blast. Defending is much easier in the conditions in England than chasing so according to our toss prediction, the team who will win the toss will elect to bat first.

The 72nd Match of Vitality T20 Blast is going to be played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. The pitch here at this stadium is expected to be flat and much favored for batting. It has a decent amount of pace and bounces in it. We may have some high scoring matches here. The pitch may also have some help in it for the seamers.

The weather forecast for Taunton is good for a cricket match. There are some chances of rain during this match but we are hoping a full match to see without any disturbance.

Check out the Dream11 fantasy prediction for the 72nd Match of the finals day in Vitality T20 Blast, between Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.

Date: Thursday, 17th September 2020
Time: 05:00 PM GMT / 06:00 PM LOCAL / 10:00 PM IST

Stadium: Trent Bridge
Location: Nottingham, England
Opened: 1841
Capacity: 15,350 (to be 17,000)
Known as; Trent Bridge Ground
Ends: Pavilion End, Radcliffe Road End
Time Zone: UTC +01:00
Home to; Nottinghamshire
Other Sports: it is home to Football (Nottm Forest and Notts County) 1860-1910
Floodlights: Yes

Total matches: 11
Matches won batting first: 6
Matches won bowling first: 5
Average 1st Inns scores: 154
Average 2nd Inns scores: 137
Highest total recorded: 198/5 (20 Ov) by NZ vs IRE
Lowest total recorded: 110/10 (17 Ov) by NZ vs SL
Highest score chased: 173/3 (19.4 Ov) by ENG vs WI
Lowest score defended: 130/5 (20 Ov) by RSA vs IND

Alex Hales, Chris Nash, Joe Clarke, Ben Duckett, Tom Moores (wk), Daniel Christian (c), Steven Mullaney, Samit Patel, Imad Wasim, Matthew Carter, Jake Ball, Zak Chappell, Peter Trego, Tom Barber.