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Derbyshire vs Northamptonshire Predictions - Bopara to demolish Derbyshire

Simon Lewis

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Last updated: 04 Jun 2025

Simon Lewis 04 Jun 2025

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Ravi Bopara has scored 51, 59*, 36, 20, 44, 53 & 46* runs in his last eight innings.
Caleb Jewell (693 runs, ave 63.00) is 2nd in the County Championship Division 2 runs list.
Can Northamptonshire beat Derbyshire to make it three wins from three?

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Ravi Bopara hits out against Leicestershire. (credit: Andy Kearns/Getty Images)

Derbyshire vs Northamptonshire Predictions

Northamptonshire are firing after two wins on the bounce. I’m backing them to beat Leicestershire, who lost their opening match.

Northamptonshire’s Ravi Bopara (286 runs, ave 40.85) was 2nd in the Nepal Premier League runs list.
Northamptonshire’s Matthew Breetzke has scored 45, 30*, 36 & 23 in his last 5 innings.
Derbyshire’s Caleb Jewell scored 232 off 361 balls against Kent in the County Championship.
Derbyshire’s Wayne Madsen (598 run, ave 59.80) is 6th in the County Championship Division 2 runs list.

Head-to-Head

Derbyshire have won three and lost two of their last five matches against Northamptonshire.

Derbyshire Form

Derbyshire lost their opening match of the Vitality Blast season to Leicestershire by five wickets.

Derbyshire were in trouble at 51/5 after eight overs, but they recovered to reach 170/6 off their 20 overs. Martin Andersson (70* off 46 balls) and Ross Whiteley (37 off 27 balls) added 76 for the sixth wicket.

Leicestershire reached their target with five overs to spare and eight balls in the bank. AM Ghazanfar (2/29, econ 7.25) knocked over two of Leicestershire’s top three batters.

Derbyshire Team News

There are no injury reports from the Derbyshire squad.

Northamptonshire Form

Northamptonshire made it two wins from two when they beat Leicestershire by five wickets.

Leicestershire were teetering on 39/7 in the eighth over and were bowled out off the last ball of the innings for 122. David Willey (3/20) and Ben Sanderson (3/15) did the damage with the ball for Northamptonshire.

Ravi Bopara top-scored with 46* off 40 balls as Northants took the win by five wickets with four balls in hand.

Northamptonshire Team News

David Willey and Ben Sanderson starred with the ball against Leicestershire and will be key to a strong performance against Derbyshire.

Verdict

Derbyshire v Northamptonshire

I am backing Northamptonshire to win. I am also backing Ravi Bopara to top score for Northamptonshire.

Caleb Jewell is a good bet to top score for Derbyshire.

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Simon is a talented sports writer in South Africa with a strong focus on cricket having played first-team level for UCT, including playing at two Universities Weeks.

From a young age Simon was an avid reader of cricket magazines and books, and went on to be Editor of The Googly, CricketScene SA and SA Cricket, in addition to being a Features Writer on SA Sports Illustrated.

He has interviewed most of South Africa's premier cricketers and was the first writer to interview a teenaged Jacques Kallis.

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