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Originally Posted by Matt  Just so you know Kev, Dippenaar and Du Preez arrived over the weekend and are in our squad for the Warwickshire game  |
Ta mate. Had been keeping tabs on their progress because Dippy is in my cricinfo fantasy team and could yet be transferred into the telegraph one!! Going with your boys this week
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10pts Leicestershire to beat Warwickshire 6/4 Boylesports
Leicestershire come into this match top of the table after two matches and they'll be keen to get one over their ex-player who is now Warwickshire captain, Darren Maddy. Warwickshire won last week chasing down a mammoth 382 on the final day at Northampton but they showed their Jekyll and Hyde side when they couldn't defend 290 odd against Northants in the 50 over match on Sunday.
Warwickshire have Ian Bell and Tim Ambrose at their disposal as the ECB want them to get matches under their belt. Monde Zondeki makes his home debut. Darren Maddy arrives in good form having hit a ton and a 50 at Northampton over the weekend. Lee Daggett and Neil Carter could both play although James Anyon is in the squad. If it's one of Daggett or Carter, Carter's batting prowess should get him the nod.
Leicestershire welcome overseas player Boeta Dippenaar into their side for the 1st time this week. He brings with him talented all rounder Dillon Du Preez who is meant to be a hot prospect and he will make his debut here too. HD Ackerman will be looked upon for runs while young opening pairing Tom New and Matthew Boyce will hope to continue their good start to the season. Leicestershire are that confident with their bowling attack that they leave ex Windies test star Jermaine Lawson out of the squad here.
Warwickshire are undoubtedly a good side but they are very inconsistant. 2 weeks ago a certain loss against Worcester was saved by the rain and then their was the mixed bag at Northants over the weekend. In a way Leicestershire are very similar but they can be very good as they showed in beating Middlesex in their opening match. Warwickshire are rightly favourites on quality alone but Leicester are bowling teams out now and if their batting gets going they won't be far away here so I take the away team to pinch this one.
I'll do Wednesday's bets tomorrow night when we've got more team news.