Durham vs Lancashire, VITALITY T20 BLAST 2021, Today Match Prediction 17 June 2021

dur vs lancs Match Prediction & Analysis

Durham and Lancashire have started the season on a fairly good note with more wins than losses and are currently at the top half of the points table in the North group. Lancashire have won their last match chasing a big total comfortably by 6 wickets margin. They will look to continue their momentum in this match with yet another win. Durham after winning their first 2 matches lost their previous game against Nottinghamshire by 13 runs. They will look to return to winning ways with a win in this match and race ahead in the points table.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Durham Preview

Durham began the 196-run chase on a superb fashion with David Bedingham (65 runs) and Graham Clark (39 runs) going all guns blazing with a 73-run partnership. Their middle order suffered a mini collapse from 73/0 to 96/5. Lower order players Paul Coughlin, Brydan Crase, and Liam Tresvaskis put on a fight with 20+ cameos but eventually fell short by 13 runs.

Matty Potts and P Coghlin claimed 2 wickets inside 3 overs to give a good start but their bowling unit was taken to cleaners for the next 12 overs. Ben Raine intervened with a couple of wickets in 16th over and ended with figures of 4-0-29-2 in the match. All the other regular bowlers went for over 10 RPO and ended up giving 195 runs in their 20 overs.  

Top players to bet on:

David Bedingam – David has scores of 38 & 65 in the last 2 matches and he set the tempo for the chase in both matches with attacking knocks at a strike rate of 150+. We expect him to make yet another aggressive knock at the top in this match too.

Ben Raine – Ben Raine has been their most successful bowler with 7 wickets in 3 matches with bowling figures of 2/29, 3/19, & 2/17 so far. He is also giving runs at an economy rate of less than 6 RPO.     

Durham Predicted Playing XI:

Graham Clark, David Bedingham, Ben Raine, Cameron Bancroft (c), Ned Eckersley (wk), Jack Burnham, Paul Coughlin, Brydon Carse, Liam Trevaskis, Scott Borthwick, Matty Potts

Durham Actual Playing XI:

Brydon Carse, Scott Borthwick, Cameron Bancroft, Paul Coughlin, Ned Eckersley, Matty Pots, Ben Raine, Graham Clark, Liam Trevaskis, David Bedingham, Sean Dickson

Lancashire Preview

Lancashire were also set a similar target of 197 runs but they won the match by 7 wickets. Liam Livingstone (45 runs) and Alex Davies (83* runs) shared a 99-run partnership for the second wicket after Finn Allen`s duck in the first over. Jos Butler (20 runs) and Dane Vilas (40* runs) scored runs at a strike rate of 200+ to build partnership with Davies.

Luke Wood and Tom bailey gave runs at less than 8.5 RPO and claimed 4 wickets between themselves in the match. Liam Livingstone was the most economical bowler with figures of 4-0-30-0. Mathew Parkinson, Danny lamb, and Tom Hartley gave 93 runs in their combined 8 overs.

Top players to bet on:

Alex Davies – Alex Davies scored 83 runs and remained not out as his team successfully chased the target. He built three good partnerships in the middle to help his team win comfortably in the end.

Liam Livingstone – Livingstone has scored 189 runs at a strike rate of 150 with 25+ scores in all 4 matches. He is also their most economical bowler giving runs at 6.88 RPO alongside his 2 wickets.  

Lancashire Predicted Playing XI:

Liam Livingstone, Finn Allen, Alex Davies, Jos Buttler (wk), Dane Vilas (c), Steven Croft, Luke Wood, Danny Lamb, Tom Hartley, Tom Bailey, Matthew Parkinson

Lancashire Actual Playing XI:

Matt Parkinson, Steven Croft, Luke Wood, Tom Hartley, Finn Allen, Tom Bailey, Alex Davies, Jos Buttler, Dane Vilas, Danny Lamb, Liam Livingstone

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Chester Le Street will have slightly dark and cloudy weather on the match day. We expect the rain appearance not to make a big impact in this match.

Venue Details

Riverside Ground is a high scoring ground and we can expect a run feasts in this match. Bowlers must execute their plans to perfection on this track. We expect average scores around 180-200 runs in this match.

Toss: To Bat

Both matches played here has been won by the teams batting first despite captains choosing to chase down the total. we expect to the trend to change and captains to bat first in this match.