Lancashire vs Leicestershire, VITALITY T20 BLAST 2023, Today Match Prediction 25 May 2023

lancs vs leic Match Prediction & Analysis

T20 Blast is one of the oldest T20 leagues played from 2003 and has been one of the most followed leagues in the English cricketing circuit. Leicestershire are all set to kick off their season with this match and they have been very ordinary in past 5 years with a lone quarter final appearance in 2020. Their Opponents Lancashire are the most consistent team in the same time frame as they made the play-offs in last 5 seasons but were unlucky to never win a title including a runner-up finish last season. They will look to continue their winning form from the opening match in this match too.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Lancashire Preview

Lancashire chased down a good total of 180 runs in the last game as they opener Luke Wells led the team with 66 runs of 35 balls and set the tone with the 59-run opening partnership alongside George Bell inside the first 5 overs. Daryl Mitchell (31 runs), Colin de GrandHomme (19 runs), and Rob jones (22 runs) played crucial cameos to take them across the line in tense situation last night.

Their bowlers restricted the opposition to 179/5 in their 20 overs. Luke Wood was the star with the ball with figures of 4-0-31-3 including a first ball wicket last game. Daryl Mitchell and Tom Bailey bowled economically with combined figures of 8-0-60-0 in the match. Tom Hartley and Danny Lamb took a wicket each but went for runs at over 10 RPO.

Key players: Tom Bailey, Daryl Mitchell, Luke Wells

Lancashire Predicted Playing XI:

George Bell (wk), Luke Wells, Steven Croft (c), Daryl Mitchell, Colin de Grandhomme, Rob Jones, Tom Hartley, Luke Wood, Tom Bailey, Danny Lamb, Matthew Parkinson

Lancashire Actual Playing XI:

Matthew Parkinson, Steven Croft, Luke Wood, Tom Hartley, Luke Wells, Saqib Mahmood, Colin de Grandhomme, Daryl Mitchell, Philip Salt, George Bell, Liam Livingstone

Leicestershire Preview

Leicestershire will be led by Colin Ackermann in this season too. They will open the batting with Hamish Rutherford and Scott Steel followed by Arron Lilley at No.3 in the line-up. Rishi Patel and Ben Mike will combine with their skipper in the middle order to boost their batting line-up.

They have a good bowling unit with the likes of Ben Mike, Callum Parkinson, and Roman Walker alongside international starts Wiaan Mulder and Naveen Ul-Haq (not available for this match) in the pace department. New spin sensation Rehan Ahmed will prove to be their trump card in the middle overs alongside Scott Steel in this season.

key players: Scott Steel, Wiaan Mulder, Colin Ackermann

Leicestershire Predicted Playing XI:

Colin Ackermann (c), Rehan Ahmed, Lewis Hill, Aaron Lilley, Wiaan Mulder, Callum Parkinson, Rishi Patel, Tom Scriven, Scott Steel, Wiaan Mulder, Roman Walker

Leicestershire Actual Playing XI:

Sol Budinger, Callum Parkinson, Naseem Shah, Colin Ackermann, Wiaan Mulder, Nick Welch, Harry Swindells, Arron Lilley, Rishi Patel, William Davis, Rehan Ahmed

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Manchester is a bowling friendly venue here bowlers will enjoy the slowness and uneven bounce on the track. We expect have a bright, sunny, and humid climate throughout the match with no interruptions expected.

Venue Details

Manchester is the home ground for the Lancashire, and we expect the average scores to be around 160-180 runs in this match.

Toss: To Bowl

Chasing is the best option in the T20 matches with batters nowadays confident of chasing down any target with their attacking mindsets. Both skippers will opt to bowl first if they win the toss.

LANCS vs LEIC
Winning Prediction

Lancashire has a dynamic and experienced players in their batting line-up. Their bowling attack too looks complete with good pace and spin bowling options. Leicestershire has a nice bowling attack with quality spinners. We expect Lancashire to win this match and continue winning form in this match too.

Lancashire will win the match

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