Lancashire vs Northamptonshire, VITALITY T20 BLAST 2021, Today Match Prediction

lancs vs north Match Prediction & Analysis

Lancashire and Northamptonshire are hanging by the wall on the bottom half of the points table with their qualification chances still intact. But each loss from this point will put them in a tough position and make them rely on other results for qualification. They will also will some players after COVID wave hit 16 members of the England national squad. Both teams will look to win this match as they will move into the top-4 and one step closer to qualification while the loser will move back a step.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Lancashire Preview

Lancashire stumbled to 34/3 inside the power play and Keaton Jennings rebuild with his 37 runs with the bat. Rob Jones (61 runs) and Steven Croft (41 runs) took the attack to the opposition with aggressive batting but fell short of the target by 9 runs with 3 wickets falling in the final over.

They will miss the services of Saqib Mahmood and Matt Parkinson for the remainder of the league games. Danny Lamb and Tom Bailey is expected to partner Luke wood in the pace department. They will rely on the collective efforts of Steven Croft, Luke Wells, and Tom Hartley in the spin department as they miss their premier spinner.

Top players to bet on:

Finn Allen – Finn Allen has 245 runs at a strike rate of 140 with 2 fifties so far.  He is having a couple of quite matches with the bat after a brilliant start to the season. We expect him to regain his good form with the bat in this match.

Tom Hartley – Hartley has 9 wickets at an excellent economy rate of 6.2 RPO. His ability to tie the runs at one end in the middle overs has been a big positive for his team in this season till now.  

Lancashire Predicted Playing XI:

Finn Allen, Keaton Jennings, Alex Davies, Dane Vilas (c & wk), Rob Jones, Steven Croft, Luke Wells, Luke Wood, Tom Bailey, Tom Hartley, Danny Lamb

Lancashire Actual Playing XI:

Steven Croft, Luke Wood, Liam Hurt, Luke Wells, Tom Hartley, Finn Allen, Alex Davies, Rob Jones, Dane Vilas, Danny Lamb, Keaton Jennings

Northamptonshire Preview

Northampton openers Ricardo (60 runs) and Ben Curran (62 runs) set the tempo of match with their 101-run partnership at the top. Their middle order slightly lost the plot in late overs as they settled down for 173 runs despite an explosive start. Rob Keogh has been effective in the middle order with Saif Zaib and Mohammed nabi below par so far.  

Northampton bowling trio of Mohammed Nabi (2 wickets), Tom Taylor (2 wickets), and Greame White (4 wickets) owned the day with 8 wickets between themselves and choked the opposition to 48/6 in the first 8 overs.  Brandon Glover chipped in with a wicket as they bowled out the opposition for just 143 runs.

Top players to bet on:

Graeme White – White ran through the middle order with figures of 4/26 and dismissed No. 4 to No.7 batsmen of the opposition last game. He has 14 wickets at an economy rate of 7.7 RPO this season so far.

Ben Curran – Curran impressed everyone with his 62 runs off 33 balls with 11 boundaries and a six in his second match this season. He will look to play a pivotal role in helping his team qualify for the knockouts.

Northamptonshire Predicted Playing XI:

Ricardo Vasconcelos (wk), Ben Curran, Joshua Cobb (c), Rob Keogh, Mohammad Nabi, Wayne Parnell, Saif Zaib, Tom Taylor, Graeme White, Brandon Glover, Freddie Heldreich

Northamptonshire Actual Playing XI:

Rob Keogh, Brandon Glover, Ricardo Vasconcelos, Tom Taylor, Josh Cobb, Freddie Heldreich, Wayne Parnell, Mohammad Nabi, Saif Zaib, Graeme White, Ben Curran

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Manchester will have dark and cloudy weather on the match day with 50-60% chances of rain. We expect the rain to make a mark in this match and might bring DLS equation into consideration.

Venue Details

Manchester has been a good sporting wicket with some assistance for the bowlers. We expect the average scores in this venue to be around 160-170 runs and the pitch might slightly slowdown in the second innings.

Toss: To Bat

Teams batting first has won 2 out of the 4 matches and lost just one game. The pitch might slow down and this might make the captains to bat first but rain clouds might change their mind on the eve of the match.