Vitality Blast 2023 Cricket Prediction | North Group: Lancashire Lightning vs Notts Outlaws

Lancashire Lightning vs Notts Outlaws at a Glance

• Lancashire Lightning has won both games convincingly they play at home.
• Last season, Notts Outlaws lost both games against Lancashire Lightning, and it will be on their minds this season.
• Lancashire’s new ball bowler Luke Wood has six wickets in two games and is causing problems for opponents.

Lancashire Lightning vs Notts Outlaws Team Preview

Lancashire Lightning

The 2022 Vitality Blast runners-up have won two out of two matches and were dominant on Thursday, defeating Leicestershire Foxes by eight wickets with 51 balls remaining. Liam Livingstone and Phil Salt returned to the side and took over as captains, but Jos Buttler is not expected to return for a few days.

Steven Croft led Lancashire Lightning’s victorious chase of only 100 against Leicestershire Foxes, with 46 not out. Daryl Mitchell completed the victory with a six off the 3rd ball of the innings, and the New Zealand international appears to be in good form. Although Saqib Mahmood drew the attention with figures of 3-17 from 3.5 overs on Thursday, it was Lancashire Lightning’s left-arm pace bowler Luke Wood who provided the highest statistics once again. He took 3-11 (with a maiden over) to go with his 3-31 against Derbyshire Falcons the previous Saturday.

Notts Outlaws

On Friday, the Outlaws got off to a winning start, defeating Derbyshire Falcons by four wickets with 18 balls remaining at Trent Bridge. They’ll be looking to be more ruthless in this encounter after losing three wickets in their final six runs.

Notts Outlaws had two half-centuries at Trent Bridge, with Joe Clarke smashing 68 runs from 29 balls at the top of the order and Matthew Montgomery contributing 51 runs from 29 balls at number four. Alex Hales had only 12 runs, but Colin Munro had a usually aggressive 23 runs from 15 balls. Only Lyndon James and T20 specialist Samit Patel failed to take a wicket for Notts Outlaws on Friday night, with the other five bowlers all taking at least one wicket. Steven Mullaney got 2-37, and Shaheen Shah Afridi, who will relish the speed at Old Trafford, claimed a wicket on debut.

Lancashire Lightning vs Notts Outlaws Team Playing Squads

Lancashire Lightning Squads

  Lancashire Lightning

Liam Livingstone (c), Philip Salt (wk), Luke Wells, Daryl Mitchell, Colin de Grandhomme, Steven Croft, George Bell, Luke Wood, Tom Hartley, Saqib Mahmood, and Matthew Parkinson.

Notts Outlaws Squads

Notts Outlaws

Steven Mullaney (c), Tom Moores (wk), Joe Clarke, Colin Munro, Alex Hales, Matthew Montgomery, Lyndon James, Matthew Carter, Samit Patel, Shaheen Afridi, and Conor McKerr.

Lancashire Lightning vs Notts Outlaws Team Form in Last 5 Matches

Lancashire Lightning vs Notts Outlaws outfield report

  Emirates Old Trafford

Batsmen struggled in the first innings of the previous game here as the ball shifted and caused problems for the batters. The wicket improved in the second innings. As a result, we anticipate the two captains to bowl first after winning the toss.

Manchester’s skies would be clear. Batting conditions will be difficult since the bowlers will get the ball moving in the early overs.

This Vitality T20 Blast match will take place at Manchester’s Old Trafford stadium. At this venue, the batting wicket is good, and a par score will be close to 200.

Lancashire Lightning vs Notts Outlaws Final Prediction

Winning the toss

• Lancashire Lightning

Player of the Match

• Lancashire Lightning – Daryl Mitchell

Most sixes

• Lancashire Lightning – Daryl Mitchell
• Notts Outlaws – Joe Clarke

Most wickets

• Lancashire Lightning – Luke Wood
• Notts Outlaws – Shaheen Afridi

Most runs

• Lancashire Lightning – Daryl Mitchell
• Notts Outlaws – Joe Clarke

Team Scores Batting First

• Lancashire Lightning – 200+
• Notts Outlaws – 175+

According to our prediction, Lancashire Lightning will win this match.