Vitality Blast 2024 Cricket Match Prediction | North Group | Lancashire Lightning vs Durham Cricket – Will Durham start the season with a win against last year’s quarter-finalists Lancashire? | May 30

Lancashire Lightning vs Durham Cricket Match Analysis

The Vitality T20 Blast 2024 begins with a match between Lancashire Lightning and Durham Cricket. While Durham has performed well recently, winning three of the last five games that have resulted in a result, Lancashire leads overall head-to-head statistics with 24 victories and 11 losses. The Lancashire Lightning have had an incredible run at Old Trafford, Manchester, winning up to 13 of the 19 games played there. However, Durham has once again demonstrated a strong away performance to close the gap, winning 2 of the last 5 matches played there.

Many T20 stars from both teams who aren’t playing will miss this match, and spectators will particularly enjoy the glamour that players like Jos Buttler, Phil Salt, Liam Livingstone, and others offer to the game. Nevertheless, with both sides hoping to get beyond their rustiness and start a thrilling T20 cricket season, this could still be an exciting contest.

Lancashire Lightning vs Durham Cricket Team Preview & Squads

Lancashire Lightning

Lancashire’s dreams of winning the championship were dashed last year when they lost to inaugural champions Surrey in the first quarterfinal, despite finishing as one of the two table-toppers in the group stage.

Jos Buttler and Steven Croft kept their team in the match until the sixteenth over of the chase, but they were unable to secure the victory as Lancashire lost by a narrow margin of 13 runs. This week is Lancashire’s season opener, and several key players from the previous campaign won’t be available. At the T20 World Cup in the Caribbean and the United States, international attacks in English colors will be directed at the explosive opening duo of Jos Buttler and Phil Salt.

Liam Livingstone and useful left-arm spinner Tom Hartley will also be absent from the game. Kiwi import Daryl Mitchell, who provided his club with four overs with the ball in hand in every game last season and fit in nicely as a middle-order bat, is another important player they will have to go without. However, Colin de Grandhomme might be able to replace him on the team on a like-for-like basis.

Ultimately, there are a lot of gaps to fill because many very skilled players are participating in the World Cup for their country. The performance of Lancashire Lightning’s backup team with a fresh lineup is yet to be determined.

Lancashire Lightning Squads

Lancashire Lightning

Keaton Jennings (c), Luke Wells (wk), Josh Bohannon, Tom Bruce, George Bell, George Balderson, Thomas Aspinwall, Matthew Hurst, Tom Bailey, Saqib Mahmood, and Jack Morley.

Durham Cricket

Durham finished the season in the bottom half of the table after a lackluster campaign in which they managed only 4 victories out of 14 matches. Durham began their most recent season with a bang, winning three of their first four matches, but they lost their form after that. Durham had not qualified in the previous two seasons. They fell to the bottom of the standings and were unable to climb back before the playoff doors closed on them.

They had a poor season the previous year and had to settle for draws in a few close games. Even if Dorham had won those two close games, they would not have guaranteed a spot in the championship game because the other teams in the competition were improving. However, Durham would like to move past all the setbacks from the last few seasons and enter this season with a new outlook. They can rely on some strong international players, including Ben Dwarshuis, who has replaced the injured Scott Boland, and Ashton Turner.

Which foreign players they choose to start in the starting lineup will be interesting to see. Though there are alternatives, Colin Ackermann is a respectable player in the white ball format, and David Bedingham is in some serious form with the red ball.

Durham Cricket Squads

Durham Cricket

Alex Lees (c), Ashton Tuner, Colin Ackermann, Ben Stokes, Graham Clark, Oliver Robinson, Paul Coughlin, Brydon Carse, Callum Parkinson, Matthew Potts, and Ben Dwarshuis.

Lancashire Lightning vs Durham Cricket outfield report

Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester

At Old Trafford in Manchester, it has long been the strategy to bat first and put up a huge score. It appears that the sides will be eager to win the toss and bat first to take full advantage of the available circumstances. Rain-shortened matches provide you with an advantage, therefore the overheads will be considered.

There isn’t much optimism about the weather, with showers predicted for the match day. Normally hard and springy, the Old Trafford surface is probably going to be a little slower than usual because of the recent weather. The par sum will be between 160 and 170.

Lancashire Lightning vs Durham Cricket Head-to-Head Stats of Last 5 Matches

Out of the last five face-offs, both teams have won two games each, and one match has been abandoned.

Lancashire Lightning vs Durham Cricket Prediction

Winning the toss

• Lancashire Lightning

Player of the Match

• Lancashire Lightning – Keaton Jennings

Most runs

• Lancashire Lightning – Keaton Jennings
• Durham Cricket – Colin Ackermann

Most wickets

• Lancashire Lightning – Saqib Mahmood
• Durham Cricket – Matthew Potts

Most sixes

• Lancashire Lightning – Keaton Jennings
• Durham Cricket – Colin Ackermann

Team Scores Batting First

• Lancashire Lightning – 170+
• Durham Cricket – 160+

According to cricket analysts, Lancashire Lightning have a 57.2% chance of winning.

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