Vitality Blast 2024 Cricket Match Prediction | North Group | Yorkshire Vikings vs Lancashire Lightning – Let’s see who will win the match. | June 21

Yorkshire Vikings vs Lancashire Lightning Match Analysis

When host Yorkshire plays Lancashire in the North Group encounter at Leeds’ Headingley Cricket Ground, they’ll be hoping to get back to winning ways. Yorkshire is now in the lower half of the league table after three wins and three losses. In this home game, captain Shan Masood will be looking for the team to put on a great display with the bat and the ball.

Lancashire, on the other side, will be hoping to bounce back from a close defeat to Durham by two runs. Lancashire are presently leading the North Group table after winning five of their last seven games. In the 41 meetings between the two teams throughout the competition’s history, Lancashire has a distinct lead with 19 wins against Yorkshire’s 14 victories, while five meetings have resulted in a draw. Three of Lancashire and Yorkshire’s games have resulted in draws.

Yorkshire Vikings vs Lancashire Lightning Team Preview & Squads

Yorkshire Vikings

The team’s batting lineup, which includes openers Adam Lyth, Dawid Malan, former England captain Joe Root, captain Shan Masood, and wicketkeeper Donovan Ferreira, will be expected to provide the majority of the runs. Joe Root contributed 30 runs off 25 balls with one four and one six in the previous encounter, while Dawid Malan scored 32 runs off 23 balls with four fours and one six.

The team will be counting on bowlers like Jordan Thompson, Dominic Bess, Conor McKerr, Jafer Chohan, and Daniel Moriarty to make crucial contributions. The standout bowler for Yorkshire was Jafer Chohan, who took 2 for 29 in his four overs in the last match.

Yorkshire Vikings Squads

Yorkshire Vikings

Shan Masood (c), Donovan Ferreira (wk), Dawid Malan, Matthew Revis, Dominic Bess, Jordan Thompson, Jafer Chohan, Joe Root, Conor McKerr, Adam Lyth, Daniel Moriarty

Lancashire Lightning

The team’s batting lineup, which includes Josh Bohannan, Luke Wells, captain Keaton Jennings, wicketkeeper Matthew Hurt, Chris Green, and Steven Croft, will be expected to contribute the most runs. All-rounder Chris Green, playing for Lancashire in the previous game, showed good form at the bat, concluding the innings with a total of 38 runs off 18 balls, including two sixes and four boundaries. George Balderson, who hit four fours to score 37 not out off 23 balls, provided him with plenty of support.

Before this, skipper Keaton Jennings contributed 26 runs off 19 balls, while wicketkeeper Matthew Hurt hit 32 runs off 17 balls with four boundaries and one six. The team will be counting on bowlers Saqib Mahmood, Luke Wood, Chris Green, George Balderson, Jack Blatherwick, and Luke Wells to make significant breakthroughs when needed. George Balderson was Lancashire’s most impressive bowler in the previous game, taking 1 for 28 in 3 overs.

Lancashire Lightning Squads

Lancashire Lightning

Keaton Jennings (c), Matthew Hurst (wk), Luke Wells, Steven Croft, Chris Green, George Balderson, Luke Wood, Tom Bruce, Jack Blatherwick, Josh Bohannon, Saqib Mahmood

Yorkshire Vikings vs Lancashire Lightning outfield report

Headingley, Leeds

It will be important for both teams to win the toss, choose to bat first and score more than 175 runs. The team that batted first won the preceding game at Headingley. Clear skies and low winds are predicted for Leeds’ weather. A close struggle between bat and ball will be produced by the wicket that has been set up for the match.

Yorkshire Vikings vs Lancashire Lightning Head-to-Head Stats of Last 5 Matches

In the last five encounters between these teams, Yorkshire Vikings won one and Lancashire Lightning won two.

Yorkshire Vikings vs Lancashire Lightning Prediction

Winning the toss

• Yorkshire Vikings

Player of the Match

• Yorkshire Vikings – Dawid Malan

Most runs

• Yorkshire Vikings – Dawid Malan
• Lancashire Lightning – Chris Green

Most wickets

• Yorkshire Vikings – Daniel Moriarty
• Lancashire Lightning – Saqib Mahmood

Most sixes

• Yorkshire Vikings – Dawid Malan
• Lancashire Lightning – Chris Green

Team Scores Batting First

• Yorkshire Vikings – 175+
• Lancashire Lightning – 165+

According to cricket analysts, Yorkshire Vikings have a 53% chance of winning.

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