Who Will Win Yorkshire vs Lancashire, Vitality Blast 2018?
This North Group fixture of the Vitality Blast 2018 will see two upbeat teams Lancashire Lightning and Yorkshire Vikings go up against each other. The match will be played on 20th July at the former's home ground - the Old Trafford in Manchester. Live telecast is scheduled to commence at 6:30 PM local time.
Lancs vs Yorks: Where to Watch/Live Streaming
TV channels: Sky Sports, Fox Sports, Sony Six, SuperSport
Live Streaming: Bet365, SonyLIV, Now TV, Sky Go
Toss Prediction
Six of the past eight T20 matches (seven Blast matches and one recent international between England and India earlier this month) played at the Old Trafford have been won by the side that has fielded first. And with the wicket expected to remain the same throughout the game, the team that wins the toss here is more likely to bowl first.
Read on for team previews, betting odds, betting tips and match prediction for Lancashire vs Yorkshire, Vitality Blast 2018...
Lancashire Team News & Playing 11
LANCS Team News
Jos Buttler is available for this Friday's encounter and he could come into the side in place of wicket-keeper Dane Vilas. Lancashire made one change to their line-up for their last game against Leicestershire, bringing fast bowler Graham Onions in place of left-arm spinner Stephen Parry. Apart from Buttler's inclusion, we don't expect Lancashire to make any further changes to their side for this game.
LANCS Key Players
Alex Davies and Liam Livingstone have been the most consistent performers with the bat for Lancashire in this Vitality Blast and the team will be expecting a good start from this opening pair. The latter has also been one of their best bowlers so far. Coming off a four-fer in the last game against Leicestershire, he could have the Yorkshire batsmen in trouble with his leg-breaks. Davies has scored the most runs for the side and has already cracked three fifties in five matches. Keaton Jennings has also contributed every now and then while Jos Buttler will add more strength in the middle order. Toby Lester seems to be the main threat in Lancashire's bowling attack. The fast bowler has taken seven wickets in four matches and has a decent economy rate as well.
LANCS Recent Form
Lancashire Lightning registered a convincing eight-wicket victory in their last match against Leicestershire Foxes to go top of the North Group points table. They now have eight points in the bag with four wins and one loss from five league matches. After going down to Worcestershire Rapids by five wickets in their opening encounter, Lancashire fought back with wins in their next four matches in a row.
Lancashire Predicted Playing 11
Alex Davies, Liam Livingstone (c), Arron Lilley, Keaton Jennings, Dane Vilas/Jos Buttler (wk), Jordan Clark, Steven Croft, James Faulkner, Toby Lester, Graham Onions, Matthew Parkinson
Yorkshire Team News & Playing 11
YORKS Team News
Yorkshire's bowling department could get a big boost as David Willey, Liam Plunkett and Adil Rashid are all available to play this game. While Willey is expected to replace Jordan Thompson, Plunkett and Rashid could come in place of Jack Brooks and Azeem Rafiq respectively.
YORKS Key Players
Gary Ballance is currently Yorkshire's leading run-getter this season with 136 runs at a strike-rate of 155 and he is one of the pillars of this batting line-up. Harry Brook and Jonathan Tattersall have also been among the runs and it will be crucial that at least one of them scores big in this match. Tim Bresnan and Steven Patterson have taken five wickets each (including three each in the last game against Worcestershire) and these two will be the skipper's go-to men when it comes to bowling. David Willey is expected to play this match and he too will be a key figure for Yorkshire due to his ability to generate swing with the new ball as well as hitting valuable runs down the order.
YORKS Recent Form
Yorkshire Vikings have won three and lost one out of the four matches they have played so far in this Vitality Blast and are currently fourth in their group standings with six points. They started their campaign off with a 44-run win over Durham Jets, then faced a heavy eight-wicket defeat at the hands of Birmingham Bears in their next game before winning their last two games against Durham and Worcestershire respectively.
Yorkshire Predicted Playing 11
Adam Lyth, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Harry Brook, Gary Ballance, Jonathan Tattersall (wk), Jack Leaning, Tim Bresnan, David Willey, Azeem Rafiq/Adil Rashid, Steven Patterson (c), Jack Brooks/Liam Plunkett
Jul 20, 2018
23:00 IST / 17:30 GMT
Old Trafford - Manchester, England
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