Who Will Win Lancashire vs Leicestershire, Vitality Blast 2018?
Leicestershire Foxes will look to halt Lancashire Lightning's winning run when the two teams go head-to-head at the Grace Road in Leicester. This North Group fixture of the ongoing Vitality Blast 2018 will be played on July 18 with live telecast scheduled to begin at 6:30 PM local time.
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Toss Prediction
Both the matches played so far this season at the Grace Road have been won by the side batting first. And with the conditions expected to be the best for batting early on, the team that wins the toss in this match will probably want to make first use of the good batting conditions.
Read on for team previews, betting odds, betting tips and match prediction for Leicestershire Foxes vs Lancashire Lightning, Vitality Blast 2018...
Leicestershire Team News & Playing 11
LEIC Team News
Leicestershire Foxes made one change to their side in the last game against Birmingham Bears. They brought Ned Eckersley in place of wicket-keeper Lewis Hill who managed to score just 11 runs in three games. Eckersley is likely to be retained as the team's gloveman for this match against the Lancashire Lightning.
LEIC Key Players
Mark Cosgrove is among the leading run-getters for Leicestershire in the twenty20 tournaments while Ben Raine is leading the runs charts for the team this season. Both had a good outing last time against Birmingham Bears with scores of 42 and 113 respectively and they will be expected to carry that form into this match. Neil Dexter has made notable contributions in three out of four games and he is having a strike rate of close to 142. With the ball, Leicestershire will rely mainly on Zak Chappell, Callum Parkinson and Mohammad Nabi to do the job. Parkinson has taken the most wickets so far - seven from four matches - and is coming off a four-wicket haul against Birmingham. Chappell has six wickets in his kitty and has a decent economy rate of under 7.50 while Nabi too can be hard to score off as he does not give much freebies to the batsmen.
LEIC Recent Form
Leicestershire Foxes are currently fifth in the North Group standings with two wins and as many losses from the four league matches they have played so far. After beating Northamptonshire Steelbacks by four wickets on the opening day of the tournament, they suffered back-to-back defeats against Durham Jets and Nottinghamshire Outlaws respectively. Leicestershire, however, won their last match against the Birmingham Bears by a massive margin of 100 runs.
Leicestershire Predicted Playing 11
Cameron Delport, Neil Dexter, Mark Cosgrove, Ben Raine, Colin Ackermann (c), Mohammad Nabi, Ned Eckersley (wk), Tom Wells, Zak Chappell, Callum Parkinson, Mohammad Abbas
Lancashire Team News & Playing 11
LANCS Team News
Lancashire Lightning fielded the same team in their last two matches and they ended up winning both of them quite convincingly. So the team is unlikely to tinker with the winning combination and we therefore expect them to go into this game with an unchanged line-up.
LANCS Key Players
Liam Livingstone and Alex Davies are having a good tournament with the bat and they have already cracked a century and a couple of fifties respectively. Both batted well in the last game against Derbyshire and the team will expect this opening pair to deliver the goods once again. Steven Croft has scored the most runs for Lancashire in the shortest format and he will be the main man for his side in the middle order. Toby Lester and Stephen Parry will be the skipper's go-to men when it comes to bowling. Lester is looking the more threatening of the two with six wickets in three matches which includes a match-winning four-fer in the last game. Parry with 117 wickets is the leading wicket-taker for Lancashire in this format and the left-arm spinner will play a crucial role in the middle overs.
LANCS Recent Form
Lancashire Lightning have won three of their first four league matches and are currently placed second on the points table with six points. They did not start off too well though, losing their opening game against Worcestershire Rapids by five wickets. Lancashire then made a strong comeback with three successive wins - twice against Derbyshire Falcons and once against Northamptonshire Steelbacks.
Lancashire Predicted Playing 11
Alex Davies, Liam Livingstone (c), Arron Lilley, Keaton Jennings, Dane Vilas (wk), Jordan Clark, Steven Croft, James Faulkner, Toby Lester, Stephen Parry, Matthew Parkinson
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