LAN vs NOT 16th Match - North Group Prediction

LAN vs NOT Team Previews

Lancashire

The Lancashire side has a destructive opening wicket partnership working for them in the form of Tim David and Phil Salt. These two are capable of making game-changing contributions to their teams. They have access to the capable services of Liam Livingstone to their credit. He is coming into the team after an extremely successful IPL campaign in India. He will play the role of an all-rounder in this outfit. The Lancashire bowling attack comprises players such as Richard Gleeson, Matt Parkinson, and Luke Wood.

If you are looking for the likely top performers for this game, one of the better candidates is Tim David. He is a crucial cog in the Lancashire batting machine. He has been in top form in recent periods delivering many impactful innings. This includes a 60-run inning from 25 balls in their last match. The 2022 Vitality Blast champions Lancashire have made a good beginning to their campaign as they have won two games out of two. In their second game on Thursday, they managed to thrash Leicestershire Foxes by a margin of 8 wickets with as many as 51 balls to spare.

The Lancashire team will also be waiting for Jos Butler to join them who will not return for a few days yet. During the successful run chase by Lancashire in the last game against Leicestershire, Steven Croft was their top run-getter hitting 46 not out. It was a modest run chase though with just 100 runs required from 20 overs. Daryl Mitchell hit a six in the 12th over to complete this win for Lancashire. The New Zealand international batter appears to be in terrific nick at the moment. Although Sadiq Mahmood caught the eyes of everyone with a 3-wicket haul in the last game, Luke Wood was equally impressive picking up 3 wickets for 11 runs.

Nottinghamshire

The Nottinghamshire Outlaws launched their T20 Blast campaign for the 2023 season with a bang. They defeated their neighbor's Derbyshire Falcons by a margin of 4 wickets. Joe Clarke was playing this game on his 27th birthday. He celebrated with a quickfire 68 from 29 balls. Matthew Montgomery showed why he is rated so highly with a fifty. Montgomery is a South Africa-born cricketer. He scored big runs against Essex in their last county match. He was making a debut in this game and looked impressive with the Outlaws easing home with 18 balls to spare.

Although Zak Chappell caused a bit of a ripple in the Notts camp with 2 wickets for 29 runs, it was not enough. George Scrimshaw also picked up the last 3 victims in 5 balls. Earlier, Luis Reece and Wayne Madsen held a partnership of 112 runs from 10 overs to set a fantastic platform for the Notts' middle order. The Falcons were desperately trying to win their first game at the historic venue of Trent Bridge in ten years. However, the Notts Outlaws fought back pretty well to put dampers on the plans of the Falcons and restricted them to 178 runs for 6 wickets.

Several Notts bowlers are out injured and this meant the new substitutions Shaheen Shah Afridi and Conor McKerr debuted for Outlaws in this game. Afridi and Conor McKerr were immediately among the wickets. The Outlaws skipper in this game Steven Mullaney also picked up a couple of wickets for 37 runs. Derbyshire lost the wicket of Haider Ali to the first legitimate ball bowled by McKerr for Notts. Madsen was going great guns from the other end though hitting his first 38 runs from just 18 balls.