WRW vs LAN Match Preview
The Birmingham Bears have had no issues thus far in beating both the oppositions they faced. Bears started their T20 Blast campaign with a 34-run win against Yorkshire Vikings at home. After this victory, they traveled to Leicestershire and promptly defeated the Foxes by a margin of 5 wickets with 15 balls to spare. The inclusion of Glenn Maxwell proved to have rich dividends again for the Bears. The team benefitted a great deal in the last game when Maxwell scored 47 runs from 27 balls against the Leicestershire Foxes on Friday.
Sam Hain has been their top batter though. He has scores of 83 not out and 65 not out to his credit so far in the first two games. The bowlers for Birmingham Bears have shared the spoils in the competition so far. It was Danny Briggs who stepped up in the last game as he returned with top figures of 3 for 15 from his quota of 4 overs. Craig Miles has also picked up 2 wickets each in both the matches he has played. The Birmingham Bears have recorded a couple of easy wins thus far however, they can expect a much tougher opposition in this game.
The Lancashire Lightning team has made a terrific start to their campaign and is sitting on top of the points table in North Group. They have won three out of three games they have played in the tournament. This has been a terrific start to the competition for the Lancashire outfit. Keep in mind that this side reached the final of Vitality Blast 2022. They beat Leicestershire Falcons, Notts Outlaws, and Derbyshire Falcons in their last three encounters. In their last game on Saturday, Liam Livingstone, Phil Salt, and Luke Wells all scored runs in their 30s against Notts Outlaws.
But the real star of the inning was Daryl Mitchell who provided a big-hitting inning of 85 not out from 41 balls to take the team score to 208 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. Luke Wood is a T20 specialist bowler. He is also in good form at the moment and he picked up valuable wickets of Joe Clarke and Alex Hales who are Outlaws openers. Saqib Mahmood is also bowling well for Lancashire. The Lancashire team will be looking for their 4th win of the season in this match as they have a good group bunch of players playing for them.
Weather Report
We are likely to get partially sunny and partly cloudy conditions for this game. The temperatures during the match will hover close to 17 degrees. There is no chance of getting showers during the match and no chance of players perspiring during the game either. You can expect the relative humidity to be close to 50% during the game.
Pitch Report
The highest total recorded at the venue has been 242 for 2 by Warwickshire. Warwickshire also has the dubious distinction of having recorded the lowest total as well which was 63 runs. The pitch is a neutral playing surface and offers good pace and bounce to the bowlers. But this means that batsmen can also play their strokes comfortably on the venue.
Notable stats
Birmingham Bears leads the recent head-to-head between the two sides.
Birmingham Bears lead the recent head-to-head between these two sides 2-1 in their last five games.
Carlos Braithwaite has had a terrific strike rate in recent games.
Carlos Brathwaite has picked up 13 wickets from his last 8 matches with a strike rate of 12.53.
Team News
There do not seem to be any injury updates for this game from either side.
WRW vs LAN Probable 11
WRW Playing 11
- Alex Davies (C)
- Paul Stirling
- Robert Yates
- Sam Hain
- Dan Mousley
- Chris Benjamin
- Chris Woakes
- Henry Brookes
- Craig Miles
- Danny Briggs
- Jake Lintott
LAN Playing 11
- Philip Salt (Wk)
- Luke Wells
- Steven Croft
- Daryl Mitchell
- Liam Livingstone (C)
- Colin de Grandhomme
- George Bell
- Tom Hartley
- Luke Wood
- Saqib Mahmood
- Matthew Parkinson
Dream11 Prediction
Both these teams are going into this game with an unbeaten record in the 2023 season of Vitality Blast for the North Group. But the Lancashire outfit is a formidable one and has plenty of firepower in it. Even though the Bears are playing at home we reckon Lancashire to have an edge in this game. We will bet with Lancashire to win this match.
Top Picks
Sam Hain: Sam Hain was in great form in the first couple of matches. He has scored 404 runs in his last ten games with an average of 67.33 and a terrific strike rate of 171.91.
Danny Briggs: Danny Briggs has picked up 11 wickets for Warwickshire from 9 games with a strike rate of 15.81. You can bet on him to be among the wickets again in this match.
Richard Gleeson: Richard Gleeson has picked 8 scalps from 6 games with a strike rate of 15. He is one of the significant bowlers for Lancashire.
Luke Well: Luke Wells has been a consistent batter for Lancashire scoring 239 runs from his last ten appearances with an average of 29.87 and a strike rate of 148.44.
WRW vs LAN Dream11 Team 1
Keeper: P Salt
Batters: S Croft, L Wells, L Livingstone, S Hain
All-rounders: G Maxwell (C), C de Grandhomme
Bowlers: D Briggs, L Wood (VC), S Mahmood, M Parkinson
