YD vs LT Dream11 Team Prediction, Preview: 23rd T20

YD vs LT Dream11 Team Prediction, Preview & Key Players

Yorkshire Diamonds and Lancashire Thunder will face-off in the 23rd match of Women Cricket Super League 2019 at North Marine Road Ground in Scarborough. We will provide YD vs LT Dream11 Team Prediction, Preview and Probable Playing XI for the match.

Lancashire Thunder is on the bottom end of the points table with six losses and is in inferior form. They lost their last match to Loughborough Lightning by 36 runs. Bowling first, Sophie Ecclestone took three wicket-haul while Kate Cross struck twice to restrict Lightning at 157. In the chase, Openers McGrath and Luus got good start scoring 30 and 26 but could not convert into a match-winning knock and ultimately reduced to 74/6. Thus, resulting in a 36-run loss for Thunder under the DLS method. Lancashire Thunder will hope to open their account tomorrow defeating Yorkshire Diamonds.

Yorkshire Diamonds are just above Thunder in the points table with two victories in seven encounters. They lost their last battle to Southern Vipers by three runs. Bowling first, Spin duo of Leigh Kasperek and Katie Levick bowled an excellent spell taking four and two wickets respectively to restrict Vipers at 127. Chasing the target, Skipper Winfield failed after another start while Hollie Armitage and Jemimah Rodrigues scored 34 and 32 apiece but were left behind by three runs. They will hope to keep their qualification chances alive defeating under-performing Lancashire Thunder tomorrow.

A good contest can be expected between both teams.

When and Where:

YD vs LT, 23rd Match, Women Cricket Super League 2019.
North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough.
07:00 PM, 23rd August 2019.

Venue Stats:

Pitch is expected to be neutral with an average total near 150.

Head to Head:

Yorkshire Diamonds won: 3
Lancashire Thunder won: 2

Squads:

YD:
Alyssa Healy, Katherine Brunt, Lauren Winfield (c), Beth Langston, Leigh Kasperek, Linsey Smith, Cordelia Griffith, Hollie Armitage, Alice Davidson Richards, Katie Levick, Katie George, Jemimah Rodrigues, Helen Fenby, Bess Heath, Georgia Davis.

LT:
Kate Cross (c), Georgie Boyce, Natalie Brown, Sophia Dunkley Brown, Alice Dyson, Danielle Collins, Emma Lamb, Sophie Ecclestone, Alex Hartley, Evelyn Jones, Ria Fackrell, Harmanpreet Kaur, Sune Luus, Tahlia McGrath, Eleanor Threlkeld.

Team News:

Yorkshire Diamonds:

Laura Winfield and Alyssa Healy will open the innings. H Armitage, J Rodrigues, A Davidson-Richards, Katie George, Bess Heath, and Leigh Kasperek will follow them.
Alice Davidson-Richards, Katie George and Leigh Kasperek will play the role of an allrounder.
Alice Davidson-Richards, Katie George and Beth Langston will handle the pace attack while Leigh Kasperek, Linsey Smith, and Katie Levick will be the key spinners.
They are unlikely to make any changes in the playing XI.

Lancashire Thunder:

Sune Luus and Tahlia McGrath can open the innings. Sophia Dunkley Brown, Harmanpreet Kaur, Emma Lamb, R Fackrell, and E Threlkeld will handle the middle order.
S Luus, T McGrath, Sophia Dunkley Brown and Emma Lamb will play the role of an all-rounder. S Ecclestone and K Cross can also do late hitting for the team.
Kate Cross will spearhead the pace attack along with A Dyson, T McGrath, and S Dunkley Brown.
Sophie Ecclestone, Emma Lamb, and Alex Hartley will be the key spinners. Sune Luus and Harmanpreet can support them.
The team can replace pace bowler Alice Dyson and strengthen the batting attack by adding Evelyn Jones or Georgia Boyce in the playing XI.
Place of Ria Fackrell is also risky.

Probable Playing XI:

YD:
L Winfield (c), A Healy (wk), Hollie Armitage, J Rodrigues, Alice Davidson-Richards, Katie George, Bess Heath, Leigh Kasperek, Beth Langston, Linsey Smith, Katie Levick.

LT:
Sune Luus, Tahlia McGrath, Sophia Dunkley Brown, Harmanpreet Kaur, Emma Lamb, Ria Fackrell/Georgie Boyce, Eleanor Threlkeld (wk), Sophie Ecclestone, Kate Cross (c), Alex Hartley, Alice Dyson.

Key Players:

Wicket-Keeper for YD vs LT Dream11 Team:

Primary Options: Alyssa Healy

A Healy is one of the best women batsman and wicket-keeper. However, She has been unable to replicate her international form here scoring only 142 runs in seven matches at a paltry average of 20.

Other Options: E Threlkeld

E Threlkeld will bat way down the order and is an average performer.

Batsmen:

Primary Options: H Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues, L Winfield, Hollie Armitage

Harmanpreet Kaur is a consistent performer. She has also scored 217 runs in 7 matches at an average of 36. She scored fifty in second last match.

After failing in first matches, Jemimah Rodrigues has scores of 58, 42* and 32 in last three games and is performing well in her debut series.

Skipper Lauren Winfield has scored 153 runs in seven matches and is a consistent performer.

Hollie Armitage is an excellent young talent and is scoring consistently with the bat. She has scored 191 runs till now including 34 and 24 runs in last two matches.

Other Options: G Boyce

Georgie Boyce performed well in the first encounter opening the innings but now is demoted in the middle order. She can play tomorrow.

All-rounders for LT vs YD Dream11 Team:

Primary Options: Emma Lamb, T McGrath, Leigh Kasperek, Sune Luus

Emma Lamb is performing well for the team taking crucial scalps and scoring good cameos. She has taken nine scalps till now including one three wicket-haul.

Tahlia McGrath is a talented youngster but has not been at her best in this edition. She can open the innings and bowl a few overs of medium pace. T McGrath has scored 44 and 26 runs in last two matches.

L Kasperek is the leading spinner for Kiwis and can also be handy with the bat. She took four wicket-haul in the last match.

Sune Luus is a very attacking opening batsman and is efficient with her leg-spin also. However, She will not bowl enough overs. Luus scored 30 runs in the last encounter.

Other Options: Sophie Dunkley Brown

Sophie Dunkley Brown is an emerging talent and has played for England team also. She will bat in the middle order and can bowl a few overs of medium pace. Brown is yet to make a significant mark this season and got out on a duck in last two matches.

Bowlers for Yorkshire Diamonds vs Lancashire Thunder Dream11:

Primary Options: Sophie Ecclestone, Kate Cross, A Davidson-Richards, Linsey Smith, Katie George, Katie Levick

Sophie Ecclestone is one of the best spinners in women’s cricket currently and can also do late hitting for the team. She has taken ten wickets till now including three scalps in the last match.

Skipper Kate Cross has performed well for England team and is leading the pace attack of Lancashire Thunder. She has taken nine scalps till now.

A Davidson-Richards will bat in the middle order and can bowl her quota of overs. She can be a grand league winner for you on her day.

Talented spinner Linsey Smith can chip in with crucial wickets. She has also played for England team.

Katie George is a good pacer and can also be handy with the bat. She generally bowls well.

Katie Levick has performed exceedingly well this season and has struck twice in the last two matches.

Other Options: Alex Hartley and Beth Langston

Alex Hartley is an average spinner and does not perform well in most of the encounters.

Experienced Beth Langston is a good pace bowling all-rounder but does not perform well generally.