Toss & Conditions

Head-to-Head

The Blaze ने Lancashire के खिलाफ पिछली तीनों meetings जीती हैं। सबसे हालिया clash में The Blaze ने Lancashire का total chase किया और तीन balls शेष रहते तीन wickets से जीत दर्ज की, जिससे मुकाबला बेहद करीबी रहा। अंतिम over में game का फैसला हुआ, और chase के दौरान The Blaze के wickets भी गिरते रहे। इन तीन मैचों में pattern लगातार एक जैसा रहा है: The Blaze किसी न किसी तरह जीत का रास्ता निकाल ही लेते हैं।

LALancashire W 162/5

TBThe Blaze W 163/7

2026-05-25 · TB-W won by 3 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)

TBThe Blaze W 153/5

LALancashire W 150/9

2025-06-19 · TB-W won by 5 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)

LALancashire W 169/4

TBThe Blaze W 170/3

2025-05-31 · TB-W won by 7 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)

The Blaze W

T20BW regular season में The Blaze 16 points के साथ 3rd स्थान पर हैं और फिलहाल playoff zone में हैं। हालिया form में उनके last 3 में 2 wins हैं, बीच में Durham के खिलाफ एक setback रहा। सबसे स्पष्ट संकेत उनका ताजा नतीजा है: Warwickshire के खिलाफ 11-runs की जीत, जिसने उनके season momentum को बरकरार रखा।

TBThe Blaze W 151/7

WAWarwickshire W 138/5

2026-06-05 · TB-W won by 11 runs

TBThe Blaze W 153/10

DUDurham W 156/3

2026-05-31 · DUR-W won by 7 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)

TBThe Blaze W 159/6

WAWarwickshire W 158/8

2026-05-27 · TB-W won by 4 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)

Lancashire W

T20BW regular season में Lancashire 5 points के साथ 7th स्थान पर हैं और फिलहाल playoff zone से बाहर हैं। उन्होंने अपने last 3 में 1 match जीता है, और उस एक जीत के दोनों तरफ defeats रही हैं। उनका सबसे अहम हालिया नतीजा Essex के खिलाफ हार है, जहां वे chase में लक्ष्य से पीछे रह गए।

LALancashire W 128/8

ESEssex W 132/4

2026-05-31 · ESS-W won by 6 wickets (with 13 balls remaining)

LALancashire W 138/3

SOSomerset W 137/6

2026-05-29 · LAN-W won by 7 wickets (with 27 balls remaining)

LALancashire W 162/5

TBThe Blaze W 163/7

2026-05-25 · TB-W won by 3 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)

Playing XI

Key Stats

Verdict

चारों models The Blaze के पक्ष में हैं, औसतन win probability 66% (range 55–71%) है। Bookmakers भी मोटे तौर पर सहमत हैं: The Blaze को 57% (1.64) और Lancashire को 43% (2.12) पर price किया गया है। Key stats कुल मिलाकर The Blaze के पक्ष में 6-2 झुकते हैं; table का अंतर और साफ 3-0 head-to-head run इसके मुख्य कारण हैं। Lancashire की middle और death economy बेहतर होना सबसे बड़ा counterweight है—अगर वे इसे scoreboard pressure में बदल सकें।

Knott snaps the chase

Charli Knott’s burst in the middle overs was the moment the chase never recovered from, turning Lancashire’s fast start into a scramble. The Blaze W defended 135/9 to win by 15 runs, even after Grace Potts’ 5/20 had put them under pressure late in the first innings. Lancashire briefly looked ahead at 56/3 in the powerplay, but once Knott and Georgia Elwiss got into the game, the chase tightened and then unravelled.

Middle overs slam the brakes

The decisive stretch was Lancashire’s middle overs, where the asking rate climbed and wickets kept arriving. After racing at 9.3 an over in the powerplay, they managed only 54/4 across the middle phase (5.4 rpo), losing the ability to cash in on the platform. The Blaze’s bowlers attacked the stumps and forced mistimed hits, leaving too much for the end; Lancashire then limped through the death overs with just 10 runs for three wickets.

Beaumont anchors, Potts threatens

Tammy Beaumont’s 59 off 40 gave The Blaze something to defend on a tricky night for batters, especially as wickets fell around her and the best stand was only 25. Potts was outstanding, her five-for repeatedly dragging the total back. But Knott’s 4/9 flipped the chase, and Elwiss’ 3/12 finished the job, snuffing out Eleanor Threlkeld’s 49 and ensuring Lancashire’s late resistance never became a surge.

Pre-match edge, proven late

The Blaze came in with the stronger overall record and a clear head-to-head advantage, but this wasn’t a cruise—Potts made sure of that. What matched expectations was how The Blaze controlled the key moments: they absorbed a tough death-overs squeeze with the bat, then used their better powerplay discipline with the ball to keep Lancashire from running away early. Once the chase moved into a more tactical middle phase, The Blaze’s bowlers created scoreboard pressure and Lancashire couldn’t reset.