Yorkshire v Lancashire Lightning Prediction, Tips and Bet Builder

Leeds stages the first Roses battle of this season's T20 Blast, with cross-Pennine cricket fans praying the weather doesn't wreck the North Group contest.

The forecast isn't encouraging for an always keenly contested affair which should be a belter if the rain holds off.

Yorkshire had got off to a flying start with three wins out of three before being well beaten by Gloucestershire, though they are still eight points superior to the Lightning having played a game more.

Yorkshire v Lancashire Lightning Tips Summary

Best Bet - Yorkshire to win @ 10/11
Alternative Bet - JM Bairstow Top Yorkshire batter @ 5/2
Bet Builder - Under 9.5 catches, Hasan Ali 1+ wicket, Saqib Mahmood 1+ wicket & Total runs under 371.5 @ 6/1

Yorkshire v Lancashire Lightning Prediction

Best Bet: Yorkshire to win @ 10/11

Yorkshire got off to a flier this season and after a chastening loss against Gloucestershire can return to winning ways.

Jonny Bairstow's White Rose county had beaten their three North Group opponents but found Glos at a different level.

But at home to Lancashire, who have lost two out of three and are missing a stack of players, they can add four more points to their haul.

Alternative Bet: JM Bairstow Top Yorkshire batter @ 5/2

Jonny Bairstow missed out in the defeat to Gloucestershire, though his form this season is impressive.

The ex-England batter has thumped 83 not out in the win over Notts and 43 in the victory against Durham, hot on the heels of 120 for Yorkshire against Surrey in a County Championship match.

When he's on fire there isn't a more destructive batter in the country and he will be doubly determined to lead his side from the front against their fiercest rivals.

Yorkshire v Lancashire Lightning Bet Builder Tip

• Under 9.5 catches

• Hasan Ali 1+ wicket

• Saqib Mahmood 1+ wicket

• Total runs under 371.5

  Pays 6/1

The prospect of a rain-shortened affair at Headingley has to be factored in and any lost overs means the potential for fewer wickets.

That, in turn, means fewer catches which are set at 9.5 and that might be too high.

Go under 9.5 catches as the first leg of the bet builder and then look at the seamers to be in the wickets in what could be helpful conditions.

Yorkshire's Hasan Ali has struck once in each of the three games he has played and he can extend that streak.

Saqib Mahmood took 3-22 against Leicestershire last week and will also fancy that he can pick up wickets at Headingley.

Finish the Bet Builder with match runs dipping under 371.5 which has happened in two of Lancashire's three outings so far.

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Key Match Stats

• Jonny Bairstow is Yorkshire's top runscorer in the Blast this season with 138

• 17-year-old Joe Moores is Lancashire's top scorer with 83 runs from three innings

• Just four players have scored 50s for Lancashire across their three matches

• Pakistan seamer Hasan Ali is Yorkshire's top wicket-taker with six

• Yorks batter Will Luxton has scored only 31 runs in four innings

• Yorkshire have won three of the last four completed T20 matches against their Roses rivals

Tactics, Form and Team News

Yorkshire won their first three matches of the Blast season, beating Notts Outlaws by seven wickets, Derbyshire Falcons by two wickets and Durham by 58 runs.

They tasted defeat for the first time on Sunday when they suffered a 56-run hiding at the hands of Gloucestershire.

Predicted Yorkshire XI: Lyth, Bairstow (c, wk), Luxton, Wharton, Moeen Ali, Revis, Ashraf, Bess, Hasan Ali, Tye, Chohan.

Lancashire lost by 59 runs at Surrey in their opener, bounced back with a 39-run win over Notts Outlaws and were then pipped by two wickets by Leicestershire Foxes last Friday.

Rocky Flintoff, son of ex-England skipper Andrew Flintoff, is pushing for a start. Jos Buttler is also back from the IPL but Jimmy Anderson is struggling with injury.

Predicted Lancashire XI: Jennings (c), Hurst (wk), Livingstone, McDermott, Moores, Green, Singh, Hartley, Balderson, Aspinwall, Mahmood.

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