Lancashire Lightning v Yorkshire Vikings: T20 cricket preview & free tips

Lancashire skipper Liam Livingstone can lead charge in Roses clash

Leg-spinner Matt Parkinson has starred in Lancashire's winning runCredit: Alex Livesey

Lancashire Lightning v Yorkshire Vikings
TV: Sky Sports Cricket, 6.30pm Friday

Old Trafford, Manchester

Lancashire have won all five of their completed matches in the T20 Blast North Group this summer and they are unlikely to let their standards slip against Roses rivals Yorkshire at Old Trafford.

The Lightning are on a roll, as they showed when recovering from 35-4 in the ninth over to beat Nottinghamshire by three runs last time out, while Yorkshire have taken just five points from their first seven fixtures.

A couple of Lancashire players who relish these kind of games at Old Trafford are worth supporting in the man-of-the-match market.

Inspirational skipper Liam Livingstone has won the award in two of his four Blast appearances this season, scoring 119 runs and taking seven wickets in the competition.

The opener smashed a matchwinning 79 from 37 balls in this fixture last season and he should be in the thick of the action again, along with leg-spinner Matt Parkinson.

The 22-year-old Parkinson is a key part of Lancashire's Twenty20 bowling plans, especially on spin-friendly wickets at Old Trafford, and his Blast figures this year have been 3-30, 1-33, 2-29, 4-30 and 3-22.

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Team news
Lancashire
The Lightning could name an unchanged 11 including Australian pair Glenn Maxwell and James Faulkner.

Yorkshire
Matt Fisher and Josh Poysden are injured and Nicholas Pooran is on international duty with the West Indies. South Africa spinner Keshav Maharaj could feature.

The rest of Friday's T20 Blast action

Leicestershire are warming to their task in the North Group and their 55-run win over Birmingham Bears on Wednesday was their third victory in four games.

Captain Colin Ackermann took a world-record haul of 7-18 while young seamer Will Davis has also impressed with 2-20 against the Bears and 3-24 in the win over holders Worcestershire.

Leicestershire can see off a Northamptonshire side who have lost both of their away games this season.

South Group leaders Sussex are 4-5 to beat Middlesex at Hove while Somerset, who thumped Essex by 114 runs on Wednesday, are evens to follow up with an away win over Hampshire.

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Leicestershire
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