Lancashire Lightning Vitality T20 Blast North Group at Old Trafford Squad

 

24/05

Is this lad a replacement for Mull at last?

Will the disappointing performance of Friday serve to remind those that strategise the Outlaws where the squad's strengths lie; where we have found those rare T20 successes of recent seasons in? 

In Peter Moores' tidying-up exercise, we should expect the binning of Ben Duckett and his replacement with George Linde with his visa now correctly dated.

Linde's inclusion should be a move in the right direction, towards playing to our perceived strengths, George being another slow left armer as well as an explosive batsman down the order (in more recent times), another LPW if you like.

Luckily for Outlaws, pace off is usually the modus operandi at Old Trafford, regardless of who Lancashire are playing against, so can we expect Farhan to be recalled into the eleven as well?

Announced squad:

Joe Clarke c

George Munsey

Freddie McCann

Ben Martindale

Jack Haynes

Tom Moores x

Benny Howell

George Linde

Joe Pocklington

Farhan Ahmed

Mohammad Ali

Dillon Pennington

Olly Stone

James Hayes

There have been some calls for Ben Slater, high in confidence this year and an ideal foil for Joe Clarke at the top of the order, to get a chance to break free of the pigeon hole he has been cooped-up in, but would Peter set him free after only one game? It usually take four or five games for change (of minds) to be dared.