Lancashire Women vs The Blaze Women, WVT20B, Today Match Prediction

LAN-W vs TBLZ-W Match Prediction & Analysis

Lancashire Women will lock horns against The Blaze Women in the 5th match of the Women's T20 Blast 2025 on Saturday. 31st May. The match will be played at Old Trafford, Manchester and the scheduled match time is 4:30 PM IST. 

Lancashire Women are coming off an impressive 32-run victory over Surrey Women in the finals of the Women's T20 County Cup 2025 and are currently on a four-game winning streak. On the other hand, The Blaze Women are coming off a tie against the Birmingham Bears in their last match.

RECENT PERFORMANCE

LAN-W

L

ESS-W

231/5 in 47.2 4.88

WODC

Essex Women beat Lancashire Women by 5 wickets

04 May 2025

LAN-W

230/8 in 50.0 4.6

TBLZ-W

W W

TBLZ-W

235/5 in 40.5 5.76

WODC

The Blaze Women beat Essex Women by 5 wickets

06 May 2025

ESS-W

231/9 in 50.0 4.62

DUR-W

200/10 in 47.2 4.23

WODC

The Blaze Women beat Durham Women by 5 wickets

27 Apr 2025

TBLZ-W

201/5 in 37.2 5.38

HEAD TO HEAD

TEAMS PREVIEW

Lancashire Women Preview

The champions of the Women's T20 County Cup 2025, Lancashire Women, have been the most dominant side in the women's domestic season so far. They have remained unbeaten in their last four matches, and there have been no close games, as they have won most of their matches one-sided, whether batting first or bowling first.

Lancashire Women will be led by wicketkeeper-batter Eleanor Threlkeld, who has had a good run leading the side so far. She has been spot on with her bowling changes and is herself a big hitter who can clear the ropes and score runs quickly. However, Lancashire's dominance is largely due to their opening pair of Eve Jones and Emma Lamb. Though Lamb will miss this fixture, Tilly Kesteven, who scored 79 runs in her last three matches, will open the innings in her place.

Lancashire has the luxury of power-hitting all-rounders in the middle order, including Fi Morris (1308 runs & 127 wickets), Darcey Carter, and Sophie Ecclestone. They also have Seren Smale and Threlkeld. This depth in their batting allows their top order to bat freely and take risks early in the powerplay overs.

In the bowling lineup, Sophie Ecclestone leads the charge, having picked up 11 wickets in her last four T20 matches. Alongside her, the Thunder have also signed Alana King. This spin duo will be lethal to watch out for in the middle overs. In the pace bowling lineup, they will miss Kate Cross and Mahika Gaur, so the pace attack will be led by Tara Norris and Grace Potts.

Lancashire Women Predicted Playing XI:

Eve Jones, Tilly Kesteven, Katie Mack, Fi Morris, Seren Smale, Eleanor Threlkeld (C & wk), Sophie Ecclestone, Grace Potts, Tara Norris, Alana King, Sophie Morris

Lancashire Women Actual Playing XI:

Katie Mack, Fi Morris, Sophie Ecclestone, Ailsa Lister, Eleanor Threlkeld, Seren Smale, Grace Potts, Sophie Morris, Tara Norris, Mahika Gaur, Tilly Kesteven

The Blaze Women Preview

The Blaze Women had a breathtaking start to their campaign, tying their last match against the Birmingham Bears—a game they should have won comfortably but messed up big time in the final two overs. The Blaze Women lost the toss and were put in to bowl first, restricting the Bears to 160/8 in 20 overs.

Kirstie Gordon (2/26), Georgia Elwiss (2/27), and Grace Ballinger (1/18) were the pick of the bowlers for The Blaze Women. Chasing down the target, The Blaze Women went with a new opening pair, where the experienced Georgia Elwiss opened the batting alongside Marie Kelly, who scored 11 runs. Elwiss (52 runs in 38 balls) and Kathryn Bryce (60 runs in 53 balls) added 100 runs for the second wicket, and Sarah Bryce played a perfect cameo, scoring 27 runs in 18 balls. However, she got out at the wrong time when her team needed two runs in two balls.

The Blaze Women will be gutted with their batting performance in the last match, where they were behind the scoring rate for most of the innings and were slow to start. However, their bowling lineup did a commendable job, and they face a tough task against the Thunder Women, where Gordon becomes a perfect match for the two left-handers at the top of the order.

For The Blaze Women's batting lineup, it is going to be a tough challenge against Ecclestone and Alana King. If they can score off these two bowlers, The Blaze Women will have good chances of winning this contest. For that to happen, it is once again the Bryce sisters, who are good players of spin, that will have to step up.

The Blaze Women Predicted Playing XI:

Marie Kelly, Georgia Elwiss, Kathryn Bryce, Sarah Bryce (wk), Maddy Green, Ella Claridge, Michaela Kirk, Josie Groves, Kirstie Gordon (C), Cassidy McCarthy, Grace Ballinger

The Blaze Women Actual Playing XI:

Sarah Bryce, Ella Claridge, Maddy Green, Marie Kelly, Michaela Kirk, Kathryn Bryce, Georgia Elwiss, Sarah Glenn, Kirstie Gordon, Grace Ballinger, Cassidy McCarthy

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

The weather at Old Trafford, Manchester, on Saturday, May 31st, is expected to be around 14°C and mostly cloudy with no chances of rain. The wind will be blowing at 8 km/hr, and it is going to be a humid day, with the expected humidity at 89%.

LAN-W vs TBLZ-W Pitch Report

The pitch at Old Trafford, Manchester, favors bowlers and is a low-scoring ground, with the average first innings score in the last nine Women's T20 matches played at this venue being 116 runs. The conditions favor fast bowlers, as the surface has some additional grass and the new ball is going to be key, with swing on offer. Spinners are likely to be less effective at this venue.

Toss: To Bowl

Teams bowling first won 8 of the last 9 Women's T20 matches played at Old Trafford, Manchester. The surface favours the bowlers in the initial stages of the match and as the game progresses it gets better for batting. We predict the team that wins the toss will opt to bowl first.