Surrey head north for a mouth-watering Vitality Blast quarter-final against Lancashire Lightning on Friday night
Emirates Old Trafford is the venue for the third T20 clash between the Three Feathers and Red Rose, with play getting underway at 6:30pm.
The match will be broadcast on LANCSTV – Lancashire’s YouTube channel, with a report and highlights posted at the end of the match.
SURREY SQUAD
Surrey name an unchanged 16-player squad for the trip to Manchester.
LANCASHIRE
Lancashire finished second in the North Group, winning eight of their games. New Zealand international Daryl Mitchell has scored 409 runs at a strike rate of 162.30. Alongside Mitchell, Lancashire’s batting line-up includes England white-ball captain Jos Buttler, as well as Phil Salt, Liam Livingstone and Colin de Grandhomme.
Left-arm seam bowler Luke Wood has impressed with the ball, taking 17 wickets at an economy rate of 7.77 runs per over.
The Red Rose were runners-up in the 2022 edition of the competition, losing narrowly to the Hampshire Hawks.
T20 HEAD TO HEAD
Lancashire and Surrey have played each other twice in T20 cricket before, with both games taking place on Finals Day.
The first game between the two sides was played in the 2004 semi-final, which Surrey won by one run at Edgbaston. Batting first, Surrey posted 133 all out with Ali Brown scoring 32. Azhar Mahmood shone with the ball, taking 2/22 as Lancashire fell a run short of Surrey’s total. Surrey were defeated in the final by Leicestershire.
The pair met again a year later at Finals Day at The Oval with Lancashire winning by 22 runs. Batting first, Lancs posted a total of 217 thanks to Andrew Symonds’ 52 not out and Andrew Flintoff’s 49. James Benning (42) and Ali Brown (51) got Surrey off to a flying start, however, Surrey could only muster 195 – falling 22 runs short. Lancashire progressed to the final, where they were beaten by Somerset.
