Durham Women vs Lancashire Women, WVT20B, Today Match Prediction

DUR-W vs LAN-W Match Prediction & Analysis

Durham Women will lock horns against Lancashire Women in the 7th match of Women's Vitality Blast T20 2025. The match is slated to be played at Riverside Ground, Chester-le-street and the scheduled start time is 5:30 PM IST. 

Durham Women are coming off 42 run loss in their first match of the season against Birmingham Bears Women, while on the other hand Lancashire Women were stunned by The Blaze Women in their own backyard where they lost the match by 7 wickets which also put an end to their four game unbeaten run. 

Current Standings - Durham Women currently stand at 6th place with zero points in one match, while Lancashire Women stand at 5th place with zero points in one match. 

RECENT PERFORMANCE

DUR-W

L L L

WRW-W

193/6 in 20.0 9.65

WVT20B

Birmingham Bears Women beat Durham Women by 42 runs 31 May 2025

DUR-W

151/10 in 19.0 7.95

SUR-W

348/6 in 50.0 6.96

WODC

Surrey Women beat Durham Women by 104 runs

30 Apr 2025

DUR-W

244/10 in 45.1 5.4

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

LAN-W

L L

LAN-W

169/4 in 20.0 8.45

WVT20B

The Blaze Women beat Lancashire Women by 7 wickets 31 May 2025

TBLZ-W

170/3 in 19.1 8.87

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

HEAD TO HEAD

TEAMS PREVIEW

Durham Women Preview

Durham Women began their season with a comprehensive loss to Birmingham Bears at Edgbaston on Saturday, in what proved to be a see-saw contest. Bowling first, Durham Women conceded 193/6, as their bowlers were taken to the cleaners. Suzie Bates, stepping in during a tough situation, bowled effectively, picking up two crucial wickets by dismissing top-order batters and preventing the score from exceeding the 200-run mark.

In pursuit of the target, Durham Women found themselves in real trouble at 15/3. However, Suzie Bates (65 runs off 41 balls) and Bess Heath (45 runs off 28 balls) stitched together an 80-run partnership for the fourth wicket, keeping Durham in the hunt. Nevertheless, they subsequently lost wickets at regular intervals and were eventually bowled out for 151 runs in 19 overs.

Durham's top order has failed to fire collectively in their last couple of matches, which has let them down. Similar to most teams in the tournament, Durham's pace bowling, led by Lauren Filer, hasn't been effective, leaking runs, which in turn puts their otherwise decent spin attack under pressure.

Durham Women Predicted Playing XI:

Suzie Bates, Katherine Fraser, Hollie Armitage (C), Mady Villiers, Bess Heath (wk), Mia Rogers, Abigail Glen, Trudy Johnson, Grace Thompson, Lauren Filer, Katie Levick

Durham Women Actual Playing XI:

Hollie Armitage, Suzie Bates, Katherine Fraser, Mady Villiers, Trudy Johnson, Bess Heath, Mia Rogers, Abigail Glen, Katie Levick, Phoebe Turner, Grace Thompson

Lancashire Women Preview

Lancashire Women the reigning champions of the Women's T20 County Cup 2025 were stunned in their very first match of the Vitality Blast T20 by The Blaze Women where they suffered a 7 wicket loss despite having one of the best bowling lineups. 

Batting first Lancashire Women posted a decent score of 169/4 on the board led by Katie Mack, who scored a quick fire half century (59 runs in 37 balls). Tilly Kesteven also added 24 runs in 23 balls as the opening duo scored 50 runs in 5.3 overs. Seren Smale (24 runs), Fi Morris (27 runs) and Sophie Ecclestone (22 runs) all chipped in with useful cameos. With the ball left arm seamer Mahika Gaur was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 2/24 and Tara Norris picked up one wicket. 

It was a rare off-day for Lancashire bowling lineup against The Blaze Women and they will look to bounce back from their loss and with the bat they were bit slow in scoring than their usual rate so expect Lancashire to come out hard against Durham Women with the bat. 

Lancashire Women Predicted Playing XI:

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

Lancashire Women Actual Playing XI:

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

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

The weather at Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street on Sunday, 1st June is expected to be around 11°C and it is going to be a sunny day with the wind blowing at 14 km/hr and 79% humidity is expected. 

DUR-W vs LAN-W Pitch Report

The pitch at Riverside Ground, Chester-le-street offers a balanced track that favours both the batters and bowlers. Only once in the last five Women's T20 matches the score has crossed 130 runs and the average 1st innings score is 117 runs. 

Toss: To Bowl

Teams bowling first won three of the last five matches played at Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street. The surface tends to get better for batting as the match progresses and teams prefer chasing at this venue than batting first. We predict the team that wins in the toss will opt to bowl first.