SUS vs LAN 1st Semi Final Match Prediction

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Sussex

In the first semi-final of the Royal London One Day Cup 2022, Sussex will take on Lancashire tomorrow at Hove. Sussex are the hosts for this clash and will be keen to seal a place in the final as they take on the opposition at the County Ground. Sussex will go into this game with their A game on display with both bat and ball. During the league stages of the competition, Sussex played top cricket during the season to finish at the top of the points table in Group A of the competition.

As far as the Sussex batting department is concerned, the team will depend heavily on the likes of in-form batsmen Ali Orr, Tom Alsop, Tom Clark, and Cheteshwar Pujara to do most of the scoring. The Sussex skipper Cheteshwar Pujara has scored 614 runs at an incredible average of 102.33 in the competition. The opening batsman Ali Orr has scored 455 runs with an average of 56.87. These two have been the stand-out performers for Sussex during this season. Both Pujara and Orr showed great form with the bat to collect more than 1000 runs between them.

Apart from Orr and Pujara other batters that are in good nick are Delray Rawlins, Tom Alsop, and Tom Clark. As far as the Sussex bowling is concerned, they will rely on Bradley Currie, Delray Rawlins, Henry Crocombe, James Coles, and Aristides Karvelas to provide the required breakthroughs in the semi-final. The stand-out bowler with the ball for Sussex in the competition is fast bowler Aristides Karvelas. He has picked up 19 wickets in the competition. He will be handling the new ball for Sussex and will be keen to get early breakthroughs in the Lancashire innings.

Lancashire

In the second quarterfinal of The Royal London One Day Cup for 2022, Lancashire provided a clinical performance in a game played at Stanley Park. Their Captain Keaton Jennings would be hoping that his team can maintain their performance level with the bat and ball in this must-win encounter for the side. Lancashire registered a 3-wicket victory against Nottinghamshire and as a result, the side led by Keaton Jennings will be high on confidence for this quarterfinal game against Sussex. They won the quarterfinal match largely thanks to a timely ton from Steven Croft.

Lancashire will rely on the likes of Steven Croft, Luke Wells, and the skipper Keaton Jennings to score most of the runs for them in this game. Luke Wells had scored 325 runs so far in the competitions with a good average of 40.62. Steven Croft has contributed 308 runs with an average of 77.00 while Keaton Jennings has scored 295 runs with an average of 49.16. The Lancashire middle order will be in the hands of the likes of George Lavelle, Dane Vilas, and George Balderson. These batsmen have contributed crucial scores during the competition.

As far as the bowling department for Lancashire is concerned, they will depend on people such as Jack Blatherwick, Danny Lamb, George Balderson, Jack Morley, and Liam Hurt to get vital breakthroughs for them in this match. For Lancashire this year Danny Lamb has led the bowling charts with 11 wickets at an average of 30.72. He has bowled his overs with an economy rate of 5.92. Lancashire finished the season in the second spot in the Group B of the competition winning 5 matches out of 8 in the league stages. In the quarterfinal game, the side managed to chase down a mammoth total of 339 runs.