Lancashire Lightning have named a 13-man squad for their trip to Chester-le-Street where they will take on Durham Jets in the NatWest T20 Blast on Friday evening.
The reigning champions have all-but been eliminated from this year's campaign following the latest of seven defeats against Leicestershire, despite an unbeaten century for Alviro Petersen. The South-African batsman registered Lancashire's highest individual score of 103* at Grace Road last Friday, but a nine-run defeat left Ashley Giles' side on the brink of elimination.
Durham, who are still able to qualify from the North Group, handed Lancashire their second defeat in as many matches back at the start of the campaign in late May, winnings by six wickets on the road at Old Trafford. The sides met in the County Championship last week at Southport, with Durham once again claiming the bragging rights with an enthralling two-wicket win at Trafalgar Road, despite the best efforts of Tom Smith with the ball on the final day.
Petersen, who has scored 299 runs in his last five innings for Lancashire in Twenty20 cricket, became the fourth person to hit a century in the shortest format for the Red Rose last week, the first hundred by a Lancashire player in T20 cricket for eight seasons.
Liam Livingstone returns to the Lancashire side after missing the Southport trip with England Lions duty, while Saqib Mahmood could be handed his first T20 appearance this season, given Lancashire's position at the bottom of the North Group.
Durham squad: TBC
Lancashire 13-man squad: Steven Croft (c), Karl Brown, Nathan Buck, Jordan Clark, George Edwards, Arron Lilley, Liam Livingstone, Saqib Mahmood, Tom Moores (wk), Stephen Parry, Alviro Petersen, Luke Procter, Luis Reece.
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