Lancashire Lightning return to 50-over cricket in the Royal London One-Day Cup on Tuesday, naming a 13-man squad for their upcoming game against Leicestershire Foxes at Grace Road.
Ashley Giles' side have won just one of four matches in the 50-over competition this season - their opening game against Warwickshire - and since then Lancashire have endured an indifferent run of form. A record-breaking defeat against rivals Yorkshire at Old Trafford, which was Lancashire's last game in the campaign, saw the White Rose walk away with a 242-run victory.
Before that, a washout at Blackpool and another humbling defeat at Northampton means that Lancashire will need to assemble a late resurgence in their remaining three group matches in order to qualify for the knockout stages. Fortunately, the Lightning will face up against the only side in either group who are yet to register a win in the 50-over format this summer in Leicestershire.
The two teams met recently in the T20 contest, with Alviro Petersen scoring an unbeaten century in a losing cause at Grace Road. With both of these sides on the brink of Twenty20 elimination, advancing further in the remaining white-ball format would be a consolation for inconsistency in the Blast.
The Foxes enter this game on the back of a thrashing at the hands of Yorkshire on Sunday, a game that saw Travis Head and Jack Leaning both hit centuries in a 191-run win for the Tykes. Chasing a mammoth target of 377 from 50 overs, Leicester were dismissed for 185 inside 34 overs, putting Yorkshire top of the group.
Lancashire will be hoping that Petersen can continue his incredible run of form in white-ball cricket this season, with the South-African scoring 341 runs in his last six T20 innings for the Red Rose at an average of 85.25. Luke Procter has also been a dependable contributor with the bat in the One-Day Cup this season to date, registering two fifties in three innings, including a highest score of 63 not out against Nottinghamshire Outlaws in the washout at Blackpool.
England Lions duo Liam Livingstone and Saqib Mahmood have both been named in the squad for the trip to Leicester, with both players enjoying good form in recent appearances for Lancashire and England. Mahmood starred with three important wickets in the recent win against Durham Jets in the T20 contest, while Livingstone scored 64 in his most recent innings for the Lions side in their triangular series with Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Both Procter and Tom Smith warmed up for the game against Leicestershire on Tuesday by hitting centuries for the Second Eleven against Worcestershire on Monday.
Leicestershire 14-man squad: Mark Pettini (c), Kevin O'Brien, Mark Cosgrove, Paul Horton, Lewis Hill, Niall O'Brien, Cameron Delport, Neil Dexter, Ned Eckersley, Michael Burgess, Clint McKay, Ollie Freckingham, Rob Sayer, Dieter Klein.
Lancashire 13-man squad: Steven Croft (c), Karl Brown, Nathan Buck, Jordan Clark, Kyle Jarvis, Arron Lilley, Liam Livingstone, Saqib Mahmood, Tom Moores (wk), Stephen Parry, Alviro Petersen, Luke Procter, Tom Smith.
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