Lancashire Lose In Final Tour Match.
Having already lost to Sussex in the
twenty20 match last week, Lancashire suffered further frustration today when
they lost in a 40 overs match by 23 runs. After Sussex managed a score of
just 199-9, Lancashire were poised to obtain revenge, especially after the
strong start they made in reply. But, they stumbled from 103-1, to 176 all out.
After 16 overs, the victors had reached
82-3, but they failed to capitalise on this start and only set Lancashire a
total of 200 for victory. The early wickets came for Wayne White, who took five
wickets in the two-day match versus Sussex, and Kyle Hogg (2).
By the 30th over, Sussex had floundered to
a score of 132-8 and it seemed likely that they would fail to bat out their full
allocation of overs. Lancashire’s inability to close the innings was, in
hindsight, the cause of the loss, as Sussex were able to add 67 runs with the
tail-end. Three wickets for Stephen Parry and Steven Croft were encouraging,
but the efforts of Ben Brown with the bat frustrated Lancashire, as he was able
to hit a late 50, in a stand worth 56 runs for the last wicket.
At the time this seemed to be an
acceptable, yet frustrating target for Lancashire and thanks to the efforts of
Stephen Moore (50) and Croft (69), the Lightning made an impressive start to
the pursuit of 200.
But rather disappointingly, they were
unable to see through the chase that had started so well, as they lost 5
wickets for 34 runs, thanks to the work of left-arm chinaman bowler, Michael
Rippon who ended up with figures of 6-27. There was no respite for Lancashire
who continued to lose their hold over their impressive start and, eventually,
the game was concluded, with a 23 run victory for Sussex.
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