Tales from Blackpool.
a comfortable ten-wicket victory over
the MCC Universities, with 15.3 overs
to spare. Openers Andrea Agathangelou
(75*) and Alex Davies (64*) played
confident and entertaining shots in
response to the mediocre target of 147
in this 40-over fixture. The match was
organised yesterday evening, when
Lancashire cruised to a similarly simple
win against the MCC by eight wickets.
The MCC were unable to improve on the poor batting which saw them lose yesterdays game, as they posted a modest total of 146 all out from 39.3 overs. Lancashire’s bowlers shared the MCC wickets evenly with Reece taking 3/29, Hogg 2/15, Keedy 2/17 and Lilley 2/26. The visitors seemed to through a lot of their wickets away, with most of them being caught playing loose shots.
Agathangelou struck 7 fours and 1 six in his 75 not out and was accompanied by keeper-batsmen Davies who hit 5 fours and 2 sixes in his innings of 64 not out, after he led Lancashire to victory in the previous game, scoring an unbeaten 84 in the eight-wicket win. Keedy also replicated good form from the previous game, taking 4-38 yesterday and following-up with 2/17.
Although there was nothing on todays match, yesterdays victory saw the second XI move up to the top of the Championship North Group after trouncing the MCC inside two days. The MCC won the toss in the 3-day fixture and were bowled out for 135, which set the tone for most of their batting performances in their trip to the North-West. Today saw them top this poor effort by a minimal difference as Lancashire’s second XI recorded their second win of the season in the County Champiomship.
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