Pinner resists Lancashire onslaught on day two.
Hosts Worcestershire were
able to recover to 219-6 after
they had stumbled to 108-5.
The efforts of Neil Pinner (79*)
and Joe Leach (46) allowed the
home side to claim some pride
to frustrate Lancashire after a
successful morning session.
After rain washed out the entire
first day of this LV County
Championship match, both
Lancashire and Worcestershire
will be frustrated by their lack of
progress both in this match and
this season which has been
heavily influenced by the weather.
Worcestershire skipper, Daryl Mitchell, was out for a duck after he struggled against his opposite Glen Chapple’s bowling and was caught by Simon Kerrigan. James Cameron was out shortly afterwards when he was trapped LBW by Kyle Hogg for 6. Opener Matthew Pardoe (37) was able to see Worcester past 50 but was unable to form a long partnership with Mooen Ali, before he was caught superbly by keeper Gareth Cross off Chapple. Vikram Solanki, who is scheduled to join Surrey next season, was also out off Chapple caught by Cross, scoring just 4 with the hosts on 68-4.
Star of the day, Neil Pinner, joined Moeen Ali to resist Lancashire either side of lunch, with the first rain delay of day two causing more unwanted delays. When play resumed Worcester advanced on their promising fifth-wicket partnership but Ali, who frustrated Lancashire with the ball in the reverse fixture taking match figures of 12-96, was only able to score 35, before he was out LBW to Hogg.
But a partnership between Neil Pinner and Joe Leach worth 111 was enough to frustrate Lancashire’s efforts after such a successful start. Pinner was out for no score in his only other first-class game, just over one year ago, but was able to prove to the critics that he has potential as a batsman. Fellow twenty-one-year-old, Joe Leach was bowled by Ajmal Shahzad as the home-side closed on a promising score of 219-6.
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