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| Brown made 44 as Lancs reached 202/8 in their twenty overs. |
Lancashire claimed a
77-run victory against a Sri Lankan Navy side after they had achieved a
three-wicket victory earlier in the day.
Liam Livingstone and Karl
Brown gave Lancashire a good start as they thumped 79 runs from the first six
overs of the match to help take Lancashire towards 202/8.
In reply their hosts could
only manage 125, as Steven Croft, Toby Lester and George Edwards claimed two wickets apiece.
Lancashire batted first on
this occasion and raced to a powerplay score of
79/0 as Livingstone and Brown went on the assault. But once the
powerplay had finished both of these batsmen were removed, the first was Brown
out for 44 and then Livingstone followed for 35.
Paul Horton was yet to
register a significant score in Lancashire pre-season tour and fell for just 8
when he was run out attempting a second run with the score at 100/3.
Steven Croft made a brisk
24 before he was caught on boundary as Lancashire continued to score quickly,
reaching 152/5-16. Alex Davies was the next batsman to depart when he was caught
on the deep backward square leg boundary by Sandamal for 28 and Jordan Clark soon
followed for 9.
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| Karl Brown receives treatment before Lancashire's innings. |
Lancashire’s captain Tom
Smith scored 26 runs from the penultimate over smashing three sixes to help him
towards 35 before he fell with four balls left in the innings. Stephen Parry
(3) was also removed in the last over of the match, but Arron Lilley hit the
penultimate delivery for six as Lancashire finished on 202/8.
The Sri Lankan Navy’s
start was comparatively disappointing, reaching a powerplay total of 26/4 as
Toby Lester claimed two early wickets. However, it was Kyle Jarvis who made the
early breakthrough, removing Jayakody (5) in the second over when he was caught
by Smith at mid off.
Sandamal (6) soon followed
when Lester encouraged an edge through to with the score at 14/2. Lester then
claimed his second wicket in quick succession to dismiss Silva (5), who lost
his middle stump with the first ball of the fifth over.
The hosts then slumped to
22/4 when Smith caught Hasaranga as George Edwards collected his first wicket
of the match. Smith took a great catch running back from mid off toward long
off, before Eranda hit two sixes off Parry to help the Sri Lankan’s to redeem
some pride.
But Eranda (19) soon
followed when he was caught by Brown, supplying Edwards with his second scalp
of the match. Steven Croft enjoyed success on his introduction with the ball as
he dismissed Pieris for 7, with Davies performing well behind the stumps as he
whipped off the bails to make the score 66/6.
Parry removed Paranavithana
(21) with the first ball of the 14th over and Weerasooriya (17) provided Lilley
with his first and only wicket as the hosts reached 99/8.
A second wicket for Parry and
another stumping for Davies removed Auwardi for 3 and Croft brought the innings
to a close when Madushanka was caught by Lester for 29.
Information courtesy of Neil Adams, scorecard information courtesy of Michael Moore and Phil Clarke.
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