The opening fixture in Lancashire’s Royal London One-Day Cup
campaign against Sussex was abandoned without a ball being bowled at Horsham.
It was due to be the first time Lancashire had visited this
ground since Michael Atherton’s century guided the Red Rose to a seven-wicket
victory in 1994, but persistent rain thwarted any and all attempts to start playing.
The dismal weather has been a fairly permanent foe in recent
times and was responsible for washing-out the entire of Lancashire’s final
North Group game in the Natwest T20 Blast against Worcestershire.
On that occasion, the rain secured a point apiece for Lancashire
and Nottinghamshire and saw the Lightning advance to the quarter-finals by
virtue of a superior net run rate. Lancashire will play Kent Spitfires at
Canterbury on Saturday August 15 and if they win this match they will reach Finals
Day for the sixth time.
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