Clydesdale Bank 40; Lancashire set up 8-wicket win over Glamorgan
A sparkling all-round performance from Tom Smith well supported by Steven Croft’s career best of an unbeaten 93 bagged Lancashire an eight wicket win over Glamorgan in a Clydesdale Bank 40 play-off at Colwyn Bay Cricket Club Ground on Sunday, August 8. Chasing Glamorgan’s respectable total of 211 for 9, half-centuries from Tom Smith and Steven Croft took Lancashire home with 16 balls to spare and 8 wickets in hand.
Disciplined bowling performance from Lancashire’s bowling department led by Tom Smith’s 3 for 49 followed by Sajid Mahmood and Luke Procter’s 2 wickets each restricted Glamorgan to a competitive but gettable 211. On a day when most of the Glamorgan’s batting line-up was off colour, the side was indebted to the middle order featuring Ben Wright, Mark Wallace and Robert Croft. Both Ben Wright and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Steven-Croft-c2583 to set up an easy 8 wicket win over the rivals.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sajid-Mahmood-c88005’s first victim when his stumps were pegged back by Mahmood. Bragg scored only one run after facing seven balls.
Bragg’s dismissal took Tom Maynard to the crease, but the No. 4 batsman could not add even a single run to the team’s total during his 5-balls, 5-minutes stay at the crease. Maynard was trapped leg before by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jim-Allenby-c1695. Both added 8 runs to the scorecard for the 4th wicket partnership before the opener Allenby was trapped lbw by Sajid Mahmood. During his 27 minutes stay at the crease Allenby scored 6 runs from 11 balls including a boundary as well. Glamorgan were further dented when its fifth wicket fell in the tenth over. David Brown was the fifth man to lose his wicket. He scored only five runs from 18 balls.
At 29 for 5, Glamorgan were desperate for a big partnership and that was when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mark-Wallace-c1913 took the initiative. Flurry of boundaries from the partners eased the nerves of Glamorgan. Both added 80 runs to the scorecard for the sixth wicket partnership. The Lancashire bowling attack had to wait for 15 overs for their next success. In the 25th over Gary Keedy broke the partnership when he bowled the skipper Mark Wallace. Wallace’s 46-balls 38 contained 3 boundaries.
Ben Wright and Robert Croft posted 49 runs for the seventh wicket stand. In the 36th over, Wright squandered his wicket needlessly when he was run out by Smith leaving http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Glamorgan-c784 168 for 8. He scored 79 runs off 93 balls, hitting 8 lofty boundaries. After Wright’s dismissal, Croft continued the assault to drag the side towards a respectable total of 211 for 9 runs at the end of 40 overs. Tom Smith took 3 wickets while Mahmood and Procter shared 2 each.
In reply, Lancashire got off to an imposing start with an opening stand of 74 runs. Half centuries from Tom Smith and Steven Croft set Lancashire on its way to an easy 8-wicket win over Glamorgan in the 38th over.
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