Lancashire crush Northamptonshire by eight wickets: County Championship Division Two – Cricket News
Lancashire handed a crushing defeat of eight wickets to Northamptonshire in their four-day County Championship Division Two, wrapping up the game on the second day at Old Trafford, Manchester.
After http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Northamptonshire-c824 were bowled-out for 62 in their first innings, Lancashire closed the first day of play by posting 121 runs for the loss of eight wickets. Resuming their innings on Friday, they suffered their first loss of
the day with 129 runs on the board when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stephen-Parry-c2573 was clean-bowled by Azharullah for 12.
With Tom Smith unbeaten on 35, Lancashire were all out on 159. From Northamptonshire, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Hall-c1040 shared two wickets each.
Northamptonshire then once again had a disappointing start, losing their first wicket with only five on the board. They lost two quick wickets with 22 runs on the board, putting pressure on the middle-order. The partnership between
skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Robin-James-Boyd-Moss-c86323 Keogh led the side towards 35, before the latter was dismissed with only two runs to his name.
Hall then joined the skipper as Northamptonshire reached 59, before Wakely was caught by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Private-Proctor-c41015 with 17 runs to his name. Steven Crook (4) and David Willey (5) lost their wickets without making an impression.
With seven wickets down for 80, Northamptonshire were once again heading for disaster. However, the partnership between Hall and David Murphy wreaked havoc upon Lancashire as the two batsmen hammered their way towards 169 runs. Later the two were dismissed
on 55 (Hall) and 50 (Murphy) respectively.
From http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tom-Smith-c2704 shared two wickets each.
Requiring just 73 runs to win the match, Lancashire had a disastrous start, losing their first wicket with only a run on the board. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Luke-Anthony-Procter-c73259 was the first to go as he was removed by Willey for nil.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SM-Katich-c2543 on one, Lancashire reached the target in 21
overs for the loss of two wickets.
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