http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lancashire-c806 in a good position against Oxford MCCU: MCC University Matches
Lancashire were in a good position at the close of the second day’s play in a game of the Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches against Oxford MCCU, at The Parks, Oxford in England. The visitors took a second innings lead of 147 runs with 10 wickets remaining and two complete days of play left.
Lancashire captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Karl-Brown-c1771 took full advantage of the batting friendly conditions and amassed a solid century stand for the opening wicket.
Brown was the first man to be dismissed after scoring 37 runs. He got out in an unfortunate manner, as he was run-out. The Lancashire first-drop Andrea Agathagelou failed to make most of the conditions, as he was sent back to the pavilion without troubling the scorers.
Opening batsman Horton batted well and scored a solid 59 runs for his team with the help of 10 fours. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mark-Chilton-c1900 batted sensibly and scored a brilliant 117 runs for his team. He timed the ball to perfection and didn’t have much trouble in the middle. The middle-order batsman smashed 18 fours in his ton.
There wasn’t much support for Chilton from the lower middle-order, but wicketkeeper batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gareth-Cross-c1459 played well for his 46 runs off 48 balls. His innings included six fours. Lancashire were bowled out for 369 in their first innings. They would have liked to score at-least 400 runs, but failed to do so.
Dan Conway was superb with the ball for Oxford, as he picked up four wickets on a pitch that didn’t have too much support for the seamers.
The start to the Oxford innings was a dismal one, as they lost their top four batsmen without many runs on the board. However, captain Ed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Young-c98322 didn’t bother about the fall of wickets, and scored a brilliant ton for his team. The 21-year-old played a captain’s knock of 133 runs from 179 balls. He struck 17 fours and one massive six in his innings.
Apart from the brilliant innings from the home team captain, there weren't any significant contributions. The second highest score was 26, which came off the bat of Charles http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Walker-c95903. The Indian Rohit Sharma was the third highest scorer with 23 runs, as Oxford got out for 244 in their first innings.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Oliver-Newby-c2138 were the pick of the bowlers for their team, as they took four wickets apiece.
Lancashire had to bat just six overs in the final session of play on day-two. They survived the day and finished at 22 for no loss.
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