Lancashire in a good position to win against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nottinghamshire-c826: County Championship Division One - 3rd Day’s Recap
Lancashire require 205 runs for victory against Nottinghamshire, with all 10 wickets in tact, at the Trent Bridge, Nottingham in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 on the final day’s play on Thursday, June 23, 2011.
The hosts were bowled out for 216 in their second innings whereas http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Close-c51347 of the third day.
Day three started with Lancashire on 293/8. Overnight unbeaten batsmen, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kyle-Hogg-c1824, resumed play on 39 and 19 respectively. They didn’t manage to add too many runs to the total in the day and the team was dismissed for 306 runs.
Mahmood ended up with a valiant 46-run knock and Hogg scored 22. Their team was given a very good start earlier on day-two, as opening batsmen http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stephen-Colin-Moore-c91052 scored 99 and 42 runs respectively.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Paul-John-Franks-c81109 though, who picked up four wickets from the top-order.
Nottinghamshire started their second innings with an overall lead of 20 runs, which wasn’t too much. The pitch remained good for the batsmen, but there was some assistance for the bowlers as well, which made the competition pretty http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gordon-Muchall-c1499 even in the end.
The hosts failed to make an impression in their second outing, as they only managed 216 runs. The start was disappointing, as opening batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Neil-Edwards-c2092 was sent back to the pavilion without troubling the scorers.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-John-Hussey-c52953 looked solid and scored 13 runs, but was unable to carry onto the start he got to his innings.
There was a 39-run stand between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Steven-John-Mullaney-c91313, which put the team back on track. However, both got out in a span of just one run after scoring 35 and 18 runs respectively.
Wicketkeeper batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chris-Read-c1248, was also not able to make an impression and got out for two, leaving the home team struggling at 81/7.
However, the innings was then stabilised by Franks and New Zealand’s, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andre-Ryan-Adams-c44262. The pair put together 119 runs and collected 57 and 52 in their respective outings.
Mahmood was once again impressive, completing his 10-wicket haul in the match, as he took another five-for.
At close of play on the third day, Lancashire were in a good position with both their openers unbeaten on 14 and 17.
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