Lancashire slams Scotland by seven wickets in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yorkshire-c867 Bank 40 – Cricket News
In the ongoing Yorkshire Bank 40, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lancashire-c806 beat Scotland by seven wickets in the group B match that was played on Tuesday, 18 June, at Old Trafford, Manchester.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Scotland-c756 in a mess, preventing them
from posting a big total on the board.
Scotland, who chose to bat first, lost their first wicket with 12 on the board as opener Tom Latham fell for two off nine deliveries. Then the second-wicket partnership between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Berrington-c47840
took Scotland to 57, before this partnership also played its last on the wicket of Berrington, who was caught behind after scoring 24 runs.
Coleman was then joined by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Calum-Scott-MacLeod-c49129 and the two launched a staggering batting offense against the bowling side, smacking the bowlers everywhere.
The batting duo was phenomenal in taking the score to 147, before the departure of Coleman, who was trapped in front of stumps by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stephen-Parry-c2573 after playing a knock of 63. Later with 191 on the board, the batting
side lost another wicket when MacLeod fell to White after jabbing 55 runs off 70 deliveries.
While skipper Preston Mommsen smacked 46 runs, the remaining lower-order was conveniently dismantled by the Lancashire bowlers, as the side played out the 40 overs for the loss of nine wickets and 217 runs on
the board.
Chasing a small target, Lancashire, made a strong start with openers Moore and Prince giving their side a stand of 105, before http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Moneeb-Mohammed-Iqbal-c77648 after scoring 53 runs off 59 deliveries.
After breaking the opening partnership this was the moment for Scotland to maintain pressure on their opponents and nab a few more wickets to come back in the match.
Iqbal was in no mood to let Lancashire sustain as he struck once more by bagging the wicket of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Steven-Croft-c2583, who departed after scoring seven runs. At the time of this wicket, Lancashire was on 117.
Later, Lancashire for the loss of another wicket, reached the target in 36.3 overs.
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