Lancashire take 59-run lead over Northamptonshire – Cricket news
At stumps on the first day of the four-day County Championship Division Two, Lancashire after incinerating Northamptonshire on 62, have managed to secure a lead of 59 runs with two wickets remaining in the first innings on Thursday, 20 June, at Old Trafford,
Manchester.
After winning the toss, Lancashire invited their opponents to bat first and made an early impression by grabbing their first wicket with nothing on the board, followed by the second wicket for just one run. This loss of two early wickets put enormous pressure
on Northamptonshire, forcing them to halt any batting charge and instead focus on consolidating wickets.
However, with only nine runs on the board, the batting side lost their third wicket of the day on the departure of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alex-Wakely-c988, who hit the showers after smacking a knock of six runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Robin-James-Boyd-Moss-c86323 Keogh then took their side towards 21, before the later was also dismissed after playing a short innings of six runs. This was Kyle Hogg’s third wicket and he seemed unstoppable, causing enormous problems for the batsmen.
In the next over, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Northamptonshire-c824 saw Middlebrook go down as the batsman was clean-bowled by Glen Chapple after playing a disappointing knock of eight runs off 43 deliveries.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lancashire-c806’s bowling was just outstanding as they did not give the batsmen any breathing space, and continued to exert pressure. When they were not taking wickets, they were busy containing the flow of runs. No matter how hard the batsmen tried, they were
not rewarded against this mighty bowling attack.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Steven-Paul-Crook-c91337 took their side towards 35 runs, before this partnership also met its end on the wicket of the former, who perished with ten runs to his name. The batsman was trapped in front of stumps by Hogg.
The bowler then went on to collect three more wickets, as he completed his seven-wicket haul, bringing destruction upon his opponents. His bowling partner Chapple finished with three wickets to his name as Lancashire bowled out Northamptonshire for 62 by
using only two bowlers.
Lancashire then also faced disappointment as they lost their first wicket with only six runs on the board, followed by the departure of their second batsman with 22 on the board. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SM-Katich-c2543 then led their side towards 41 runs, before the
former was sent packing after scoring 16.
Katich and Andrea Agathangelou then spearheaded the batting by taking the score to 85, before the wicket of the latter, who crumbled after belting a knock of 21 runs. In the next over Katich also lost his wicket with 30 runs to his name.
Later, Lancashire ended the day on 121 for the loss of eight wickets.
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