Lancashire v Leicestershire - Friends Life T20 - North Group - Lancashire win by 8 wickets – Live Score and Update
Leicestershire 179/4 (20/20 ov) v Lancashire 180/2 (19.0/20 ov) - Lancashire won by 8 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
Manchester: On Wednesday, Lancashire pulled off another glorious victory by chasing down a total of 179 runs, posted by Leicestershire in the Friends Life T20 match, that was played at Old Trafford.
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However, Lancashire gave a collective batting performance, spearheaded by opener, SC Moore, as the side comfortably reached the required target in 19 overs for the loss of just two wickets.
The run chase started with Moore and TC Smith coming out to amass a staggering opening partnership, to shatter the confidence of their opponents, who were feeling lucky after recovering from a near fatal batting collapse.
Immediately, without any hesitation the two batsmen gave Leicestershire strikers MJ Hoggard and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adrian-Roger-Kirshaw-Pierson-c42135 as the bowlers got hammered all around the park.
Leicestershire’s top four bowlers were neutralized by the batting side as the opening pair proved just too good for Leicestershire's main bowlers to halt.
Finally after getting slapped for 75 runs, CW Henderson, from Leicestershire grabbed the wicket of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Moore-c77694, who perished after playing a breathtaking knock of 54 runs off 32 deliveries.
With Moore back in the pavilion, it was time for the fielding side to make a few more inroads in order to exert some sort of pressure on the batting side.
Nonetheless, Lancashire were not going to surrender on the demise of just one wicket as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-John-Goodchild-c52940 partnership.
It was this partnership that proved fatal for Leicestershire, as the Lancashire batsmen showed great character by preventing the fall of their wickets.
Finally with a massive tally of 113 runs, Smith met his doom after clobbering a knock of 42 runs, while Croft and KR Brown stayed unbeaten on knocks of 41 and 39 to cross the finish line.
G Chapple from Lancashire, who grabbed two wickets in his four overs and gave away only ten runs, was named as the player of the match.
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