Lancashire v Warwickshire - County Championship Division One - Day 1 - Cricket Score and Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warwickshire-c862 - Warwickshire won the toss and elected to field
On the first day of the four-day match in the County Championship Division One, Lancashire posted 125 runs for the loss of five wickets at stumps against Warwickshire, on Thursday, April 19, at Aigburth, Liverpool.
Late wickets have put Warwickshire on top as they had to face the brunt of Lancashire batsmen in the wee hours, but made a strong comeback by grabbing five wickets to hamper the batting side’s naked onslaught.
Earlier in the day, after winning the toss, Warwickshire chose to give the bowlers a first go at the opposition as they aimed to contain the batting side on small total in order to gain an upper hand on the opening day.
Lancashire openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Moore-c77694 became the first casualty of the day, perishing after bolstering an innings of 19 runs.
The departure of the opener brought number-three batsman Karl Brown on the crease and he fared well against the opposition by exhibiting some talented shots and provided a solid support to fellow batsman Horton.
Finally with 77 runs on the board, it was time for the batting side to suffer the loss of their second wicket when Horton fell after playing an innings of 17 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AG-Prince-c949 was the next man to come in the middle and together with Brown, the two batsmen kept playing tentatively in order to prevent the fielding side from making another breakthrough.
Lancashire’s innings at this time was in its adolescence, and required a steady batting display from the two batsmen in order to prevail later in the match.
However, with 101 runs on the board, Prince lost his wicket after contributing eleven runs off 48 deliveries.
Later, Brown who looked so impressive batting in the middle finally walked back to the pavilion after hammering a potent innings of 46 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Steven-Croft-c2583, was the last wicket to falter after scoring ten runs, leaving his team standing on 123 runs.
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