Lancashire v Warwickshire: County Championship Division One – http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lancashire-c806’s First Innings Recap
A County Championship Division One match between Lancashire and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warwickshire-c862 ended in a draw at the Aigburth, Liverpool in England on Thursday, August 4, 2011.
The hosts needed just two more wickets to win the match, but ran out of time, as Warwickshire ended their second innings on 217 for the loss of eight wickets.
Earlier, the Warwickshire skipper Jim Troughton had decided to field first after winning the toss. The pitch had some dampness, which suggested that the ball might do some tricks.
Lancashire struggled in their first outing, as the team was all out for 189 runs on the first day’s play. Only four batsmen in the innings managed to reach double figures with the highest score coming from opening batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stephen-Moore-c2572, who collected 74
runs.
The start for the hosts was not a bad one, considering the bowling friendly conditions. The openers Moore and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Paul-Horton-c2167 collected 45 runs for the first wicket partnership. The latter failed to make most of the start he got to his innings, getting out for
14 runs off 19 balls.
Karl Brown struggled in his short stay at the wicket and was dismissed after adding 9 runs to the total. He was followed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mark-Chilton-c1900, who limped to 6 runs off 31 deliveries.
The next man to be dismissed in the innings was http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Steven-Croft-c2583, who managed 7 runs in his short outing.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Moore-c77694 did not lose his focus from the game and continued to bat well. He ended up with a valiant knock of 76 runs with the help of 14 boundaries. The stylish opener looked threatening, but was unable to make a big one. He was the fifth wicket to fall in
the hosts’ innings.
Just two deliveries later, wicketkeeper batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gareth-Cross-c1459 was also sent back to the hut. He was unable to trouble the scorers, getting out for a three-ball duck.
Lancashire’s skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SI-Mahmood-c2523, who lasted just one ball.
A 31-run stand for the ninth wicket between middle-order batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kyle-Hogg-c1824 guided the home team’s total closer to 200 in the end. They scored 31 and 15 in their respective outings.
Lancashire were only two down when they reached 100, but the team lost way after that, getting all out for 189 runs.
Warwickshire’s Neil Carter did the damage with the ball, as he ended up with outstanding figures of 6/30 in less than nine overs. He got good support from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013’s Chris Woakes, who grabbed captured three wickets.
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