Lancashire v Worcestershire: County Championship Division One – http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Worcestershire-c866’s First Innings
Lancashire were bowled out for 282 runs in their first innings against Worcestershire on day-one of a County Championship Division One game at the Stanley Park, Blackpool in England on Wednesday, August 17, 2011.
The visitors would have been a little upset, as their skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Steven-Croft-c2583, who collected 107
runs for his side.
Worcestershire would have expected a better show with the bat, but the team was all out for 202 runs in their first outing, conceding a first innings lead of 80 runs. There were only three batsmen in the innings, who scored in double figures with a best
of 65 from wicketkeeper batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ben-Scott-c1140.
The start to the visitors’ innings was a miserable one, as half of the team was dismissed for just 21 runs on the board.
Opening batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 batsman Vikram Solanki, who managed 4 runs in his short stay at the crease.
Middle-order players http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Kervezee-c1027 failed to trouble the scorers, as both were dismissed for a duck.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mitchell-c76390 struggled in his outing and limped to 5 runs off 41 balls before finally being dismissed. His wicket left the team under immense pressure, as 5 wickets had fallen for 21 runs at that stage of the innings.
However, lower-order players Gareth Andrew and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aneesh-Kapil-c44658 steadied the innings with a 56-run stand for the sixth wicket. The latter failed to make most of the start to his innings and was dismissed after contributing 24 runs to the total with the help
of three boundaries.
Worcestershire were struggling at 77/6, but Andrew and Scott rescued the team from disaster. The pair put together 67 runs for the seventh wicket partnership, guiding the total closer to 150.
Andrew got out after scoring 61 runs off 94 balls with the help of 10 classy boundaries. His wicket exposed the tail-enders and Scott came under immense pressure.
However, the keeper batsman played extremely well, collecting an unbeaten 65 runs for his side. He struck six fours in his impressive knock, guiding the team’s total to 202 in the end.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SI-Mahmood-c2523, who dismissed 3 batsmen in the opposition’s innings.
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