Lancashire v Yorkshire: County Championship Division One - Lancashire's First Innings Recap
Lancashire were in a very good position against Yorkshire in a match of the County Championship Division One, at the Headingley, Leeds in England on Wednesday, July 20, 2011.
The visitors collected 328 runs in their first innings before being all-out. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Steven-Croft-c2583 top scored the innings with 54 runs for his side. Apart from him, there were many other players, who got starts but failed to carry onto make a big one.
The pitch appeared to be a good one for the batsmen, as it didn’t seem to have any moisture. However, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Gale-c1039, expected some assistance for the fast bowlers, especially with the new ball.
Gale would have been disappointed after his bowlers conceded more than 300 runs on the first day’s play. He wanted to restrict the opposition below 200 after putting them into bat.
Lancashire’s start was not an ideal one, as they lost one wicket early. Opening batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stephen-Moore-c2572 was the first man to be dismissed in the innings after failing to trouble the scorers.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Paul-Horton-c2167 and Karl Brown set the team on track with a 34-run stand for the second wicket. They would have liked to stretch the partnership into a big one, but the latter was dismissed after collecting 22 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mark-Chilton-c1900 walked out in the middle to join Horton and the pair managed to get the innings going with a 42-run partnership for the third wicket. Just when things started to look good for the visitors, Horton was sent back to the pavilion. He took his time
to settle down, scoring 36 runs off 92 balls with the help of four boundaries, but would have been disappointed to throw his wicket away.
Chilton continued the trend for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lancashire-c806, getting out after being well set at the crease. He scored 33 runs with the help of five boundaries, leaving the team at 116 for the loss of four wickets.
The match was evenly poised at that stage of the innings, but a solid partnership between Croft and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tom-Smith-c2704 shifted the momentum towards the visitors. They put together 77 runs for the fifth wicket partnership, guiding the team’s total closer to 200.
Croft got out after collecting 54 runs with the help of eight fours whereas http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Smith-c90598 followed him after contributing 51 runs to the total. He struck nine boundaries in his impressive outing.
Wicketkeeper batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Glen-Chapple-c60141 managed 30 runs each in their respective outings, but failed to make most of the starts they got to their innings.
The last two batsmen to be dismissed in the Lancashire innings were http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kyle-Hogg-c1824, who managed 27 and 17 respectively.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RJ-Sidebottom-c2333 was impressive with the ball, as he picked up four wickets for the hosts.
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