Nottinghamshire v Lancashire - County Championship Division One - Day 1 - Live Score and Update
Lancashire 203/6 (59.0 ov) v Nottinghamshire - Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to field
The first day of the four-day game between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lancashire-c806 clobbered an impressive total of 203 runs for the loss of six wickets at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.
After winning the toss, Nottinghamshire, chose to field first as they wanted to restrict the batting side on a meagre total.
Lancashire while batting under heavy clouds suffered the loss of their first wicket with only 11 runs on the board as their opener PJ Horton fell after scoring just three runs.
SC Moore and KR Brown then took charge as the batsmen stood defiant against the bowlers, who bolted in impressive deliveries right at the batsmen.
The duo took the score to 64 runs before the demise of Brown, who hit the showers after jabbing an innings of 34 runs off 24 deliveries.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Moore-c77694 then had his stumps obliterated by AR Adams after smashing an innings of 24 runs off 48 deliveries.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AG-Prince-c949 and SJ Croft then staggered another potent partnership as they took the bowlers head-on by smacking them without remorse.
The splendid partnership met its doom on the wicket of Croft, who faltered after scoring 29 runs, leaving his team on a total of 129 runs.
LA Procter then lost his wicket cheaply after scoring only seven runs off 24 deliveries at a time when the side had amassed 151 runs.
Prince then forged a resounding partnership with wicketkeeper/batsman GD Cross as the duo took the score to 203 runs hammering away the bowlers, as they knew that great responsibility lied on their shoulders to get their team to a total at the end of their innings that would be good enough for their bowlers to end.
Cross then became the last wicket to fall as he perished after scoring an innings of 35 runs off 40 deliveries.
Meanwhile, Prince once again exhibited his calm composure by staying unbeaten on a tally of 63 runs.
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