Nottinghamshire v Lancashire - County Championship Division One - Day 4 - Live Score and Update
Lancashire 350/9d & forfeit v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nottinghamshire-c826 forfeit & 293/7 (89.4 ov) - Match drawn
Another match in the English county that was hit by rain in the first three days of its beginning, suffered a no result on its fourth day as Nottinghamshire failed to reach the required target of 351 runs set by Lancashire after they declared their innings by posting 350 runs on the board for the loss of nine wickets after batting their first innings for the first three days at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.
The day began with Lancashire resuming their first innings from 321 for the loss of nine wickets with KW Hogg on 44 and SC Kerrigan on 22.
The last two batsmen knew that they could turn the tables around by launching a fiery batting onslaught in order to post as many runs possible in the earlier part of the day and then invite the other side to bat.
Nottinghamshire bowlers on the other hand, failed to actually cause some serious problems for the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lancashire-c806 batting duo as they got smacked all around the park.
Finally with Hogg on 61 and Kerrigan on 34, Lancashire chose to declare their innings, and in order to make the match interesting both sides decided to make the match a single innings contest by forfeiting an innings each.
Consequently, Nottinghamshire now had to make 351 runs to win; however, they had a terrible start to their innings as they lost their first wicket with only a run on the board as AD Hales was caught behind without scoring a run.
Then with 23 runs on the board, the Notts lost their second wicket with Wessels perishing on a leg-before decision after scoring 15 runs.
Star middle-order batsmen http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Lumb-c1981 and SR Patel then forged a resounding partnership as the duo took the team to 87 runs before the latter was caught by Horton on a delivery bowled by SC Kerrigan after scoring a knock of 24.
The departure of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Huzefa-Mohammed-Patel-c63657 brought JWA Taylor in the middle, however, before he could settle in, Lumb was dismissed for 35 runs at a time when the Notts had amassed a total of 95 runs on the board.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dawid-Malan-c1344 Voges (55) and skipper CMW Read (56) all batted well, but that was not enough to take the team across the finish line as they ended with Notts on a tally of 293 runs for the loss of seven wickets.
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