Victoria's Pattinson in shock England call

Unexpected sight: Darren Pattinson in England clothes © Getty Images
 

This column aims to discuss Australian players in England’s contributions to the counties, but little did we expect that this week we would be featuring someone’s feats for the country itself. As if Darren Pattinson’s call-up to England’s long list for the Champions Trophy wasn’t enough, he was then handed a shock Test debut which caused controversy up and down the land.The problem in some eyes wasn’t that he grew up in another country – after all, so did Kevin Pietersen – but that he hadn’t exactly pledged his allegiance to England nor had he much first-class experience (11 heading into Headingley). People were also quick to point out Pattinson’s younger brother, James, plays for Australia Under-19s and their dad said his son was Australian. Darren, born in Grimsby, nevertheless got the nod.Also, there were sniffs that Matthew Hoggard had been overlooked on his home ground, while Steve Harmison, Chris Tremlett and Saj Mahmood would have been justified in feeling a touch snubbed.Pattinson took two wickets in South Africa’s only innings but will have to see if this horses-for-courses selection goes the distance when the squad is announced for the third Test at Edgbaston. If not, he will shrug his shoulders and finally get the trip to Alton Towers he had promised his family prior to the surprise call.But one player who will be kicking his heels on Tuesday evening is Jason Gillespie after Glamorgan opted not to risk him in their Twenty20 quarter-final. The side were brought in to play Michael Di Venuto’s Durham following the debacle which saw Yorkshire exit the trophy aftet fielding an ineligible player. Glamorgan don’t want to risk being ineligible for the big-money Champions Trophy through playing an ICL player like Gillespie.Speaking of Di Venuto, he helped Durham to move to the top of the Championship table with a ten-wicket win over Surrey at Guildford. Surrey appeared to be well on course towards batting their way to a draw as they reached 261 for 3, but lost their last seven wickets fell for 62. Set 134 in 45 overs, Durham wasted no time Di Venuto (57*) laid into a listless Surrey attack along with Mark Stoneman (60*), the duo reaching their target with more than ten overs in hand. Di Venuto had made 10 in the first innings.Justin Langer had led Somerset top earlier in the day when they completed a 246-run win against Kent at Taunton but their stay was to prove brief. The ever-reliable Langer made a fifty in both innings to set the home side well on their way, and was 12 short of a century in the second innings when he was caught behind for the second time in the match.First place could all change again in the next round as it’s still tight at the top with nine points separating the leaders and fifth-placed Lancashire, Stuart Law’s side. Pattinson and Adam Voges’s Nottinghamshire are in fourth, eight points behind and both have a game in hand on the top three.Meanwhile, Sean Ervine could do little to stop Hampshire sliding to a ten-wicket defeat at the hands of champions Sussex at Arundel. He hit 17 in the first innings and 14 when they followed on.In the lower division, Jason Gillespie was also on the wrong end of a ten-wicket result, when Glamorgan sank against Worcestershire at Worcester. Gillespie failed to penetrate the Worcestershire attack in neither his 28 first-innings over nor his five second time out. Chris Rogers’ second century of the season forced stalemate between Derbyshire and Northamptonshire at Northampton and more than made up for his first-innings 1.The highlight of the opening week of the Pro40 competition, yet another domestic tournament, was Adam Voges’ run-a-ball 85 to put Nottinghamshire beyond the reach of a subdued Hampshire at Trent Bridge, as they eased to a comfortable 31-run victory. He made 64 not out earlier in the week to beat Worcestershire at Worcester, a match in which Pattinson also took two wickets.

Draw at Grace Road, but Smith century elevates him to Hants all-time third place

One of the finest days weather wise for weeks, brought out the worst of this new format Frizzell County Championship at Grace Road, when Leicestershire and Hampshire played out a dull draw, but not before a vintage hundred by Robin Smith took him into third place on the All-Time Hampshire century list.Hampshire started the day on the defensive, with a small lead and six wickets in hand, so it took skipper Smith and prodigy John Francis the whole two hour pre lunch session to save the day, and ensure a large enough margin to stave off the possibility of defeat.Smith showing much of his vintage best, pulling and cutting with some verocity, particularly against two old adverseries in Devon Malcolm and Philip deFreitas. Francis playing his first championship match of the season, and his third overall was more circumspect, waiting for the bad ball and accumalating a career best 82. Smith was finally out for 104 smiting 18 fours in the process, and Francis who shared a 124 fifth wicket partnership with his skipper, had hit 13 fours when he fell to a slip catch off Malcolm.Set 295 in a basic minimum of 36 overs, Leicestershire surprised the sparce Grace Road crowd by opening with deFreitas and Ward, but after flattering briefly, they realised their task was futile, and settled in to watching 8 Hampshire bowlers ply their trade, with Francis picking up a career best 1 wicket for one run, to add to his batting one.Robin Smith completed his 49th first-class century for Hampshire, passing the illustrous Gordon Greenidge in the process to become the clubs third highest century maker.The list now reads:

C.P.Mead 138R.E.Marshall 60R.A.Smith 49C.G.Greenidge 48C.L.Smith 41B.A.Richards 38G.Brown 37V.P.Terry 37J.Arnold 36

New Zealand warm up with eight-run win over Zimbabwe

Daryl Tuffey cleaned up Raymond Price (11) in the final over of the match to end an enterprising 40-run last wicket partnership between Price and Douglas Hondo (29*) which had threatened New Zealand in the warm up game at Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo on Thursday.In the morning New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat first. Skipper Stephen Fleming opened the innings with Nathan Astle, and struggled to score freely against the likes of Heath Streak and Douglas Hondo on a track with a bit of uneven bounce. Fleming made just five off 22 balls and edged one to Andy Flower behind the wicket off the bowling of Heath Streak.Nathan Astle looked good for a big score, striking four boundaries in making 23 off 28 balls, before being caught behind off the young right-arm medium pacer Sean Ervine. Lou Vincent gave good support to Matthew Sinclair as the two put together 82 valuable runs for the third wicket. Sinclair was more adventurous, not missing out on a scoring opportunity.Vincent did not hit a boundary in his 21 off 60 balls, and was stumped by Andy Flower off Douglas Marillier. Sinclair, who had gone past his half century by then, was joined by Scott Styris.Sinclair completed a fine hundred, finishing with 108 off 112 balls with the help of a six and eleven fours. His was the fourth wicket to fall, bowled by Douglas Marillier with New Zealand on 192. Styris scored freely and made 49 off 56 balls before he was bowled by Ervine.Glenn Sulzberger threw his bat at the end to score 30 off just 14 balls to take New Zealand to 262/7 off their alloted 50 overs. Ervine was the most successful of the Zimbabwe bowlers, picking up 3/44.Zimbabwe lost opener Alistair Campbell (8 off 24 balls) early in their run chase. Marillier, in his new role of opening batsman, improvised to score 37 off 42 balls with the help of half a dozen boundaries. Marillier was finally run out and that started a major slide for the Zimbabweans.With Dion Ebrahim standing firm at one end, they lost four wickets wickets for just 14 runs. Grant Flower (4) and Andy Flower for a golden duck were removed by Jacob Oram. Guy Whittall and Ebrahim then scored runs with ease to add 64 for the sixth wicket.Zimbabwe lost Ebrahim (62 off 87 balls), Ervin (8 off 7), Whittall (66 off 65) and Heath Streak (15 off 24) were all gone and Zimbabwe were in a hopeless situation at 214/9. It was then that Hondo and Price put together their brilliant last wicket partnership.

'This is a tricky tie with a long drive to get there' says Shine ahead of Yorkshire Board game

After staying in their London hotel overnight, the Somerset players set off at 11am this morning to make the long journey north to Scarborough in preparation for their third round Cheltenham and Gloucester match against the Yorkshire Board XI tomorrow.After their disappointing one day form so far this season Somerset coach Kevin Shine is not taking the opposition lightly.He told me earlier: "This is a tricky tie for us with a long drive to get there. We will be playing against a team of club cricketer’s who will be of a decent quality and who will know their wicket. We will not be underestimating them, that’s for sure."With Andy Caddick and Marcus Trescothick on test match duty for England the Cidermen have added opening batsman Matt Wood, and the experienced all rounder Graham Rose, both of whom spent Monday at a rainy Southampton with the Somerset seconds, to the squad to make the journey.In 2001 Somerset faced Cambridgeshire at March at this stage of the competition, and after a couple of early scares they progressed to the next round thanks to a century from Mark Lathwell, and four wickets from Jamie Grove, neither of whom are with the club this season.Assuming that the Cidermen beat the Yorkshire Board XI today and Hampshire dispose of the Kent Board at Folkestone the pair will meet at Taunton in the next round on June 18th or 19th.

Warwickshire succumb to West Indies A

Test pacer Darren Powell picked up three wickets as West Indies A recorded a comprehensive victory in their tour match with Warwickshire at Edgbaston.The Jamaican quick returned figures of 3/55, with Tino Best collecting 2/40 and Ryan Hinds 2/47 in a professional performance. Mark Wagh’s accomplished 86 was the highlight of a disappointing Warwickshire effort.Despite Wagh’s knock, and cavalier efforts from Dominic Ostler and Dougie Brown, Warwickshire were never realistically in the victory hunt. Theyeventually succumbed at 6pm, losing by 120 runs. James Spires and AlexanderAllen battled hard at the death, before Hinds trapped Spires leg before justas time was running out.Set 371 to record an unlikely victory, Warwickshire lost wickets steadilythroughout the day. First to go was skipper Michael Powell, trapped leg-before to an in-ducker from his West Indian namesake. Jim Troughton, a young batsman whose free-flowing game has attracted much attention, hit a couple of pleasing boundaries before he snicked Powell through to keeper Lendl Simmons.Dominic Ostler, clearly thinking the win was a possibility, however remote, set about the bowling with ferocity. He blasted seven fours in 22 balls, Marlon Black proving particularly expensive. On 31, going for one big shot too many, Ostler played around a straight one from Best.Dougie Brown, who hit an expansive 65 in the first innings, batted with similar vigour in the second. With the elegant support of Wagh, Brown saw the innings through to lunch. He hit four boundaries in his 35, only to be grabbed close in by Daren Ganga to give Ryan Hinds a wicket.Graham Wagg had his stumps uprooted by Powell soon after, while Mohamed Sheikh latched onto some loose deliveries to make 16. Best accounted for the all-rounder though, hitting the stumps for a second time.Wagh, having survived hostile spells from Best and Powell, fell victim to Gareth Breese’s off-spin. Wagh, who captained Oxford University in 1997,showed his class throughout his four-hour knock. Shortly after he struck his14th crisp boundary, he was adjudged lbw to Breese.Nick Warren and Alan Richardson went early, leaving too much for the pluckylast wicket pair of Allen and Spires.Earlier, West Indies A had looked for quick runs. Breese, along with Dwayne Bravo, did not disappoint, extending their partnership to 65 before Ganga called his men in. Breese remained unbeaten on 54 (eight fours, one six) while Bravo’s run-a-ball 37 included five boundaries.

4th Match,India v Zimbabwe, Statistical Highlights

  • Murali Kartik,the slow left-arm bowler from Railways,became the 144th player to represent India in an ODI.
  • The four wickets that Ajit Agarkar’s claimed in the Hyderabadon Saturday has made him India’s highest wicket-taker againstZimbabwe – he now has 35 wickets from 21 ODIs against thevisitors. He went past fellow teammate Anil Kumble’s aggregate of32 from 20 matches.
  • The four-wicket haul was Agarkar’s sixth in his 91st onedayer and this puts him on par with Manoj Prabhakar. Now onlyAnil Kumble (nine) and Javagal Srinath (seven) have taken morefour-wicket hauls than Agarkar.
  • Grant Flower by making 44 in the Hyderabad one-dayer hasexactly 1000 runs to his name in one-dayers against India. He wasplaying his 32nd innings in his 32nd match against the Indians.Grant became the third Zimbabwean after Alistair Campbell (1188in 36 matches) and brother Andy (1130 in 33 matches) and the 19thbatsman overall to do so. Incidentally, Pakistan’s Saeed Anwarholds the record of aggregating most runs in a career againstIndia; he has made 1901 runs from 49 matches.
  • The fourth wicket partnership of 76 between Rahul Dravid andMohammad Kaif was India’s best for this wicket against Zimbabwein a floodlit match. This expunged the previous best of 70between Sachin Tendulkar and Mohammad Azharuddin at the Centurionon February 7,1997.
  • The fifth wicket partnership of 94 between Mohammad Kaif andYuvraj Singh was India’s best for this wicket against Zimbabwe inall matches. This obliterated the previous record unbrokenpartnership of 84 between Ajay Jadeja and Robin Singh at Benonion February 9, 1997. Incidentally, India’s previous highest fifthwicket partnership in a floodlit match against Zimbabwe was apaltry 42 between Rahul Dravid and Robin Singh at Sharjah onOctober 22, 2000.
  • Yuvraj Singh’s innings of 80* was the second highest by anyIndian at number six in a floodlit match – Ajay Jadeja’s 119 atColombo RPS on August 17, 1997 still remains the best.
  • The win was India’s 50th in a floodlit match.
  • The Man of the Match award was Yuvraj Singh’s third in his29th match.

Razzaq, Younis lead Pakistan to emphatic series win

For once Pakistan did chase well, despite a rather nightmarish start. And that they made a sizeable target of 278 must give them loads of confidence. They had prevailed, by three wickets and nearly three overs to spare, because of some resolute, methodical batting, which made up for some sloppy bowling and fielding early in the afternoon. This time there was no crumblingunder the pressure of runs; this was Pakistan’s second highest successful chase and the victory gave them unassailable lead in the three-match series.Abdul Razzaq made his highest score (86, off 84 deliveries, 10 fours, 1 six), Younis Khan (70, off 92 balls, 7 fours) his third successive score of 50-plus, Shahid Afridi (40, 37 balls, 4 fours, 1 six) combined caution and belligerence. They all made major contributions, and when three wickets fell, quite needlessly more or less in a bunch, nearer the close, Rashid Latif (28, off 25 deliveries) kept his head about him and produced the little cameo to deliver the victory.Pakistan was off to a really bad start, with Imran Nazir gone first ball, Daryl Tuffey finding him plumb in front. And seven deliveries later Yousuf Youhana, the man who had scored two glorious back to back hundreds which played such a key role in Pakistan’s wins. But then two stands of well over 50-plus brought Pakistan right back into the game. And with Razzaq going great guns Pakistan got near the target, and Latif was not going to give it away from this close.Younis scored his third score of more than 50, and partnered in two big stands, the first of 73 with Afridi and then another one worth 93 with Razzaq. From here on Razzaq took over and led in two partnerships of 46 and 34 with Inzamam-ul-Haq and Wasim Akram.Afridi played a mature little knock, mixing aggression and sensible defence, but as is his wont, overdid the aggression bit in trying to sweep Scott Styris once too often to get himself leg before.From then on it was Younis and Razzaq, promoted in the batting order, who held the fort by rotating the strike skillfully and playing attacking strokes in equal measure to stay abreast of the asking rate. The two between them had set the stage for a final assault on the target, when Younis fell. This would have been a real setback had Razzaq not been at his fluent-best. And he staved off any ideas that the Kiwis may have harboured of a comeback. And by the time, Razzaq was dismissed, having clouted Tuffey for a six and a four in the previous over, the victory was pretty much in Pakistan’s sights.Black Caps put up an imposing total:
Earlier, the Black Caps seemed to have learnt a thing or two from their trial at Karachi. Once Fleming won the toss and elected to bat, the accent throughout was on preservation of wickets, on cutting out the element of risk, and on rotation of strike. As a result, they put on 277 for the loss of five wickets. A commendable comeback after the previous defeats in Karachi and Sharjah.Even without Nathan Astle, out of the series because of a knee injury, the Kiwi openers got off to a decent start, seeing off the spearheads of Pakistan attack, Akram and Younis. Akram though had cause to be aggrieved as he induced an edge from Chris Nevin on a slower delivery only to see the ball fall disappointingly short of ‘keeper Rashid Latif.Akram, having conceded 22 runs in his first spell of four overs, was taken off early and Abdul Razzaq was introduced in his place. Nevin impudently lofted him over extra cover for a four. The very next delivery, Razzaq bowled him neck and crop with a peach of a delivery that cut back to knock off Nevin’s (23 runs, 26 balls, 3 fours) off and middle stump.The fall of Nevin slowed down the scoring, but Black Caps having posted the 50 (off 70 deliveries in 11.4 overs), went about the task of consolidating a good start in the middle overs. They added 78 runs between overs 16 to 30, losing just one more wicket, that of Mathew Horne (62, off 92 balls with the help of 7 fours).Craig McMillan, the man who started the slide with an injudicious shot against Akhtar at Karachi, rose to the occasion, with an outstanding innings. In the process, he posted his second limited-overs hundred, and his career’s best, 105 off just 116 deliveries with the help of 8 fours and 1 six, imperiously hooking Shoaib Akhtar over deep square leg fence.And more importantly, McMillan held the Black Caps innings together, staying in the middle till the very fag end and only being dismissed going after Younis with only four deliveries remaining. And in two major partnerships with Mathew Horne and Andre Adams, worth 96 and 92 runs respectively, he put his team in a strong position.The Black Caps nemesis, Shoaib Akhtar, not just remained wicketless today but also conceded 51 runs to boot.After having consolidated the innings in association with Horne in the middle overs, McMillan and Andre Adams, promoted in the batting order by skipper Stephen Fleming, took the fight to Pakistan bowlers in an eye-catching stand for the third wicket. Adams made his intentions clear from the word go, by cutting Afridi to point for four and then driving Akhtar to midwicket foranother boundary.McMillan posted his individual 50 (70 balls, 4 fours) and cut loose immediately, by hooking Akhtar’s leg-side bouncer over square leg fence. From the other end, Adams punched Saqlain to the cover boundary and followed it up with a ferocious drive off Akram to long-on fence. Such was the sway McMillan and Adams held that the fourth 50 was raised, to take the Kiwis to 200,off mere 38 balls.Waqar made some desperate bowling changes, bringing on one wicket-taking bowler after another, but to no avail. He took himself off to bring on Akhtar, and Adams drove him to mid-wicket fence, and McMillan took two fours off Razzaq next over.Finally, Akram, in his third spell, delivered Adams’ wicket. Bowling round the wicket, he got through Adams (45 off 45 balls, 6 fours) defences to rattle his middle and leg stump. But 232 for three, in the 44th over the damage had already been done as with plenty of wickets in hand, the Kiwis seemed well set to a big total.Waqar got Oram and McMillan in the 48th and 50th overs, but not before McMillan had posted a magnificent hundred. Imposing total indeed, but in the end, the self-belief and the confidence level of the Pakistanis was too high to be overawed by it.Abdul Razzaq was named the Man of the Match and the teams will be heading to Lahore for the final one-dayer followed by the first Test.

Day three – Walsh's day, again!

At about 18:20 GMT on March 19, 2001, Courtney Walsh, the tireless Jamaica and West Indies fastbowler, made more history by getting that unprecedented 500th Test wicket. His victim was South Africa’s Jacques Kallis, LBW for no score. Walsh had earlier dismissed Gary Kirsten, brilliantly caught by wicket-keeper Ridley Jacobs for 22, low down on the off-side, for his 499th Test victim. Wickets 499 and 500 both came with the score on 38.Considering that Walsh has already bowled over 4800 overs in Test cricket alone, not to mention over twelve years of playing for both Gloucestershire and Jamaica, it is very conceivable that Walsh has bowled almost 15,000 overs in first class cricket. At about 20 metres of a run up, that is about 1,800,000 meters, 1800 kilometres of delivering a 5.5 ounce ball over the years. Cars do not last that long sometimes, much less human bodies, which are more easily broken. Yet, Walsh has soldiered on since 1983/84. What longevity; what a warrior, what a survivor!At the close of day three of the Second Test at Port of Spain, Darryl Cullinan, who played flawlessly for 103 in the first innings, is again playing nearly as well, and is 41 not out. Opener Herschelle Gibbs, probably batting and battling for his team’s survival, has 57 not out, his fifth Test half century, as South Africa closed the day on 130-2, 74 ahead. South Africa must be looking for a further 250 runs to be in a favourable position to win this Test. Anything less, and they could well lose the game.Earlier, the West Indies, thanks again to Jacobs, the batsman this time, managed a useful 56 runlead. For the second time in Test cricket, Jacobs had been left standing high and dry in the 90’s, 93 not out this time, as the West Indies recovered from losing their 8th wicket for the overnight 250. Jacobs and fast bowler Merve Dillon put on 71 for the 9th wicket to allow the West Indies that small but significant lead, a lead that cost South Africa at least two wickets. Dillon was out in the last over before lunch, but Walsh and Jacobs did put on 21 runs for the 10th wicket before a mix up between the two robbed Jacobs of his first Test century.It was a hard for the South African bowlers, but Allan Donald persevered to get 4-91 from 30 overs. Shaun Pollock also managed 3-55 from 28 overs. It was difficult early day for the South African bowlers, and Pollock showed how frustrated the West Indies lower order batsmen had made him.South Africa still have much to do, to set the West Indies a challenging target, but day three was all about one man, Courtney Walsh, a great colossus, in his 129th Test, getting his 500th Test wicket.What a monumental achievement that is.

First Test creates a real buzz around Lord's

Test week at Lord’s and the place is a buzz with final preparations taking place before Thursday.Tension is high as players go through their last practice sessions and the groundsman studies the sky, nervously predicting how much sun he needs to get the surface right.We make way this week for the England boys who obviously have the run of the roost during Test match time.We’re up in Durham this week so we will be watching from afar, but for our Monday training session we moved into the ‘Away’ changing rooms as the English team had gathered early.I’m certainly not a person that dwells on past performances, but I must confess that being back in the ‘visitors’ rooms stirs up emotional memories from two years ago when New Zealand won its first Test at Lord’s.M J Horne is the last ‘visitor’ to score a Test 100 at Lord’s and his name is proudly engraved on the batters’ honours board. On the bowling honours board, D J Nash, with match figures of 11-169 back in 1994, is the last New Zealand entry. That was a huge series for Nashy and the following season he became New Zealand’s first overseas player to Middlesex. Unfortunately he was dogged by injury, the beginning of the back problems that still frustrate him.Speaking of Middlesex, we are top of the CricInfo Championship Division Two table after having a pretty good week in Bristol playing Gloucestershire.Gloucestershire are coached by John Bracewell and in the last couple of years have almost won every one-day competition around. He has done a fantastic job for the county and is a very influential figure in their progress.On the third night of the game I enjoyed an evening of the Bracewell’s hospitality and polite banter was exchanged with Gloucester looking to set us a target on the final day. They left us 293 in 82 overs, a score we reached five down with two overs remaining. We were delighted as a win obviously gives you good championship points. But it also gives you confidence, and that is vital as the season progresses.On a personal front, scoring my first hundred for the county was very special. It is one of my goals to score more centuries and I’m very determined to achieve this.I was gutted scoring 52 in the first innings but progressed through in the second which was satisfying. Scoring centuries is a skill and as with everything you must learn how to do it.The more I can get past three figures, the more I will understand the process.

Lancashire win thrilling clash

ScorecardJimmy Adams amassed a brilliant 194 off 507 balls but relegation-threatened Hampshire failed to prevent an County Championship defeat in a thriller against Lancashire at Liverpool. The 29-year-old left hander batted for 10 hours and 35 minutes, recording the longest innings of the summer and making the hosts sweat on a win which looked a near certainty at the start of the final day.Adams shared a last-wicket partnership of 88 inside 43 overs with Danny Briggs (15 not out off 97 balls) to help post a second innings total of 405 and set the hosts 168 to win in 33 overs after tea. Adams’ innings was the longest both minutes and ball-wise this season, beating Mark Ramprakash’s 564-minute 223 off 395 balls for Surrey against Middlesex in May.Left-arm swing bowler James Tomlinson then took three quick wickets to reduce Lancashire to 17 for three in the sixth over of their chase. But a 79-ball 51 from Shivnarine Chanderpaul took his side to the brink before Mark Chilton hit the winning runs off Dominic Cork with one ball and three wickets to spare.Tom Smith recorded figures of 6 for 94 from 41 overs to clinch career-best match figures of nine wickets for 134 runs in 53 overs. The medium-pacer bowled Michael Bates for 31, Cork and tail-ender Chris Wood during the morning session.Hampshire resumed the day on 275 for 5 with a lead of only 37. Adams and Bates shared 60 for the sixth wicket before Smith’s triple strike left the score at 298 for 8 in the 115th over.Tomlinson then offered a simple return catch off a leading edge to Sajid Mahmood before Adams farmed the strike from Briggs. Their stand started 40 minutes before lunch and lasted two hours and 40 minutes until Adams, who hit 20 boundaries, edged Kyle Hogg behind to wicketkeeper Gareth Cross in the 166th over of the innings.Tomlinson (3 for 27) then bowled Paul Horton off an inside edge, trapped Karl Brown lbw first ball and had Smith caught behind by Bates as Lancashire chased. Steven Croft edged Cork behind to leave the score at 44 for four in the 15th before Cross joined Chanderpaul to move things along.The hosts needed 102 to win off 15 overs with six wickets left. Cross was then caught at mid-on by Cork off Wood (three for 32) for 26 off 18 balls to reduce the score to 84 for five in the 21st over.But Mahmood, in the form of his life with the bat, joined Chanderpaul to put their side within reach. When he carved Wood to Adams at deep point for 24 Lancashire were 130 for six in the 27th over, needing another 38 with six overs left.Wood then had Chanderpaul caught behind off the first ball of his next over. Chilton finished 18 not out and Hogg 17.

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