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L
ancashire made steady progress on the 1rst day of their two-day match
at the Police Park Cricket Ground against the Sri Lankan State Services.
The visitors were made to bat 1rst and achieved a 1rst-innings total of
270/8 declared, as Steven Croft, Luke Procter and Jordan Clark all made half-
centuries.
Their Sri Lankan opponents had initially decided to bat 1rst, but then changed their
mind, but when it was their turn to bat later in the day they recovered to 75/2 after
they had lost a wicket with only the third ball of their innings.
Lancashire had been pegged back by an eye-catching knock from Dishan (49) who
smashed his way towards 1fty before he fell to the 1nal delivery of the day to Simon
Kerrigan.
The hosts made an early breakthrough when Luis Reece (11) was caught behind
with the score at 21-1. Ashwell Prince (17) soon followed when he was bowled
behind his legs in the 13th over.
A rocky start continued for Lancashire when Liam Livingstone (14) was caught and
bowled, as Sandaruwan (2-23) collected his second wicket of the innings at 46-3.
Lancashire recovered to 85-3 at lunch and after the interval Croft (57) and Procter
(68) continued to rebuild the innings, accumulating 113 runs for the fourth-wicket
partnership.
Croft hit just three fours, but soon followed with a half-century of his own taking their
partnership beyond 100 runs, before the Blackpool-born all-rounder was caught at
Lancashire
Make Steady
Progress on
Day One
By Luke Adams
31.03.2015
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1rst slip off the hosts spin bowler.
One wicket brought another as Procter was then caught at backward point,
attempting to play a cut shot, to give spinner Priyadarshana his 1rst wicket.
Lancashire reached 187/5 at tea and were neither in trouble, nor in command of
proceedings, but two more impressive knocks ensured that the visitors posted a
respectable total.
Jordan Clark went on the assault after the interval and hit three sixes on his way to
an eye-catching half-century, hitting a huge six in to the leg side to reach this
milestone.
Clark’s (56) innings was halted by a smart catch from the hosts wicket keeper
which removed the Lancashire all-rounder. Clark and Alex Davies had added 87 for
the sixth-wicket stand and the latter continued an impressive knock, now joined by
Stephen Parry (3*).
Davies (42) started to play aggressively and was caught in the covers. A Lancashire
declaration beckoned and when George Edwards (0) was trapped LBW by
Rathnapriva, the visitors declared immediately on 270-8.
The visitors made the perfect start to their response when Toby Lester trapped the
hosts opening batsman leg before wicket with the third ball of the innings before
the Sri Lankan out1t ] had been able to register a run.
Edwards shared the new ball but remained wicketless, but was the victim of Dishan’s
early intent and was hit for a huge six as he helped the Sri Lankan hosts to recover to
50-1 after just nine overs.
Although Kerrigan was responsible claiming the wicket of Dishan, a lot of credit must
go to Gavin Grif1ths, who took a superb catch running around at long-on, as the
hosts ended the 1rst day on 75-2.
Lancashire team: Reece, Prince, Livingstone, Croft, Procter, Clark, Davies, Parry,
Kerrigan, Edwards, Lester, Grif?ths.
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1rst slip off the hosts spin bowler.
One wicket brought another as Procter was then caught at backward point,
attempting to play a cut shot, to give spinner Priyadarshana his 1rst wicket.
Lancashire reached 187/5 at tea and were neither in trouble, nor in command of
proceedings, but two more impressive knocks ensured that the visitors posted a
respectable total.
Jordan Clark went on the assault after the interval and hit three sixes on his way to
an eye-catching half-century, hitting a huge six in to the leg side to reach this
milestone.
Clark’s (56) innings was halted by a smart catch from the hosts wicket keeper
which removed the Lancashire all-rounder. Clark and Alex Davies had added 87 for
the sixth-wicket stand and the latter continued an impressive knock, now joined by
Stephen Parry (3*).
Davies (42) started to play aggressively and was caught in the covers. A Lancashire
declaration beckoned and when George Edwards (0) was trapped LBW by
Rathnapriva, the visitors declared immediately on 270-8.
The visitors made the perfect start to their response when Toby Lester trapped the
hosts opening batsman leg before wicket with the third ball of the innings before
the Sri Lankan out1t ] had been able to register a run.
Edwards shared the new ball but remained wicketless, but was the victim of Dishan’s
early intent and was hit for a huge six as he helped the Sri Lankan hosts to recover to
50-1 after just nine overs.
Although Kerrigan was responsible claiming the wicket of Dishan, a lot of credit must
go to Gavin Grif1ths, who took a superb catch running around at long-on, as the
hosts ended the 1rst day on 75-2.
Lancashire team: Reece, Prince, Livingstone, Croft, Procter, Clark, Davies, Parry,
Kerrigan, Edwards, Lester, Grif?ths.
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