Match report Lancs v Warwicks totesport League 2004 by Neil Adams

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Summary

For the second consecutive home totesport match, an opposing captain scored a century, but ended up on the losing side. On this occasion, Nick knight scored an unbeaten 122 after the losing the toss and being asked to bat. The Bears posted an imposing total of 251 for 5, which under lights appeared to be a huge ask for the home side to chase down. The early loss of Loye (1) in the first over made victory even more unlikely (2-1). Chilton and Sutcliffe added 64 for the second wicket before Chilton hauled out at mid-on. As the floodlights took hold, Mongia and Sutcliffe steered Lancashire towards their target by maintaining the asking rate of 5.6 runs per over. Sutcliffe reached his 50 in the 22nd over and Mongia one over later. With the score on 191, Sutcliffe failed to ground his bat when attempting a quick single, and Hooper made his way to the crease. Four wickets fell in the next five overs as the new batsmen struggled to come to terms with the conditions. However, appalling fielding, which allowed endless over-throws, combined with a terribly slow over rate left Ian Bell only one minute to bowl the 44th over, or concede six penalty runs. Frantic gestures came from the Lightning balcony alerting Mongia and Mahmood to the fact that only two runs were required from the last eight balls. Mongia who had just reached his hundred from 104 balls, stroked his tenth boundary through the covers to secure a thrilling victory.

Key Notes of the Day

Lancashire won the toss and elected to bowl
Wagh caught Chapple bowled Cork 7 (Mid-on) - 40 for 1 in the 8th over - Carter 28*
50 for 1 in the 10th over - Carter 36* Knight 1*
Carter caught Haynes bowled Cork 40 - 54 for 2 in the 10th over - Knight 1*
101 for 2 in the 21st over - Knight 35* Bell 15*
50 partnership - 104 for 2 in the 22nd over - Knight 36* Bell 17*
Bell stumped Haynes bowled Keedy 17 - 107 for 3 in the 23rd over - Knight 37*
50 Knight from 59 balls (3 x 4 & 1 x 6) - 138 for 3 in the 28th over - Hogg 10*
50 partnership - 157 for 3 in the 32nd over - Knight 58* Hogg 21*
Hogg caught Haynes bowled Chapple 34 - 181 for 4 in the 36th over - Knight 68*
Trott stumped Haynes bowled Keedy 3 - 188 for 5 in the 37th over - Knight 72*
203 for 5 in the 41st over - Knight 82* Ostler 4*
100 Knight from 104 balls (6 x 4 & 2 x 6) - 224 for 5 in the 43rd over - Ostler 6*
50 partnership - 238 for 5 in the 44th over - Knight 110* Ostler 10*
250 for 5 in the 45th over - Knight 121* Ostler 10*
251 for 5 from 45 overs - Knight 122* Ostler 10* - Innings closed

Lancashire required 252 runs from 45 overs @ 5.6 runs per over
Loye lbw bowled Brown 1 - 2 for 1 in the 1st over - Sutcliffe 1*
Chilton 3 dropped by Trott at first slip - 7 for 1 in the 3rd over - Sutcliffe 1*
51 for 1 in the 9th over - Sutcliffe 27* Chilton 16*
50 partnership - 53 for 1 in the 10th over - Sutcliffe 27* Chilton 16*
Chilton caught Knight bowled Pretorius 23 (Skied to mid-on) - 66 for 2 in the 11th over - Sutcliffe 34*
Sutcliffe 44 dropped by Ostler at short extra cover - 87 for 2 in the 15th over - Mongia 10*
100 for 2 in the 18th over - Sutcliffe 45* Mongia 22*
50 Sutcliffe from 59 balls (6 x 4) + 50 partnership - 16 for 2 in the 22nd over - Mongia 32*
50 Mongia from 46 balls (5 x 4 & 2 x 6) - 135 for 2 in the 23rd over - Sutcliffe 51*
150 for 2 in the 25th over - Sutcliffe 53* Mongia 59*
100 partnership - 166 for 2 in the 29th over - Sutcliffe 60* Mongia 68*
Sutcliffe run out 68 - 191 for 3 in the 34th over - Mongia 84*
Hooper bowled Carter 5 (Played-on to off-stump) - 199 for 4 in the 36th over - Mongia 86*
Schofield lbw bowled Carter 0 (First ball) - 199 for 5 in the 36th over - Mongia 86*
200 for 5 in the 37th over - Mongia 87* Chapple 0*
Chapple caught Trott bowled Pretorius 1 (First slip) - 202 for 6 in the 37th over - Mongia 88*
Cork caught Wagh bowled Richardson 6 (Mid-wicket) - 216 for 7 in the 39th over - Mongia 90*
Haynes run out 13 - 239 for 8 in the 43rd over - Mongia 98*
100 Mongia from 104 balls (9 x 4 & 6 x 2) - 242 for 8 in the 4th over - Mahmood 0* 6 penalty runs added to Lancashire's score - 250 for 8 in the 44th over - Mongia 100* Mahmood 0*
255 for 8 from 44 overs - Mongia 104* Mahmood 1*
Lancashire 4 points beat Warwickshire 0 points by 2 wickets