Skip Hazell heads for Roses return
Sam Bancroft tried to get his team back on track when he scored 26 runs, but it wasn’t enough as eight of his teammates couldn’t reach double figures and Accrington were bowled all out for 128.
Elsewhere in the Lancashire League, Bacup were beaten after they lost by 69 runs against Darwen at Lanehead.
Darwen batted first DANIELLE Hazell is hoping to lead Lancashire Thunder to Finals Day in Hove following her appointment as captain for their second Kia Super League campaign.
But first the experienced off-spinner is braced for a warm after Bacup won the toss and decided to field, but it didn’t seem to affect them as they finished on a decent total of 229-9 after 50 overs.
Professional Calvin Savage top scored for Darwen with 50, while Jordan Clarke (46) and Ammer Mirza (30) also contributed.
Bacup got off to a poor start after Tim Farragher welcome back to Headingley.
Hazell, who was born and bred in Durham, played for the Yorkshire Diamonds in the first KSL campaign last summer, before making the rare cricketing move across the Pennines for 2017. and Matthew Schofield both went for ducks to leave the team 0-2 inside the opening over.
Professional Ernest Kemm tried to steady the ship by scoring 58, with Chris Gansler also adding 35.
It wasn’t enough though, as Bacup came up short and suffered defeat after going from 150-5 to 159 all out.
So she raised both eyebrows when the fixture list was published, with the Thunder opening up with a Roses clash at the Diamonds in one of the six matches to be televised by Sky this season as double headers also including fixtures from the NatWest T20 Blast.
“I’ve been thrown into the cauldron first up,” said Hazell.
“Yorkshire, at Yorkshire, in a double header, on Sky. Good luck skip.
“Hopefully I don’t get in front of that Western Terrace – I think I might put somebody else in front of that.
“A lot of people have said to me that not many players go from Yorkshire to Lancashire, it’s a little bit scary.”
For tickets fixture list, visit lccc.co.uk