Red Rose push for victory is halted
MATT Parkinson took three wickets in a dramatic session but some resolute defensive batting by Warwickshire’s Chris Benjamin and Danny Briggs halted Lancashire’s victory bid in their LV= Insurance County Championship match at Emirates Old Trafford.
Benjamin was 22 not out, Briggs was unbeaten on 28 and their unbroken seventh-wicket stand was worth 46 when the players shook hands with Warwickshire’s lead on 138 and only 19 overs left in the match.
The visitors ended the match on 184-6 as spinner Parkinson finished with 3-64 from 34 overs.
Yet none of this tension had seemed likely during a
morning session in which the only wicket to fall was that of Alex Davies, who had made 10 when he received a nasty lifter in the third over of the morning and gloved a catch to Keaton Jennings at second slip off Tom Bailey.
“We put in a good effort, produced our skills with the ball, but we lost over a session and a half to weather, so a result was unlikely but we still believed there was a chance and I thought we pushed Warwickshire hard,” said Red Rose head coach Glen Chapple.
“We were pleased how we bowled but I thought they were a bit negative. I think they made their mind up early on they were going to try and restrict the scoring.”
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