Great day for Lancs, 180 all out for Durham, so if Lancs can bat well they should be on course for a much needed victory.

Fab day. A big improvement. Hope we can build a good lead.

Hmm! not the best of mornings for Lancs, both openers gone cheaply, 60-2 with the middle order facing a repair job again.

Up to 82/2. Not an exciting watch though.

Vila’s gone for 32 - 99/3

Picking up now

Livingstone gone. 134/4

Livingstone gone now 138-4, still trailing by 40, need a few more from the lower order, as we don't want to be chasing too many batting last.

Going better now 173-4 50 for Bohannon, should be able to build a good lead from here.

Lancs lead by three. Time to build a score.

Tea Lancs are 199/5 - a lead of 19.

I don't think that they will be playing any home games in this competition which makes it difficult being on the road constantly and playing on wickets designed for home assistance.

217-6 so a useful lead for Lancs, another 30-40 would be very handy.

238-6 lead over 50 now, Bohannon is playing a good hand 75 unbeaten. and he's been at the crease for over 5 hours now, this just shows how difficult this pitch must be for scoring, that's why 1st innings runs are crucial for Lancashire.

Bohannen is out now - currently 243/7

Still a good lead get that up to about 100, and Lancs are well in the game.

250/8

Lead 70

Thankfully Wood still in and going well (36*)

Think Wood will be a shrewd signing didn't know he was handy with the bat as well

Lancs 273/8 from 94 overs. Another 27 runs from the next 16 overs would earn another batting point.

Wood gone for an excellent 46, 284-9 so a lead of over 100, that should be very handy if we bowl well tomorrow, weather permitting of course.

Lancs now 308/9 and gain their 3rd batting point followed by a big 6. It is raining but thy are carrying on.

Spoke too soon and innings finishes 128 in front,

Good start from Durham

3-2 from 4 overs

Excellent so far

Make that 6-3

Dickson and Steel both out the same way to the same bowlers in each innings!

At 45-5 the wicket sounds like a mine field.come on lancs. Wrap it up nice and quick

49/7 now

claretonthecoast1882 wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 10, 2020 2:23 pm

49/7 now

I took a break once they took lunch. Brilliant to see we've got another three wickets since. The potential for winning by an innings never crossed my mind this morning.

CT tempting the jinx there...... cue 200 run 8th wicket partnership

dandeclaret wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 10, 2020 2:37 pm

CT tempting the jinx there...... cue 200 run 8th wicket partnership

That would be painful but don't worry I'll be in more pain - just about to leave for an emergency dental appointment

Not just you then Tony as Durham certainly being hurt now with 4 for 21 in 9 overs and Durham 9 wickets down for 92

Looks like an easy win for Lancs but Durham are a dispirited mob these days. The spirit was knocked out of them by the ECB's unfair points deductions and consequent relegation a few years ago.

A good win, albeit against a bankrupt second division side. Even Yorkshire beat them easily.

The only difference is, we keep a sensible view of it. All the glory hunters, supporting their cricket in Yorkshire, but football in Lancashire, got proper giddy about it last week. Especially that lad in Bury - who thinks Earby is in Yorkshire.

Impressive from Lancs, but the quality of the opposition has to be taken into account, still a least we have a win on the board, Derbyshire & Torkshire look like being the critical games if we're going to top the group.

Astonishing game at Canterbury, Kent piled up 530-1 declared, with unbeaten double centuries for Cox & Leaning in a partnership of 423, before skittling Sussex in their 2nd innings and wrapping up an innings victory.

Just as the goalposts don't move for a striker, neither does Earby.

Good afternoon bodge, Sir.

188 in a couple of sessions and a bit. Seen it done before.

Yorkshire win by 90 runs.

Here he is getting all giddy again. They get a couple of flat track bullies back from being beaten by Ireland, against a Notts side shorn of all their England talent, and whoop it up about winning again.

It's like the glory hunters are when they're winning in the T20 competition.......

You must be getting very worried again that the production line is back in full swing with local talent Thompson, Coad, Leech, Brook etc.

Meanwhile at slogging HQ, relying on your local lads like Jennings and Vilas as your mainstays is clearly the way .

At least there's Crofty as well.

Could do with some comedy figures like Saj with his 90mph beemers and Haseeb "pavillion clearer" Hameed coming through to provide further amusement.

Never worried, just another bunch of hype merchants like Pies, The Barrel, The Racist, Steve Stifler, Adildo, Flat Track Ballance, Gollum/Voldemort and Cymbals Bairstow.

No doubt they'll all be fast tracked into the England team, and fast tracked back out again. Even Joe Root has gone from big 4 (never really in it) to averaging about the same as Joe Denly. I'm sure there'll be an ask for Ballance to join back up with the England squad soon.... we might need his recent test average of 9 somewhere along the line. He might have been better sticking with Zimbabwe.

Meanwhile in Lancashire, we'll look for somebody to take over from England's GREATEST EVER bowler. Yorkshire don't have the greatest of anything do they? Greatest bottle job down at Taunton beating their own personal best.