Lancashire v Leicestershire
Lancashire's hopes of progressing in the Twenty20 Cup was given a big boost as they thrashed Leicestershire by eight wickets at Old Trafford.
Muttiah Muralitharan claimed the superb figures of 4-19 as the visitors were held to 146-7, despite skipper HD Ackerman's unbeaten 79 off 55 balls.
Stuart Law then clubbed an imperious 92 not out off 54 balls, with four sixes, to get the hosts home in the 17th over.
He put on 98 runs for the second wicket with fellow Aussie Brad Hodge (31).
Both players had to pass fitness tests before the match, but they were clearly in fine fettle and Law achieved victory for Lancashire in fine style with a six off Claude Henderson.
Twenty20 Cup, 2005, North Division
Lancashire v Leicestershire
Old Trafford, Manchester
27 June 2005 (20-over match)
Result: Lancashire won by 8 wickets
Points: Lancashire 2, Leicestershire 0
Toss: Leicestershire
Umpires: NG Cowley and RA Kettleborough
Leicestershire innings R M B 4 6
*HD Ackerman not out 79 71 55 8 2
DL Maddy run out 11 15 11 2 0
D Mongia c Chilton b Muralitharan 9 14 14 1 0
JL Sadler b AR Crook 6 5 7 1 0
JK Maunders c Hodge b AR Crook 6 5 8 1 0
JN Snape lbw b Muralitharan 15 9 12 1 1
+PA Nixon c Hegg b Muralitharan 0 0 1 0 0
OD Gibson c Law b Muralitharan 7 6 5 0 1
CW Henderson not out 9 8 7 1 0
Extras (lb 2, w 2) 4
Total (7 wickets, 20 overs) 146
DNB: DD Masters, CM Willoughby.
FoW: 1-33 (Maddy), 2-56 (Mongia), 3-71 (Sadler), 4-79 (Maunders),
5-106 (Snape), 6-106 (Nixon), 7-122 (Gibson).
Bowling O M R W
Cork 4 0 30 0
Anderson 4 0 39 0 (1w)
Chapple 1 0 4 0
Muralitharan 4 0 19 4
Hodge 4 0 27 0 (1w)
AR Crook 3 0 25 2
Lancashire innings (target: 147 runs) R M B 4 6
MB Loye lbw b Willoughby 10 4 6 1 1
SG Law not out 92 59 54 12 4
BJ Hodge c Nixon b Snape 31 38 25 5 0
AR Crook not out 8 14 12 1 0
Extras (lb 5, w 3) 8
Total (2 wickets, 16.1 overs) 149
To Bat: *MJ Chilton, G Chapple, DG Cork, SP Crook, +WK Hegg,
M Muralitharan, JM Anderson.
FoW: 1-10 (Loye), 2-108 (Hodge).
Bowling O M R W
Willoughby 3 0 22 1 (1w)
Gibson 3 0 31 0 (1w)
Masters 3 0 31 0
Maddy 1 0 10 0
Henderson 2.1 0 19 0 (1w)
Mongia 1 0 15 0
Snape 3 0 16 1
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