Saqib Mahmood's six-for helps Lancashire to One-Day Cup victory
Jennings and Hameed in the runs as Lancashire beat Northants; Somerset top South Group after DLS win over Sussex at Hove
Thursday 25 April 2019 13:58, UK
Saqib Mahmood secured career-best figures of 6-37 and Haseeb Hameed and Keaton Jennings scored fifties as Lancashire earned a 45-run, DLS win over Northamptonshire in the Royal London One-Day Cup.
Northants scored 269 all out, thanks principally to Jason Holder (72), Rob Keogh (66) and Ricardo Vasconcelos (50), with Lancashire reaching 164-2 from 28.4 overs before rain fell at Emirates Old Trafford.
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Hameed (65) and Jennings (63) - contenders to open for England in the Ashes - shared a first-wicket partnership of 130, before Glenn Maxwell (20no) and skipper Dane Vilas (10no off three balls) got a hit.
Somerset also won a weather-impacted game, with their 68-run victory over Sussex at Hove preserving their 100 per cent record in the South Group and ending the hosts'.
Somerset posted 283-8, with James Hildreth (81), Azhar Ali (68) and Lewis Gregory (50 off 28) scoring half-centuries and home seamers Mir Hamza (3-54) and Chris Jordan (2-42) taking a combined five wickets.
Sussex were struggling on 62-4 from 16.3 overs in reply before the rain arrived - Somerset's win taking them above Hampshire and to the top of the table on net run-rate.
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Derbyshire won the East Midlands derby against Leicestershire, with skipper Billy Godleman striking 106 in a seven-wicket DLS triumph - three days after he notched 116 against Nottinghamshire.
Colin Ackermann also hit a second straight century for Leicestershire, the batsman following his unbeaten 152 against Worcestershire with 119 as the Foxes carded 312-8 at Grace Road.
Rain meant Derbyshire were set a revised 266 from 39 overs and reached their target with two from the final delivery, scored by Leus du Plooy (73no).
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Durham's winning start was ended by Worcestershire, who recorded a four-wicket DLS victory at New Road, after being asked to chase down a revised 152 from 24 overs.
The Rapids slipped from 53-0 to 81-5 before Ben Cox (31no), Ross Whiteley (26) and Ed Barnard (12no) guided their team over the line.
Durham captain Cameron Bancroft, who scored back-to-back unbeaten hundreds against Northants and Leicestershire last week, made just 20 earlier in the day, with Alex Lees (52no) the pick of the batsmen as the visitors reached 114-4.
Watch Somerset face Essex in the Royal London One-Day Cup, live on Sky Sports Cricket from 12.55pm on Friday.
Sussex's game at Middlesex is live from 10.55am on Saturday, with Worcestershire versus Warwickshire live from 10.55am on Sunday.
