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- Updated: July 26, 2016
Leicestershire 307 for 8 (Pettini 92, Cosgrove 91) Lancashire 176 (Smith 56, Dexter 4-22) by 131 runsScorecard
Leicestershire won their first Royal London Cup match since August 2014, hammering Lancashire by 131 runs at a startled but delighted Fischer County Ground to move above the visitors at the bottom of the North Group table.
Fine innings by Mark Pettini and Mark Cosgrove, and List A career-best bowling from Neil Dexter, were the highlights of an extraordinary match, the result of which has probably ended Lancashire’s chances of reaching the quarter-finals.
Put in by Lancashire captain Steven Croft, Leicestershire’s innings began steadily. Former Lancashire opener Paul Horton hit five boundaries in scoring 32 before going back to a delivery from Tom Smith that stayed a little low and being dismissed leg before wicket.
Cameron Delport made a fluent 25 before edging an attempted drive at Jordan Clark, but from 93 for 2 Pettini and Cosgrove built the innings’ most substantial partnership by some distance. Initially watchful, Cosgrove became increasingly punishing, mixing powerful straight blows with a series of delicate cuts and deflections square on the off-side, while Pettini too …
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