LIVE BLOG: Lancashire v Worcestershire, Day One
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6.07pm, CLOSE Day 1
Lancashire 1st innings 28-0 (11 overs) trail by 242 runs, Jennings 10 Balderson 17
Keaton Jennings and George Balderson reach the close safely to round off a good day for Lancashire.
Match report and quotes will follow shortly.
5.17pm
Worcestershire 1st innings 271 all out (82.4 overs)
Matthew Waite falls for 77 to a brilliant catch by Harry Singh running in off the midwicket boundary to give James Anderson his second wicket.
The last four wickets added 163 to give Worcestershire a respectable total.
5.10pm
Worcestershire 1st innings 268-9 (82 overs) Waite 74 Finch 1
Matthew Waite has his highest score of the season after thumping a six off James Anderson who has taken the new ball. With a batting point secured and one wicket left, Waite has understandably decided to hit out. Tom Bailey returns to share the new cherry.
4.46pm
Worcestershire 1st innings 245-9 (75 overs) Waite 51 Finch 0
Tom Hartley has his 100th wicket in first-class after George Drissell gives him the charge and is in a different postcode by the time Matty Hurst completes the stumping. Out for 15 and not the best shot when your team needs 5 runs for a batting point.
4.42pm
Worcestershire 1st innings 242-8 (72 overs) Waite 51 Drissell 16
Matthew Waite reaches his fifty from 98 balls and what a valuable knock this is for his team who are closing in on a batting point.
Tom Hartley returns to replace George Balderson in the first bowling change since tea.
4.25pm
Worcestershire 1st innings 225-8 (67 overs) Waite 47 Drissell 5
Lancashire choosing to go with George Balderson and Chris Green after tea as they look to wrap up the Worcestershire innings.
3.52pm, TEA Day 1
Worcestershire 1st innings 220-8 (64 overs) Waite 44 Drissell 3
A good afternoon for Lancashire who have taken six wickets in this session. An enterprising 41 by Tom Taylor and 44 not out by Matthew Waite have helped the visitors rally in the hour before tea.
3.40pm
Worcestershire 1st innings 211-8 (61 overs) Waite 38 Drissell 0
Tom Hartley strikes trapping Beyers Swanepoel lbw for 21.
3.11pm
Worcestershire 1st innings 175-7 (53 overs) Waite 23 Swanepoel 0
Tom Taylor is lbw for 41 off 42 balls after missing a full, pitched up delivery from Paul Coughlin to end a good 68-run partnership with Matthew Waite.
2.45pm
Worcestershire 1st innings 142-6 (46 overs) Waite 9 Taylor 28
Tom Taylor going for his shots, flicking Tom Bailey to deep square leg for 4 and pulling George Balderson for six onto the railway lines at midwicket. He's now top edged a pull off James Anderson over the wicketkeeper for four.
2.30pm
Worcestershire 1st innings 113-6 (42 overs) Waite 7 Taylor 3
A close call for Matthew Waite who gets a leading edge off Tom Bailey that falls inches short of a diving Chris Green at point. Lancashire on top here with 4 wickets falling for 6 runs in the space of 27 balls just after lunch.
2.13pm
Worcestershire 1st innings 107-6 (36 overs) Waite 4 Taylor 0
Adam Hose slashes George Balderson to second slip where Harry Singh does well to hang on to a catch over his head. Balderson now has 3-25.
1.59pm
Worcestershire 1st innings 101-5 (36 overs) Hose 0 Waite 0
Dan Lategan will be disappointed, having done all the hard work this morning, to have nicked behind off Tom Bailey for 53.
And Bailey makes it two in two balls as Brett D'Oliveira edges behind first ball!
1.54pm
Worcestershire 1st innings 101-3 (34.2 overs) Lategan 53 Hose 0
George Balderson makes an early afternoon breakthrough, angling in a delivery that hits Kasif Ali on the back pad as the batter plays across the line and he is lbw for 16.
1.45pm
Worcestershire 1st innings 95-2 (32 overs) Lategan 52 Kashif 11
Tom Bailey starts the afternoon with a maiden, and he is joined in the Red Rose attack by George Balderson.
1.00pm, LUNCH Day 1
Worcestershire 1st innings 95-2 (31 overs) Lategan 52 Kashif 11
Dan Lategan has reached his fifty from 98 balls and Worcestershire will be the happier at the break, two wickets down after being put in.
A wicket apiece for James Anderson and George Balderson courtesy of two good slip catches by Keaton Jennings.
12.41pm
Worcestershire 1st innings 87-2 (27 overs) Lategan 44 Kashif 11
Kashif Ali chancing his arm hitting Paul Coughlin airily through cover for four, the ball just evading Tom Bailey.
It's been a reasonably even morning so far and we have Chris Green about to have a bowl for the first time.
If Lancashire can get a third wicket in the run up to lunch, they would feel they've come back well after the opening stand between Lategan and Libby and Green has a big lbw appeal turned down off his first ball.
12.11pm
Worcestershire 1st innings 63-2 (18.1 overs) Lategan 33 Kashif 0
Six balls later we have another wicket as Keaton Jennings takes a very good catch low down at first slip after Gareth Roderick, on 1, rather fences at that delivery from George Balderson.
12.06pm
Worcestershire 1st innings 62-1 (17.1 overs) Lategan 33 Roderick 0
James Anderson returns into the attack and it's the Lancashire skipper who makes the breakthrough, Jake Libby playing forward edges to Keaton Jennings at first slip for 21.
11.50am
Worcestershire 1st innings 55-0 (13 overs) Lategan 31 Libby 18
Fifty minutes into the day and Worcestershire have a fifty partnership from Dan Lategan and Jake Libby. George Balderson has had a couple of big lbw appeals turned down in his last over.
11.35am
Worcestershire 1st innings 30-0 (8 overs) Lategan 13 Libby 17
George Balderson replaces James Anderson at the Harrod Drive end as Lancashire hunt a breakthrough. Andersonm and Tom Bailey have come close on a number of occasions, while Dan Lantegan and Jake Libby have both found reward when playing some nice shots.
11.17am
Worcestershire 1st innings 15-0 Lategan 8 Libby 7
Great Jimmy stat to start the day. He has just bowled his 75,000th delivery (12,500 overs) in top flight cricket (FC 61,041 List A 12,730 T20 1,229) taking 1,591 wickets at a strike rate of 47.12 balls per wicket.
Jimmy has also taken more first-class wickets (1,170) this century than any other bowler. Legend.
11.00am
Worcestershire 1st innings 9-0 Lategan 5 Libby 4
Both Worcestershire openers getting a four apiece in the opening over from James Anderson.
10.30am
TOSS: Lancashire have won the toss and elected to bowl.
TEAMS
Lancashire: Keaton Jennings, Harry Singh, George Balderson, Josh Bohannon, Michael Jones, Paul Coughlin, Chris Green, Tom Hartley, Matty Hurst (wk), Tom Bailey, James Anderson (c).
Marcus Harris misses this game due to illness.
Worcestershire: Dan Lategan, Jake Libby, Gareth Roderick (wk), Kashif Ali, Adam Hose, Brett D'Oliveira, Beyers Swanepoel, Matthew Waite, Tom Taylor, George Drissell, Adam Finch.
George Drissell has joined Worcestershire on loan following an injury to Fateh Singh.
9.30am
Good morning from a bright and sunny Southport & Birkdale Cricket Club ahead of the opening day of our Rothesay County Championship match with Worcestershire.
Team news to follow at 10.30am following the toss.
Hours of play today: 11am start, Lunch 1pm, Tea 3.40pm.
Lancashire squad: James Anderson (c), Tom Bailey, George Balderson, Josh Bohannon, Paul Coughlin, Chris Green, Marcus Harris, Tom Hartley, Matty Hurst, Keaton Jennings, Michael Jones, Joe Moores, Harry Singh, Mitch Stanley.
Worcestershire squad: Dan Lategan, Jake Libby, Gareth Roderick (wk), Kashif Ali, Adam Hose, Brett D’Oliveira (capt), Ethan Brookes, Matthew Waite, Tom Taylor, Jack Home, Harry Darley, Fateh Singh, Rob Jones.
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