da bet vitoria： Neil Fairbrother’s unbeaten half-century kept Lancashire in the box seat oftheir Championship game against Leicestershire after an action-packed secondday
Andy Wilson07-Jun-2001Neil Fairbrother’s unbeaten half-century kept Lancashire in the box seat oftheir Championship game against Leicestershire after an action-packed secondday.Overnight rain delayed the start by another hour but the teams seemeddetermined to make up for lost time with wickets and runs flowing on anothergood Old Trafford pitch.First Leicestershire slumped from their overnight 83 for three to 202 allout, with only Darren Maddy’s battling unbeaten 57, his first Championshiphalf-century of the season, offering much resistance.Peter Martin and Glen Chapple each ended with three wickets but it was AndyFlintoff, bowling for the first time since he sustained a side injury inearly May, who did the most damage in a 10-over spell of three for 28.But James Ormond then fired out Mark Chilton, John Crawley and Flintoff inthe space of eight balls, and when Devon Malcolm bowled Mike Atherton for astylish 48, Lancashire were in trouble at 68 for four.Aussie-Italian Joe Scuderi then joined Fairbrother in a vital fifth-wicketstand of 111 in 23 overs, and although Scuderi was out for 46 just beforethe close as he went for a big hit off Daniel Marsh, Fairbrother ended theday unbeaten on 70 – with Lancashire 191 for five, only 11 runs behind.