Lancashire 208 for 4 (Mitchell 85*) beat Nottinghamshire 186 for five (Munro 60, Wooden 2-29) by 22 runs
Shaheen Shah Afridi is the glamorous signing who Nottinghamshire hope will sweep them to glory within the Vitality Blast. He nonetheless may, however his debut figures have been symptomatic of a shedding Nottinghamshire night time as Lancashire turned in a perfectly marshalled show for a 3rd successive victory that they not often seemed more likely to relinquish.
As for Daryl Mitchell, properly, he is that New Zealand bloke is not he, first rate participant, been round some time, extremely revered by these within the know, three Take a look at tons of in a single collection in England final summer season, even spent a little bit of his childhood in Manchester, however regardless of all that and extra nonetheless not any person to set the informal fan’s coronary heart racing.
However this was an evening that moved to the rhythm of a gentle heartbeat, an evening not for the celebrity, however for the largely unsung skilled, or no less than as unsung as 95 worldwide appearances may be and a quietly-bult repute as one of the vital productive, adaptable gamers round, capable of modify his sport and his position in all codecs. He might be one of many abroad signings of the summer season, that Manchester background making certain that he has settled into the season with barely a second thought.
Mitchell original Lancashire’s progress to 208 for 4 with an unbeaten 85 from 41 balls with six sixes after which accentuated the sensation that they have been sturdy favourites by operating out Matthew Montgomery with a quick, flat throw from long-off – the fourth wicket to fall, and leaving Notts 97 quick with 50 balls remaining. They by no means fairly acquired on phrases after that.
Mitchell is having a great summer season and in addition made a Championship hundred in opposition to Somerset on debut. He was reprieved 3 times although, the primary of them on 7 when he blazed the Surrey loanee, Conor McKerr by Steven Mullaney’s fingers at mid-on; the second, a return catch to Mullaney on 32. On each events, as a substitute of a reset by fastidiously scratching his guard, he settled himself with a look-at-me straight six.
Three sixes in opposition to Afridi – together with a startling ramp over wonderful leg – have been later to rival such nonchalance, though he was dropped once more on…
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