Lancashire extended their winning run in the Yorkshire Bank 40 to three matcheswith a routine seven-wicket win against Scotland at Old Trafford

18-Jun-2013
ScorecardAshwell Prince made an unbeaten 98 as Lancashire cruised home•Getty ImagesLancashire extended their winning run in the Yorkshire Bank 40 to three matcheswith a routine seven-wicket win against Scotland at Old Trafford. The Lightning have shot up the Group B table with wins against Surrey, Essexand now the Saltires, who were restricted to 217 for 9 after electing to batfirst.Although the visitors’ total was much improved on their 91 all out againstDurham on Sunday, they will rue the loss of six wickets for 24 runs in 27 ballsinside the last five overs of their innings as they slipped from 191 for 3in the 36th over.Ashwell Prince top-scored with 98 not out off 102 balls with seven fours andtwo sixes to anchor the reply, while Stephen Moore’s 53 represented his firsthalf century in any form of first-team cricket since last August. Lancashirewon with 21 balls to spare.Scotland, who have now lost seven matches in a row, looked on course for atarget in the region of 250 ahead of the last five overs of the innings. Opener Freddie Coleman top-scored with 63 off 70 balls, Calum MacLeod added 55off 70 and captain Preston Mommsen chipped in with 46 off 38.Coleman and MacLeod had put their side in a healthy position with athird-wicket partnership of 90 inside 17 overs to take the score from 57 for 2in the 12th over to 147 for three in the 29th. But Wayne White led the way for the Lightning with 4 for 38 from eightovers, including the wickets of Mommsen and Moneeb Iqbal in the space of fiveballs in the 38th over. Five of Scotland’s wickets fell to catches off the topedge.Prince and Moore then got Lancashire’s reply off to a commanding start with anopening stand of 105 inside 17 overs, their highest of the season so far. The pair hit offspinner Majid Haq for straight sixes towards the new pavilionbefore legspinner Iqbal trapped Moore lbw and had captain Steven Croft caughtat square-leg to leave the score at 117 for 2 in the 19th over.Mommsen later took a stunning one-handed catch having turned to run towards thepoint boundary to help Haq get rid of Karl Brown but Prince easedLancashire home ahead of the break for Twenty20.