f54090 cc21061	Lancashire v Worcestershire
	LV County Championship 2012 (Division 1)
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 18th, 19th, 20th July 2012 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by 205 runs
Points	Lancashire 3 (Bowling 3); Worcestershire 21 (Batting 2, Bowling 3)
Umpires	G Sharp, P Willey
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 13/0 (Horton 7, Moore 5; 4 overs)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 9/0 (Mitchell 8, Hughes 1; 3.2 overs)
Articles	Lancashire v Worcestershire, Day 3, at Old Trafford
	Lancashire v Worcestershire, Day 2 Report
	Lancashire v Worcestershire, Day 1 Report

Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DKH Mitchell	c Smith b Kerrigan	12	62	70	1	-
PJ Hughes	lbw b Croft	32	79	92	4	-
VS Solanki	c Prince b Croft	15	32	36	1	-
MM Ali	c Horton b Croft	2	10	7	-	-
JG Cameron	c Croft b Kerrigan	18	29	26	2	-
MG Pardoe	run out (Croft)	55	140	156	4	-
GM Andrew	c Croft b Kerrigan	0	1	1	-	-
+BJM Scott	c Chapple b Kerrigan	106	170	211	11	-
SH Choudhry	lbw b Chapple	2	33	40	-	-
RA Jones	lbw b Smith	15	27	25	1	1
A Richardson	not out	6	8	10	1	-
Extras	(2 b, 9 lb, 16 nb, 1 w)	28
Total	(all out, 97.1 overs)	291
Fall of wickets:
1-40 (Mitchell, 19.6 ov), 2-56 (Hughes, 26.3 ov), 3-64 (Ali, 28.6 ov), 4-69 (Solanki, 30.6 ov), 5-93 (Cameron, 37.4 ov), 6-93 (Andrew, 37.5 ov), 7-220 (Pardoe, 78.4 ov), 8-255 (Choudhry, 88.5 ov), 9-279 (Jones, 94.4 ov), 10-291 (Scott, 97.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Chapple	15	5	25	1	1	-
Hogg	11	3	18	0	-	-
Shahzad	13	4	49	0	-	4
Kerrigan	36.1	8	117	4	-	-
Croft	19	0	64	3	-	3
Prince	1	1	0	0	-	-
Smith	2	0	7	1	-	1

Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJ Horton	lbw b Choudhry	34	67	79	6	-
SC Moore	c Choudhry b Ali	26	49	63	3	-
KR Brown	st Scott b Choudhry	9	38	42	-	-
AG Prince	c Scott b Ali	1	10	9	-	-
SJ Croft	b Choudhry	16	30	28	3	-
TC Smith	c Jones b Ali	3	21	27	-	-
+GD Cross	c Pardoe b Ali	16	43	34	1	-
*G Chapple	c Pardoe b Ali	5	16	25	1	-
A Shahzad	c Pardoe b Ali	0	2	2	-	-
KW Hogg	not out	21	47	49	3	-
SC Kerrigan	b Choudhry	20	46	43	2	1
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 61.2 overs)	162
Fall of wickets:
1-61 (Moore, 16.4 ov), 2-65 (Horton, 21.6 ov), 3-68 (Prince, 24.4 ov), 4-86 (Brown, 29.6 ov), 5-95 (Croft, 33.3 ov), 6-105 (Smith, 38.3 ov), 7-118 (Cross, 44.3 ov), 8-118 (Shahzad, 44.5 ov), 9-119 (Chapple, 46.2 ov), 10-162 (Kerrigan, 61.2 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Richardson	10	1	33	0	-	-
Ali	28	10	67	6	-	-
Andrew	3	1	15	0	-	-
Choudhry	20.2	4	38	4	-	1

Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DKH Mitchell	c Cross b Chapple	23	35	37	5	-
PJ Hughes	c Smith b Kerrigan	12	21	43	2	-
VS Solanki	lbw b Croft	50	123	124	4	-
MM Ali	c Croft b Kerrigan	5	13	16	1	-
JG Cameron	c Prince b Croft	2	19	20	-	-
MG Pardoe	lbw b Croft	1	8	10	-	-
GM Andrew	c Shahzad b Croft	29	41	35	2	1
+BJM Scott	c Croft b Kerrigan	0	9	12	-	-
SH Choudhry	c and b Croft	6	24	20	1	-
RA Jones	not out	0	3	8	-	-
A Richardson	c Brown b Croft	4	6	6	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 50.2 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-36 (Mitchell, 8.5 ov), 2-40 (Hughes, 9.3 ov), 3-50 (Ali, 13.6 ov), 4-61 (Cameron, 20.6 ov), 5-69 (Pardoe, 24.1 ov), 6-116 (Andrew, 36.3 ov), 7-118 (Scott, 41.1 ov), 8-135 (Choudhry, 48.4 ov), 9-135 (Solanki, 48.5 ov), 10-139 (Richardson, 50.2 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Chapple	6	2	25	1	-	-
Hogg	4	1	11	0	-	-
Kerrigan	21	5	55	3	-	-
Croft	19.2	4	41	6	-	-

Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJ Horton	lbw b Richardson	0	2	1	-	-
SC Moore	c Andrew b Richardson	9	23	26	1	-
KR Brown	c Solanki b Ali	0	18	29	-	-
AG Prince	c Scott b Ali	1	15	20	-	-
SJ Croft	c Scott b Ali	8	7	7	-	1
TC Smith	c Scott b Ali	3	20	29	-	-
+GD Cross	c Richardson b Ali	20	47	42	1	-
KW Hogg	st Scott b Ali	6	30	38	-	-
*G Chapple	c Mitchell b Choudhry	9	14	8	-	1
A Shahzad	st Scott b Choudhry	0	4	2	-	-
SC Kerrigan	not out	2	7	6	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 31.1 overs)	63
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Horton, 0.2 ov), 2-13 (Moore, 6.4 ov), 3-13 (Brown, 7.3 ov), 4-21 (Croft, 9.3 ov), 5-22 (Prince, 11.2 ov), 6-33 (Smith, 17.6 ov), 7-50 (Cross, 25.1 ov), 8-61 (Chapple, 28.1 ov), 9-61 (Shahzad, 28.5 ov), 10-63 (Hogg, 31.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Richardson	7	3	7	2	-	-
Andrew	3	1	6	0	-	-
Ali	12.1	3	29	6	-	-
Choudhry	9	2	16	2	-	-

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> Worcestershire first innings: 50 in 23 overs
--> Worcestershire first innings: 100 in 40 overs
--> Worcestershire first innings: 150 in 52.2 overs
--> Worcestershire first innings: 200 in 72.3 overs
--> Worcestershire first innings: 250 in 87 overs
--> Lancashire first innings: 50 in 13.4 overs
--> Lancashire first innings: 100 in 34.4 overs
--> Lancashire first innings: 150 in 54.1 overs
--> Worcestershire second innings: 50 in 13.2 overs
--> Worcestershire second innings: 100 in 30.2 overs
--> Lancashire second innings: 50 in 24.3 overs
--> MG Pardoe (1) 50 in 133 balls with 4 fours
--> BJM Scott (1) 50 in 99 balls with 6 fours
--> BJM Scott (1) 100 in 163 balls, 192 minutes with 11 fours
--> BJM Scott (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 44
--> A Richardson (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 3
--> VS Solanki (2) 50 in 122 balls with 4 fours
--> SH Choudhry achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches when he dismissed SC Kerrigan in the Lancashire first innings (previous best was 3-82)
--> MM Ali reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when he dismissed SC Moore, his 1st wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> MM Ali achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches when he dismissed G Chapple in the Lancashire first innings (previous best was 5-36)
--> SH Choudhry achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches when he dismissed KR Brown in the Lancashire first innings (previous best was 1-14)
--> MM Ali achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches when he dismissed G Chapple in the Lancashire first innings (previous best was 5-36)
--> SJ Croft achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches when he dismissed VS Solanki in the Worcestershire second innings (previous best was 4-51)
--> SJ Croft achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Worcestershire second innings
--> SJ Croft achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches when he dismissed VS Solanki in the Worcestershire second innings (previous best was 4-51)
--> SJ Croft achieved his first five wickets in an innings in first-class matches in the Worcestershire second innings
--> MM Ali achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Lancashire second innings (previous best was 6-67)
--> MM Ali achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Lancashire second innings (previous best was 6-67)