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Six of the best: Paceman James Lee, whose 6-67 was not enough to blunt the thorns of the Red Rose

Fast bowler James Lee, above, turned in a fine 6-67...but Lancashire beat Yorkshire by 96 runs in their Second Eleven Trophy match at Crosby - which probably ends Yorkshire's chances of retaining the Trophy - but it should be noted that seven of the 11 Yorkshire players were under 18.

Contrary to reports, there was no appearance for Lancashire from Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff, who was trying to come back from injury. The news was greeted with much disappointment by many spectators populating the boundary at Moor Park.

Lancashire won the toss, and duly batted - but Warren Goodwin wished otherwise as he was caught behind off the first ball he faced in Lee’s opening over. That was to be Yorkshire's only success in the first 30 overs as Karl Brown and Andrea Agathagelou broke the record for the second wicket in Trophy matches against the White Rose.

The South African of Greek background was caught by skipper John Blain in left-hand spinner Gurman Randhawa’s fourth over, but 50 runs were added before the third wicket fell in the 42nd over. If it was expected that the batsmen would run riot in the last eight overs the bowlers - in particular Lee - had other ideas.

The solitary wicket in Lee's first over was followed by 48 runs in his first seven overs and five wides...then his radar was recalibrated. He added two wickets in his next two overs - then rested for an over, only to come back for the last one and three more wickets. A return of 6-76 perhaps flatters his performance - but it was his personal best in the Trophy as Lancashire closed on 275-9.

Yorkshire included six Under-18s and two Under-17s in their lineup, and it was perhaps to be expected that they would struggle to get anywhere near the target. Alex Lees went in the first over, but a partnership of 50 between Callum Geldart and Billy Root, and one of 40 between Root and Gary Ballance saw nearly 100 on the board before the third wicket fell.

The fifth-change bowler, Aran Lilley, then made his mark on the match: bowling unchanged from the 22-over mark onwards, he took wicket after wicket to finish with better figures than Lee, his 6-30 being the best by a Lancastrian against Yorkshire in the Trophy.

There was the best part of a 30-run stand between Blain and debutant James Wainman - a record for the last wicket in the Wars of the Rosebuds, who must hope for better things in the Championship match which starts tomorrow on the same jousting ground.

Second XI Trophy Lancashire v Yorkshire

Monday, August 02 2010 (11:00) at Moor Park, Crosby

Lancashire won by 96 runs

Lancashire won toss and decided to bat

Lancashire	Yorkshire
275 for 9 (50.0 overs)	179 all out (46.0 overs)
3 Hours, 11 Minutes.	2 Hours, 42 Minutes.

Lancashire

Batsman			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S/r
KR Brown*	c GS Ballance	b G Randhawa	114	144	159	15	1	79.17
WM Goodwin	c JR Lowe	b JE Lee	0	1	3	0	0	0.00
AP Agathagelou+	c JAR Blain	b G Randhawa	62	78	117	4	1	79.49
J Clarke		b JAR Blain	23	31	35	2	0	74.19
L Bentley		b JE Lee	2	3	9	0	0	66.67
CL Tipper	c AE Lilley	b JE Lee	15	12	18	2	0	125.00
SD Parry		b JE Lee	19	21	29	2	0	90.48
A Lilley	c LJ Hodgson	b JE Lee	15	9	13	1	1	166.67
NT Caunce	not out		0	0	5	0	0	0.00
GS Montgomery		b JE Lee	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
SP Cheetham	not out		0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	4nb 10w 5lb 6b 0pen		25
Provisional Score For Innings			275
Penalties awarded following Innings			0
Total			275	for 9

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Wd	Nb	S/r	Econ
JE Lee	10.0	0	67	6	8	0	11.33	6.70
JAR Blain	10.0	2	29	1	0	0	60.00	2.90
LJ Hodgson	10.0	0	54	0	0	1	0.00	5.40
JC Wainman	6.0	0	42	0	0	0	0.00	7.00
AE Lilley	4.0	0	30	0	0	1	0.00	7.50
G Randhawa	10.0	0	42	2	2	0	31.00	4.20

Batsman	Fall of Wicket	Partnership	Batsmen	Over
WM Goodwin	1-2	2	WM Goodwin (0) KR Brown (0)	0.3
AP Agathagelou	2-161	159	AP Agathagelou (62) KR Brown (87)	30.6
J Clarke	3-213	52	J Clarke (23) KR Brown (24)	41.4
KR Brown	4-217	4	KR Brown (3) L Bentley (1)	42.2
L Bentley	5-221	4	L Bentley (1) CL Tipper (3)	43.2
CL Tipper	6-243	22	CL Tipper (12) SD Parry (4)	45.6
A Lilley	7-271	28	A Lilley (15) SD Parry (11)	49.1
SD Parry	8-275	4	SD Parry (4) NT Caunce (0)	49.3
GS Montgomery	9-275	0	GS Montgomery (0) NT Caunce (0)	49.5

Yorkshire

Batsman			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S/r
AZ Lees		b GS Montgomery	0	4	1	0	0	0.00
CJ Geldart	c KR Brown	b NT Caunce	30	38	50	3	0	78.95
WT Root		b A Lilley	41	77	102	2	0	53.25
GS Ballance	lbw	b A Lilley	27	35	31	3	0	77.14
LJ Hodgson	run out (sub)		15	23	29	0	0	65.22
AE Lilley	lbw	b A Lilley	0	5	1	0	0	0.00
JE Lee		b A Lilley	0	2	0	0	0	0.00
G Randhawa	lbw	b A Lilley	13	30	35	0	0	43.33
JR Lowe+		b A Lilley	7	7	9	1	0	100.00
JAR Blain*	not out		30	42	45	1	2	71.43
JC Wainman	c CL Tipper	b SP Cheetham	5	14	25	0	0	35.71
Extras	2nb 3w 2lb 4b 0pen		11
Provisional Score For Innings			179
Penalties awarded following Innings			0
Total			179	all out

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Wd	Nb	S/r	Econ
GS Montgomery	10.0	2	40	1	2	0	62.00	4.00
SP Cheetham	8.0	0	33	1	1	0	49.00	4.13
SD Parry	10.0	0	36	0	0	1	0.00	3.60
NT Caunce	8.0	1	34	1	0	0	48.00	4.25
A Lilley	10.0	0	30	6	0	0	10.00	3.00

Batsman	Fall of Wicket	Partnership	Batsmen	Over
AZ Lees	1-0	0	AZ Lees (0) CJ Geldart (0)	0.4
CJ Geldart	2-55	55	CJ Geldart (30) WT Root (21)	13.2
GS Ballance	3-97	42	GS Ballance (27) WT Root (15)	23.3
WT Root	4-114	17	WT Root (5) LJ Hodgson (10)	27.6
AE Lilley	5-116	2	AE Lilley (0) LJ Hodgson (2)	29.3
JE Lee	6-116	0	JE Lee (0) LJ Hodgson (0)	29.5
LJ Hodgson	7-122	6	LJ Hodgson (3) G Randhawa (3)	31.2
JR Lowe	8-134	12	JR Lowe (7) G Randhawa (4)	33.2
G Randhawa	9-151	17	G Randhawa (6) JAR Blain (7)	39.5
JC Wainman	10-179	28	JC Wainman (5) JAR Blain (23)	45.6