Wells and Mitchell kept the momentum going, Wells swinging Turner over deep square leg for six in the 8th over and then landed another in the pavilion car park two overs later off the same bowler to steer Lancashire to 91-3 at halfway. The game had started with an explosive first over from Durham overseas all-rounder Wayne Parnell who reduced Lancashire to 6-2 with Phil Salt edging behind first ball and Colin De Grandhomme lbw to an excellent inswinger for 6.īuttler led the fightback scooping Brandon Glover for four and six from consecutive balls before driving a further maximum over long-off as the Lightning ended the powerplay in better shape on 46-2.īut having hammered Durham’s leading T20 wicket-taker Nathan Sowter for six to midwicket, Buttler then lofted the off spinner to Parnell on the long-on boundary to depart for 31 off 15 balls having added 51 runs with Wells.

With 57 needed from four overs, Lees hit out but skied the last ball of the 17 th over from Mitchell high to Jos Buttler to depart for 78 leaving Durham 150-3 at which point the heavens opened and Lancashire were home on DLS by a very slender margin. Rain had threatened to end the game early throughout the Durham innings with both teams paying great attention to the Duckworth-Lewis-Sten par scores, with Durham ahead throughout but with the margin dropping once Wells, along with Mitchell, had squeezed the run scoring.Īnd when Ashton Turner hit Wells to Mitchell at long on for 4, Lancashire were ahead on DLS for the first time with Durham 136-2 two balls into the 16 th over. Lees and Jones had both made chanceless half centuries, skipper Lees reaching the landmark from 36 balls (with one six and eight fours) and Jones taking one ball less, but Jones holed out to Bell at midwicket off Wells at that point with 71 required off 40 balls and the Lightning attacked seized their opportunity. The Lightning’s big total had been underpinned by half centuries from Luke Wells and Daryl Mitchell, and it was Wells’ excellent four over spell of 2-19 that had dragged Lancashire back into a game that looked to be slipping away when Durham’s opening pair were rattling along in the 14 th over on 125 without loss - the highest opening partnership against Lancashire in T20 cricket. MATCH REPORT: Lancashire fightback to clinch seven-run win against Durham Lancashire produced a battling bowling display to win a rain-shortened Vitality Blast match against Durham by 7 runs after a record century partnership by the visitors opening pair Alex Lees and Michael Jones had threatened to chase down the Lightning’s impressive 195-7. MATCH REPORT: Lancashire fightback to clinch seven-run win against Durham.

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