Lancs thump Notts and Durham win Blast opener
Beleaguered Lancashire found succour in their first T20 game of the year with a home win against Worcestershire and they backed it up with a dominant display against Notts.Jennings struck eight fours and six sixes in running up his second-best T20 score and Wells posted a new highest score, featuring seven boundaries and six maximums.Their stand of 177 in 15.4 overs was the highest T20 partnership for any wicket for Lancashire and put them out of sight.Notts lost openers Lyndon James and Joe Clarke cheaply in the powerplay and tumbled away, with 20-year-old Charlie Barnard taking 3-23 on his debut and Tom Aspinwall 3-26.
At Edgbaston, Durham won the toss and took three wickets in the opening 17 balls of the game to set up a comfortable victory.Sam Hain was the only batsman to show for the Bears, making 45 in 28 balls, but New Zealand's Jimmy Neesham took 3-34 as the hosts were bowled out for 143.Graham Clark provided the ideal start to the chase with 40 from 23 deliveries, including five fours and a six, before Robinson took up the mantle, eventually out for 45 from 36.His departure, and the wicket soon after of Kasey Aldridge, took some gloss off the victory margin, but it was still achieved with 17 balls in hand.
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