da bwin： Lancashire’s bowlers made the completion of their County Championshipvictory over Warwickshire look easy during the fourth day at Old Trafford
18-Apr-2010
ScorecardJonathan Trott fell on day three to leave Warwickshire unable to prevent defeat to Lancashire•Getty Images
Lancashire’s bowlers made the completion of their County Championshipvictory over Warwickshire look easy during the fourth day at Old Trafford. The Red Rose county picked up 21 points as they won their opening Division One fixture of the new season for the second year running by bowling the visitors out for 197 in their unlikely pursuit of 319.Wickets tumbled again in the first hour, as had been the case on the previousthree days of this match, but not via the same method. Seam and swing had wreaked havoc on days one, two and three but this time it was rookie left-arm spinner Simon Kerrigan who did the damage to the Bears middle order with three wickets in his first four overs.Preston-born Kerrigan, who claimed two wickets in the first innings, made hisdebut because of the broken collarbone suffered by veteran Gary Keedy inpre-season and finished with a maiden 5 for 43 from 17 overs.Lancashire completed the formalities on the 121-run victory nine overs into theafternoon session as Warwickshire captain Ian Westwood carried his bat to finish82 not out off 184 balls.Warwickshire had begun the day on 52 for 3 needing a further 267 runs butthat was out of the question when Kerrigan struck in his opening over and the12th of the day. Westwood and Jim Troughton added a further 47 runs this morning to theirfourth-wicket partnership of 65 before the latter was superbly caught by AshwellPrince on the run from mid-on.That left Warwickshire at 99 for 4 in the 41st over and they would have beenfive down in the next had Stephen Moore not dropped Rikki Clarke off SajidMahmood at second slip. But Clarke’s reprieve did not last long because he was stumped by Luke Sutton off Kerrigan for seven in the 47th. Having seen the quality of the shot fromClarke it would have been better for the ex-Surrey player had Moore clung onearlier.And Clarke’s dismissal was the first of two in three balls for Kerrigan whotrapped Tim Ambrose lbw for a duck to leave the visitors in major bother at 122for 6. Kerrigan only had to wait another three overs to claim his fourth wicket, thatof Chris Woakes caught by Paul Horton at first slip for a duck. The visitors,who also lost to Yorkshire last week, were now 128 for 7.Carter was the next to go courtesy of another ugly swipe, caught at extra coverby Prince off the medium pace of Tom Smith (two for 27 from 14) in the 54th. Kerrigan trapped Naqaash Tahir lbw to leave Warwickshire on the brink at 134 for 9 in the 57th over.Westwood and Imran Tahir (36) saved some face with a last-wicket stand of 63before the latter was caught by a diving Prince at short cover as he tried tofend off a Mahmood snorter.