County Championship: Lancashire openers share century stand towards Warwickshire

Luke Wells

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Luke Wells will be in search of his 20th first-class century on Saturday
LV= County Championship Division One, Emirates Old Trafford (day two)
Warwickshire 315: Sibley 142*; Parkinson 3-60
Lancashire 127-0: Wells 70*
Lancashire (3 pts) trail Warwickshire (3 pts) by 188 runs
Scorecard

Lancashire openers Luke Wells and Keaton Jennings shared an unbroken century partnership as the home side dominated the rain-curtailed second day of their County Championship match against Warwickshire at Emirates Old Trafford.

Replying to the visitors’ 315, in which Dom Sibley carried his bat for 142, Lancashire were 127 without loss after 42 overs of their first innings when umpires Nigel Llong and Graham Lloyd took the players off three overs before tea.

Play was then abandoned at 17:20 BST with Wells unbeaten on 70 and Jennings, who is making his first appearance of the season, on 44 not out. In all 35 overs were lost from the day’s minimum allocation of 96, although eight of those can be recovered on the…

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