County Championship: Lancashire shut in on win over Northamptonshire

Steven Croft

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Lancashire’s Steven Croft scored the 14th first-class century of his career
LV= County Championship Group Three, Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester (day three):
Lancashire 305 & 296-7 dec: Croft 103*, Davies 36, Bailey 34
Northants 177 & 59-3: Vasconcelos 22*, Procter 15*
Northants (3 pts) require 366 more runs to beat Lancashire (5 pts)
Scorecard

Steven Croft struck a superb unbeaten century at Emirates Old Trafford as Lancashire set up a final-day victory charge against Northamptonshire.

Set a nominal 425, Northants closed on 59-3 after a superb spell from England white-ball fast bowler Saqib Mahmood.

Having resumed day three on 60-0, Lancashire lost openers Keaton Jennings and Alex Davies in quick succession.

But Croft’s 103 not out helped them to 296-7 declared, before Mahmood’s late burst put Northants in further trouble.

First he had Ben Curran caught by Rob Jones for 14, before removing number three Emilio Gay for a duck four deliveries later.

Rob Keogh also fell for four, dismissed by…

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