Date-stamped : 06 Feb95 - 10:56
CC 1993: DERBYSHIRE v LANCASHIRE, Derby, 24 - 28 June 1993

LANCASHIRE WON BY 111 RUNS

No Derbyshire match had aver produced so many runs, the aggregate
of  1,497 passing the 1,391 between Derbyshire and Essex at Ches-
terfield in 1904, but the conclusion was startling. On the  final
afternoon,  when  Morris  was 151 and his team 243 for two, Wasim
Akram took six for 11 in 49 deliveries. Although the umpires  in-
spected   the  ball regularly,  Derbyshire were sufficiently con-
cerned about its condition to send it to the TCCB. No action  was
judged  necessary at Lord`s but the incident, with its suggestion
of tampering, raised the temperature for the  Benson  and  Hedges
Cup  final  a fortnight later. Cork was ordered out of the attack
in Lancashire`s first innings for running down the pitch,   while
Atherton  and  Wasim Akram scored accomplished centuries. Barnett
responded with a fine 161 and then Lancashire`s  declaration  set
Derbyshire   379   in   86  overs.  While Morris was batting with
rare brilliance - he hit 23 fours and a six in 176 balls  -  they
had  a chance. However, when he became Wasim Akram`s first victim
of the match, the end was unexpectedly near.

Thanks: 1994 Wisden
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