The Manchester Evening News Floodlit Cricket Challenge, 1997
Lancashire v Yorkshire
Old Trafford, Manchester
21 July 1997

Note: This is a 50 over match played over four quarters.

Result: Lancashire won by 13 runs

Toss: Lancashire
Umpires: DJ Constant and R Julian
Man of the Match: NH Fairbrother (Lancs)

Lancashire innings                                              R   B   4  6
*M Watkinson                             b White               35  32   3  1
JER Gallian           c Morris           b Hartley              2   8   0  0
NH Fairbrother        not out                                 108 146   4  1
GD Lloyd              c Fisher           b Lehmann             41  55   2  1
A Flintoff            c Byas             b Lehmann              2   9   0  0
MJ Chilton            lbw                b Lehmann              1   4   0  0
ID Austin             run out (McGrath)                         3   6   0  0
+WK Hegg              run out (Lehmann)                        10  13   0  0
G Yates                                  b White               15  23   0  1
PJ Martin             not out                                   5   4   0  0
Extras                (lb 8, w 3, nb 6)                        17
Total                 (8 wickets, 50 overs)                   239

DNB: DJ Shadford.

FoW: 1-10 (Gallian), 2-64 (Watkinson), 3-152 (Lloyd),
     4-162 (Flintoff), 5-167 (Chilton), 6-174 (Austin),
     7-202 (Hegg), 8-230 (Yates).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Hartley                      6      0     37      1 (1w)
Silverwood                   6      0     38      0 (1nb, 1w)
White                       10      0     30      2
Morris                       8      0     43      0 (1w)
Fisher                      10      1     40      0
Lehmann                     10      0     43      3

Yorkshire innings                                               R   B   4  6
A McGrath             c Chilton          b Watkinson           23  31   2  0
MD Moxon                                 b Austin               7  13   1  0
AC Morris                                b Yates               28  38   4  0
DS Lehmann            run out (Gallian)                        63  79   3  0
C White                                  b Martin              55  64   1  3
*D Byas                                  b Shadford            24  35   2  0
B Parker              lbw                b Gallian              4   7   1  0
PJ Hartley                               b Shadford             0   1   0  0
+RJ Blakey                               b Shadford             7  13   0  0
CEW Silverwood                           b Martin               1   2   0  0
I Fisher              not out                                   0   0   0  0
Extras                (lb 9, w 5)                              14
Total                 (all out, 45.1 overs)                   226

FoW: 1-12 (Moxon), 2-61 (Morris), 3-65 (McGrath),
     4-171 (White), 5-198 (Lehmann), 6-205 (Parker),
     7-225 (Byas), 8-225 (Hartley), 9-226 (Blakey),
     10-226 (Silverwood).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Martin                       9.1    0     34      2 (2w)
Austin                       8      1     26      1 (1w)
Shadford                     8      0     52      3 (2w)
Yates                        7      0     28      1
Watkinson                    7      0     44      1
Chilton                      2      0     14      0
Gallian                      4      0     19      1

• Attendence: 6,000
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