Leicestershire 154 for 5 (Lilley 49) beat Lancashire 132 for 5 (Davies 52, Ackermann 3-18) by 22 runs
A captain’s performance with the ball by Leicestershire Foxes’ Colin Ackermann ensured that his side completed their Vitality Blast North Group games on a high note as they defeated Lancashire Lightning by 22 runs at Emirates Old Trafford, taking them into the quarter-finals for the first time since 2017.
Ackermann took 3 for 18, all his wickets being taken in the same over, as the home side managed only 132 for 5 in reply to the Foxes’ 154 for 5, an effort that had included valuable forties from both Nick Welch and Arron Lilley.
The main features of Leicestershire’s six Powerplay overs were the two sixes pulled to the long boundary by Welch off Saqib Mahmood and the three tight overs bowled by Luke Wood, who conceded just five runs in that exceptional spell.
Wood also took the wicket of Gareth Delany in the opening exchanges when the dangerous Irish batsman gloved an attempted pull to wicketkeeper Alex Davies but Welch hit further sixes off Liam Livingstone and Matt Parkinson, both strokes sailing over long-on, before he was caught for 43 at deep midwicket, Josh Bohannon taking a steepling catch off Livingstone.
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Source: ESPN Crickinfo