Keaton Jennings leads from the front as Lancashire top the North

Report Keaton Jennings leads from the front as Lancashire top the North Captain's 64 was the backbone of the chase after Notts Outlaws post sub-par total of 153 ECB Reporters Network 09-Jun-2024 • 46 mins ago Keaton Jennings goes for the reverse sweep • Getty Images Lancashire 155 for 4 (Jennings 64, Hurst 33*, Patterson-White 1-22) beat Nottinghamshire 153 for 8 (Haynes 45, Green 2-16, Mahmood 2-28) by six wickets Lancashire Lightning began this Vitality Blast North group visit to Trent Bridge with the best record of all 18 counties in the 2024 T20 campaign to date and Nottinghamshire Outlaws with the worst. Choosing to bat, Outlaws eventually rose to 153 foe 8 despite expert containment from Chris Green , the Australia T20 international, with 2 for 16 in his four overs of off-spin. Jack Haynes reached 45 before becoming one of two run outs in a sometimes naïve display and Liam Patterson-White, batting at No7 on debut in this format, made a fine, unbeaten 44 from 21 balls.

But with Keaton Jennings making a skipper's 64 to leave victory in sight, Lighting romped home by six wickets in the penultimate over as the Outlaws completed their first five games with a sobering fifth defeat. Lightning's chase began stutteringly with both openers dismissed by the fifth over when Josh Bohannon sliced Matt Montgomery, the South African who plays for Germany and offers off-spin from an idiosyncratic action, to the infield. Olly Stone's first ball, two overs before, had done Vince Wel.