Lancs thump Notts and Durham win Blast opener

Lancashire defeated Nottinghamshire by 47 runs to claim two wins from two in the T20 Blast, led by Keaton Jennings, who scored 95 from just 49 balls.

After winning the toss at Old Trafford, their T20 captain, Luke Wells, who had a career-best 87 from 50 balls in the record opening stand of 177, led from the front.

Notts were bowled out for 169 in the final over after Moises Henriques made a brief chase-threatening 60 from 32.

After struggling in the County Championship Division Two, beleaguered Lancashire found some relief in their first T20 game against Worcestershire, which they then followed with a dominant performance against Notts.

In boosting his second-best T20 score, Jennings hit eight fours and six sixes, and Wells added a new highest score with seven boundaries and six maximums.

Their 177-run T20 partnership put them out of sight, making it their best ever total for any wicket for Lancashire.

Durham won the match’s opening 17 balls and took three wickets in Edgbaston to secure a comfortable victory.

Sam Hain’s only batsman for the Bears, making 45 in 28 balls, but Jimmy Neesham of New Zealand took 3-34 as the Bears were bowled out for 143.

With 40 from 23 deliveries, including five fours and sixes, Graham Clark delivered the ideal start to the chase before Robinson took the mantle and ran out 45 from 36.