Livingstone best sets up Lancashire

Lancashire 281 for 8 (Livingstone 98, Croft 68) beat Derbyshire 254 for 9 (Godleman 91, Jarvis 4-31) by 27 runsScorecard

Lancashire revived their Royal London Cup campaign with an impressive all-round display that sealed a 27-run North Group victory over Derbyshire at the 3aaa County Ground.

Chasing 282, Derbyshire were well placed through Billy Godleman’s 91 from 98 balls and Hamish Rutherford’s 47 but they collapsed from 177 for 2 to 254 for 9 with Kyle Jarvis taking 4 for 31.

Liam Livingstone’s one-day career best 98 from 98 balls and Steven Croft’s 68 from 75 balls took Lancashire to 281 for 8, which they then defended with accurate bowling and tigerish fielding to deal a blow to Derbyshire’s quarter-final hopes.

Lancashire struggled on a sluggish pitch after electing to bat, scoring only 34 in the first 10 overs with Alviro Petersen dismissed cheaply by Ben Cotton. The South African was lbw playing across the line at the fast bowler, whose disciplined opening spell also brought him the wicket of Karl Brown, leg before half-forward to one that nipped back.

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