Emotional Fell ton knocks out Lancashire

Worcestershire 268 for 6 (Fell 116* ) beat Lancashire 267 for 7 (Croft 78, Abbott 3-56) by four wicketsScorecard

Tom Fell’s first century since his recovery from cancer kept alive Worcestershire’s chances of a quarter-final place in the Royal London Cup with a four-wicket victory over Lancashire at New Road. Fell made 116 not out, his highest List A score, as Worcestershire successfully chased 268 with 14 balls to spare and in the process killed off their opponents’ hopes of going through to the knockout stage.

Worcestershire now have to win their final group game against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge on Monday and look for favourable results elsewhere.

For Fell, it was an emotional milestone in his eighth innings since returning to the side a month ago. Having completed two fifties in that time, he moved up a gear to score his maiden List A hundred in an innings of high quality on a pitch where Lancashire found it difficult to dictate to spinners or the slower-paced seam bowlers.

Going in as early as the fourth over, when Daryl Mitchell was caught behind off Saqib Mahmood, …

continue reading in source www.espncricinfo.com