Lightning crash at Outlaws to a fourth straight loss

OUTLAWS put themselves back on course for the quarter-finals with a second Vitality Blast win inside 24 hours as Lancashire Lightning suffered a fourth straight defeat, the home side winning by five wickets with seven balls to spare at Trent Bridge.

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Off-spinner Matt Carter, who had conceded 57 in four wicketless overs against Birmingham Bears on Saturday evening, albeit in an Outlaws victory, bounced back with three for 26 as Lightning bowled out for 145 were and there were two wickets each for Calvin Harrison, Jack Brooks and Shaheen Shah skipper Afridi, Liam Livingstone topscoring for the visiLancashir suffered a fo defeat, the winnin WIC tors with 34 from 30 balls.

Joe Clarke led the Outlaws response with 42 from 24 balls, Tom Moores seeing them home with an unbeaten 26 from 18 after Livingstone and Jack Blatherwick had taken two wickets each.