2:01 AM IST, 9:31 PM Local Time: What a game of cricket we have just witnessed at Old Trafford. Manchester witnessed a nail-biter for the ages. Leicestershire got over the line on the penultimate ball of the match with 2 wickets in hand. Lancashire gave it their all after scoring just 145 and made a match out of it but in the end they just didn't have enough runs on the board.
Earlier in the game, Lancashire won the toss and opted to bat first. They got off to the worst possible start as Matthew Hurst was dismissed in the first over. Captain Keaton Jennings followed his opening partner back to the pavilion soon after. Liam Livingstone's much-awaited return didn't go to plan as he was dismissed for 15.
Ben McDermott also fell cheaply before Chris Green and Joseph Moores stitched an 80-run partnership for the fifth wicket.
Moores made 55, while Green scored 28. George Balderson scored 14 off 11 down the order to take Lancashire close to 150.
Liam Trevaskis was the pick of the bowlers, taking 2 for 20 from his four overs. Josh Davey and Ben Green both chipped in with two wickets each, while Ashton Turner and Ian Holland bagged one wicket apiece.
In the 14th over, there was a collision between Sol Budinger and Liam Trevaskis. Both fielders went for the ball, and no one called; the end result was that Budinger had to be stretchered off the park.
In reply, Stephen Eskinazi and Ben Mike gave the team a solid start but the latter fell in the third over. Eskinazi added 32 runs with Rishi Patel before losing his wicket. Leicestershire Foxes got a few partnerships going as they inched closer to the target.
However, they lost three wickets in three balls towards the end that made the game interesting. Saqib Mahmood was on a hat-trick but missed out. George Balderson also picked up two wickets in his final over to bring the equation down to 10 off the last over.
Tom Aspinwall was entrusted with closing out the game, but a couple of boundaries from the final pair helped the Foxes get over the line with a ball to spare.