Lancs thump Notts and Durham win Blast opener

Keaton Jennings made 95 from conscionable 49 balls arsenic Lancashire thumped Nottinghamshire by 47 runs to make it 2 wins from 2 successful nan T20 Blast.

Their T20 skipper led from nan beforehand arsenic his broadside posted 216-3 having won nan flip astatine Old Trafford, pinch Luke Wells striking a career-best 87 from 50 balls successful a grounds opening guidelines of 177.

Moises Henriques concisely threatened a chase, making 60 from 32, but it was a lone manus arsenic Notts were bowled retired for 169 successful nan last over.

Elsewhere, Ollie Robinson led Durham to triumph successful their opening crippled of nan title arsenic they hit Birmingham by 3 wickets pinch 2 overs to spare.

Beleaguered Lancashire recovered succour successful their first T20 crippled of nan twelvemonth pinch a location triumph against Worcestershire and they backed it up pinch a ascendant show against Notts.

Jennings struck 8 fours and six sixes successful moving up his second-best T20 people and Wells posted a caller highest score, featuring 7 boundaries and six maximums.

Their guidelines of 177 successful 15.4 overs was nan highest T20 business for immoderate wicket for Lancashire and put them retired of sight.

Notts mislaid openers Lyndon James and Joe Clarke cheaply successful nan powerplay and tumbled away, pinch 20-year-old Charlie Barnard taking 3-23 connected his debut and Tom Aspinwall 3-26.

At Edgbaston, Durham won nan flip and took 3 wickets successful nan opening 17 balls of nan crippled to group up a comfortable victory.

Sam Hain was nan only batsman to show for nan Bears, making 45 successful 28 balls, but New Zealand's Jimmy Neesham took 3-34 arsenic nan hosts were bowled retired for 143.

Graham Clark provided nan perfect commencement to nan pursuit pinch 40 from 23 deliveries, including 5 fours and a six, earlier Robinson took up nan mantle, yet retired for 45 from 36.

His departure, and nan wicket soon aft of Kasey Aldridge, took immoderate gloss disconnected nan triumph margin, but it was still achieved pinch 17 balls successful hand.