Notts Outlaws thumped by 87 runs by Lancashire Lightning after top-order collapse

Notts Outlaws completely collapsed in reply to a strong Lancashire Lightning total on a night to forget for the home side at Trent Bridge. Captain Dan Christian put Lancashire Lightning in to bat in the Vitality Blast clash on Tuesday evening, who scored 178/7 off their 20 overs, as Keaton Jennings top scored with 55 and Dane Paterson, Jake Ball and Luke Fletcher each picked up two wickets.

A top order collapse, Outlaws were 11/4 off two overs, cost the home side any shot at victory before the innings had really started. The Outlaws then limped to 91 all out off 14.4 overs, being thumped by 87 runs, with Luke Fletcher top scorer with 22.

Christian won the toss and opted to bowl first. A number of Nottingham Forest heroes arrived just before the game started, with Joe Worrall and Brennan Johnson among them, and Luke Fletcher walked onto the field clapping them and had his fists clenched in the air.

Phil Salt and Keaton Jennings made a decent start for the visitors, until Salt (11) edged behind to Tom Moores off Jake Ball's first ball of the match in the fourth over. Rain started falling after 5.2 overs with Lightning on 46/1, with the umpires taking the players off, but only for about 10 minutes or so.

Jennings picked up from where he left off, hitting Ball for back-to-back boundaries in an action-packed sixth over, as Moores dropped him too. Lightning were 56/1 at the end of the powerplay.

Jennings and Liam Livingstone brought up the 50 partnership for the second wicket in the 10th over off 37 balls. Livingstone (30) then sent one hanging into the air off Dane Paterson, before captain Christian calmly took the catch inside the ring in the eleventh.

The umpires then immediately took the players off again because of more