County Championship: Lancashire crack cussed Gloucestershire resistance to seal innings victory

James Anderson took 2-25 from 25 overs as he looks to win back his place in the England Test squad

LV= County Championship Division One, Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester (day four)

Gloucestershire 252 & 247: Lace 71, Hammond 50; Hassan 3-49, Parkinson 3-79, Anderson 2-25

Lancashire 556-7 dec: Bohannon 231, Vilas 109; Zafar 4-135

Lancashire (22 pts) beat Gloucestershire (3 pts) by an innings and 57 runs

Scorecard

Lancashire made it two County Championship wins from two with a thrilling victory over Gloucestershire.

Needing 237 more runs to make the hosts bat again, Gloucestershire were reduced to 116-5 by Matt Parkinson (3-79).

James Anderson (2-25) soon removed Miles Hammond (50) but Tom Lace (71), Josh Shaw (29) and Jared Warner (10) took the game deep into the final hour.

Lace finally fell to Saqib Mahmood and, with just 17 balls remaining, Hassan Ali removed Warner to seal victory.

Gloucestershire’s remarkable resistance set up a thrilling conclusion to what had looked for much of two…

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