Dan Lawrence impresses with bat and ball as England Lions seal second win
Essex allrounder takes three wickets in four balls to leave Cricket Australia XI reeling before adding 35 with the bat
ESPNcricinfo staff
05-Feb-2020
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England Lions 180 for 6 beat Cricket Australia XI 179 (Crone 66, Lawrence 4-28) by four wickets
Dan Lawrence impressed with bat and ball as England Lions completed a second win in as many games on their tour of Australia, a convincing four-wicket victory against a Cricket Australia XI.
Lawrence, a part-time offspinner, took three wickets in four balls in the game's 12th over, reducing Cricket Australia XI to 46 for 4, and finished with 4 for 28 from his ten overs as the home side were bowled out for 179.
Brydon Carse, the South Africa-born seamer, took 3 for 17, while Xavier Crone's 66 from No. 9 was the only real bright spot.
Gloucestershire batsman James Bracey scored fluently at the top of the Lions' order, making a 47-ball 49 as the tourists looked to stay ahead of the required rate with the threat of rain looming, before Lawrence struck two fours and two sixes in his innings of 35 to steady the ship in the middle order.
Legspinner Cameron Boyce took two wickets, but the Lions cantered home with nine overs to spare. Tom Abell, the Somerset batsman, suffered a finger injury in the field, and did not bat.