Haynes leads Lancashire to victory despite Shephard's heroics

Jamie Haynes marked his debut as a Lancashire opener with an unbeaten half-century in the seven-wicket win over Warwickshire Cricket Board at Blackpool today.

Haynes, Lancashire's second team 'keeper, is aiming to carve out a new career as a specialist batsman and will take Mike Atherton's place in the CricInfo Championship game against Surrey at The AMP Oval on Friday.

But he was brought in for today's C & G Trophy tie because of an injury to Mark Chilton and he responded with 59* to deflate the would-be giant killers.

Lancashire needed 164 and they got there in the 35th over with a hard-hitting knock from Andy Flintoff, who made 40 off 26 balls.

But Flintoff got out to a disappointing shot and John Crawley's hopes of a second successive one-day half-century disappeared when he was caught and bowled after hammering a six and five fours.

Haynes, however, played steadily, linking up with Neil Fairbrother to steer Lancashire home with few problems.

But the Board side left with their heads held high after a defiant fight-back earlier in the day.

After deciding to bat they slumped to 22-5 and later 76-8. But Gavin Shephard rescued them with a magnificent 73, which earned them the man-of-the-match award.

Shephard piled on 86 in 16 overs with left-hander Spencer Platt - only one short of the tournament record for the ninth-wicket.

Lancashire's Peter Martin claimed a competition best 5-16.