Lancashire crush Yorkshire in Roses battle

A packed Old Trafford crowd eagerly awaiting a win over their rivals Yorkshire got they wanted. Lancashire won handsomely, but even the most die-hard Lancastrian would have wanted to have seen a better fight. 14,000 people streamed through the turnstiles to see a rare fixture between these two old enemies, but talk about an anti-climax. Yorkshire lost their way from the very first ball when Stephen Fleming continued his nightmare run with a golden duck. Peter Martin (3 for 20) then sparked off a collapse as Yorkshire stumbled to 102 for 8. Mal Loye led the way with a blistering 45 from 34 as Lancashire notched up their first win of the competition with ease. Scorecard

Derbyshire had an even easier win with a nine-wicket stroll against Nottinghamshire at Derby. Tom Lungley took 4 for 13 as Notts crashed to 94 all out. Only four Notts batsmen reached double figures, and they didn't help themselves with three run outs. It took Derbyshire only 11.3 overs to wrap up the match. Michael Di Venuto hit 35 from 38 - quite sedate for him - and Dominic Cork was the only casualty for 25. Scorecard

At the Old Deer Park in Richmond, Andy Strauss and Owais Shah blasted Middlesex to their first Twenty20 Cup win against Kent. A consistent team effort from Kent helped them to a challenging 161, in which Ashley Knoffke took 3 for 29. However, Middlesex put their home advantage to good use by bludgeoning the ball to all parts of the park. Strauss smashed 60 from 37, and Shah 40 from 27 and all the Kent bowlers took a roasting as Middlesex cruised home with over two overs remaining. Scorecard

It was a closer affair at Bristol, where Alex Gidman and Mark Alleyne held their nerve to make it two wins out of two for Gloucestershire, against Northamptonshire. Chasing a solid 128 for 5, Alleyne and Gidman guided Gloucestershire home after an earlier collapse - in which four wickets fell for 18 runs - threatened to spoil their good start in which Ian Harvey followed up his 3 for 28 with 41 from 27 balls. Scorecard