Lancashire gain confidence in the Cape

Lancashire's good start to their pre-season tour of South Africa continued with a win in their second match.

An unbeaten 47 from Alec Swann was the outstanding performance of an 84-run win over Boland Academy in Cape Town over the weekend. "He played very well", Mike Watkinson, Lancashire's cricket manager, said. "But it was a good allround performance. Other batters made scores, our pace attack was too good for their lads and we took three top slip catches."

Half-centuries from Iain Sutcliffe and Mark Chilton contributed to a healthy final score of 242 for 4. Boland replied with 158, with Glen Chapple finishing with 3 for 14 and Dominic Cork 1 for 11 from 7 overs. Sajid Mahmood and John Wood also put in valuable performances.

The tour kicked off with a win over Claremont last Friday.