da realsbet： Warren Hegg may be something of a forgotten man in English cricket but thatfailed to stop him from playing an innings to remember at Headingley thisafternoon
Staff and agencies28-Jul-2000Warren Hegg may be something of a forgotten man in English cricket but thatfailed to stop him from playing an innings to remember at Headingley thisafternoon. Against a persistently accurate Yorkshire attack, Hegg was theone batsman to capitalise on a good start, his innings the differencebetween mediocrity and competitiveness as Lancashire’s soared to a mark of267 – against Yorkshire’s 4/0 – on another two-paced Leeds pitch.It was Hegg’s chanceless 75, spiced as it was with nine well struckboundaries, which proved the defining factor in a fightback much needed bythe visitors. With only a solitary half century to show from nineteenprevious appearances at the crease this county season, the former England’keeper chose an opportune moment to turn his form around in what shapes asone of the most crucial matches of the summer. Stern late resistance alsocame in the form of a painstaking 19 in a shade under two hours from GlenChapple (whose concentration on occupation of the crease enabled him toshare in a vital 88 run stand for the seventh wicket with Hegg) and a handyunbeaten 29 from number nine, Richard Green.Undone by some excellent bowling, principally from the redoubtable MatthewHoggard (4/70), the Lancastrians had looked to be tumbling deep into themire as they surrendered five wickets for fifty runs to find themselvesteetering at 128/6 an hour after lunch. Enter their enterprisingwicketkeeper-batsman, whose ability to tuck and chip the ball into gaps notonly slowed Yorkshire’s momentum but also evinced increasing signs offrustration. Michael Atherton (21), John Crawley (23), Sourav Ganguly(28), and a characteristically aggressive Andrew Flintoff (28), had allmade decent enough starts to raise hopes of a solid top order performance,but they failed to a man to continue on with a job that, in the end, was byfar best left to Hegg.