Lancashire Lightning strike Saltires

11:44am Monday 28th April 2008

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Scotland made a disastrous start to their Friends Provident Trophy campaign in Edinburgh as Lancashire earned clinical revenge for last season's shock at Old Trafford.

The Scots had no answer to the pace and power of the Lightning attack, which did not even need Andrew Flintoff to play a starring role as he stepped up his comeback quest.

The Saltires, who contributed to their own demise with three shocking run-outs, limped to a total of just 73, leaving the county to stroll to glory by eight wickets with 38 overs to spare.

The tone was set when Scotland's new Australian recruit Ed Cowan's stumps were shattered by a fast and swinging delivery by Jimmy Anderson for a duck.

Skipper Ryan Watson then edged Glenn Chapple to keeper Luke Sutton before the jitters really set in.

Colin Smith was also snapped up by Sutton off Anderson, while Fraser Watts and Gavin Hamilton were the victims of crazy run-outs to leave the Saltires floundering on 21 for five and they never recovered.

The target was never likely to trouble the Lightning and they raced to the win with only a couple of awkward moments, Dewald Nel getting rid of Mal Loye and Gareth Cross.