Lancashire v Worcestershire: Scores & match report

Match scores (Old Trafford)

Lancashire beat Worcestershire by 152 runs

Lancashire inns: 313-5 (Vilas 100*, Clark 79*, Brown 63; Tongue 2-46, D'Oliveira 1-32)

Worcestershire inns (34.5 overs): 161 all out (Clarke 36, Hastings 30 no; Clark 4-34)

Match report

Lancashire recorded their second successive victory in this year's Royal London One-Day Cup as they defeated the previously unbeaten Worcestershire by 152 runs at Emirates Old Trafford.

The result keeps Lancashire's hopes of qualification from the North Group very much alive, although they probably still need to win all three of their remaining games, while Worcestershire are still expected to seal a top three finish.

Dane Vilas hit his maiden Lancashire century as his side racked up 313 for five, but Jordan Clark was the star man, hitting 79 not out before taking four for 34 as Worcestershire managed only 161 all out in reply.

The first half of Lancashire's innings was characterised by steady accumulation punctuated by the regular loss of wickets, but an impressive unbroken 160-run partnership between Vilas and Clark saw Glen Chapple's side to an impressive total.

The hosts had made a shaky start as the in-form Alex Davies lost his middle stump in the second over of the day, bowled by John Hastings, and Haseeb Hameed, having batted competently for 36, edged Josh Tongue to Ben Cox when shaping to work the ball to third man.

The 19-year-old Tongue soon collected his second notable wicket when Liam Livingstone obligingly pulled him to Ross Whiteley at deep square leg, and Lancashire's problems were compounded five overs later when Karl Brown departed for a well-made 77-ball 63.

Vilas marked his arrival at the wicket by reverse-sweeping his first ball from Moeen Ali for four but the England off-spinner claimed an important wicket shortly after when he had Steven Croft lbw for five, leaving Lancashire on 153 for five.

The South African hit 12 boundaries and, having reached his fifty off 49 balls, took a further 34 deliveries to reach a hundred in the final over, while Clark, whose batting has been one of the features of Lancashire's early season, finished with 79 not out off just 58 balls.

Worcestershire's innings started badly and got progressively worse. Moeen completed a poor match when he was well beaten by James Anderson and caught behind in the third over after the resumption, before Tom Kohler-Cadmore fell cheaply three overs later.

Daryl Mitchell and Joe Clarke put on 59, but the loss of former captain Mitchell sparked another collapse as D'Oliveira and Whiteley joined Clarke in the pavilion as the Rapids lost four wickets for just 12 runs to leave the innings reeling.

Their plight became even worse four overs later when Ed Barnard, having made eight, chopped the suddenly unplayable Clark on to his stumps, before Kyle Jarvis and Simon Kerrigan cleaned up the tail with more than 15 overs remaining.