Lancashire march on in this season’s Royal London One Day Cup and the side has secured a home quarter final against near-neighbours Nottinghamshire.
Defeat to Kent in the final group game wasn’t enough to derail Keaton Jennings’ side who are now preparing for the first knockout tie at Blackpool.
It’s been a solid performance throughout the team and some important middle order contributions from Warrington’s own Rob Jones has helped Lancashire over the line in some tight situations.
One of only a handful of Warrington-born cricketers to have represented Lancashire at first class level, Jones made his debut for the county against Surrey in 2016. He’s since become a regular in all three formats and will be looking to close out the current season in style.
Campaign Highlights
One of Rob Jones’ personal highlights of this year’s Royal London One Day Cup campaign came in the game against Derbyshire at Old Trafford on August 7th. In a low scoring encounter, a record breaking fifth wicket partnership between Jones and Steven Croft set up a 39-run win for the hosts.
Three days later, Jones hit a personal List A best of 85 not out as Lancashire recorded a vital win over Worcestershire. At one stage, he was averaging over 200 in the competition. Unfortunately, an 11-ball score of nine in the final group game brought that down but it remains at a healthy 85.33 as his side prepare for their quarter final against Nottinghamshire.
Lancashire Look Ahead
Lancashire are one of six teams remaining in the competition. They will contest the quarter final stages along with Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Kent. Hampshire and Sussex, who topped their respective groups, have qualified directly for the semifinals.
Despite their more circuitous route to the final, Lancashire’s one-day pedigree puts them among the favourites to win the Royal London One Day Cup. According to the top betting sites linked to SBO.net, it could all come down to who wins the quarter final between Lancashire and Nottinghamshire.
Hampshire and Sussex are also highly ranked after progressing straight to the semifinals while Leicestershire and Kent are the outside options. As the competition continues, those odds are subject to change. Sbo.net will be on hand to update them and to provide new figures as soon as they come in.
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Keeping up with Jones
This year’s Royal London Cup could prove to be a turning point in the career of Rob Jones. The player himself would probably admit that his statistics as a batter leave room for improvement.
Lancashire resume their County Championship campaign with the Roses match against Yorkshire on September 5th. Jones will be using the run in to improve on a record of two first class centuries and an average of 27.71.
His List A statistics will have been boosted by his recent performances where he finished in sixth place in the schedule of highest averages across the RLODC group campaign.
All of this will be helpful when it comes to negotiating new contracts further down the line. For a player who is said to have walked around the dressing room in his County Cap as a young man, remaining at his current home will be high on Jones’ agenda.
There may be the option of a move to another county if things don’t work out at Old Trafford. Contracts from elsewhere may appear on the table but, for one of Warrington’s finest cricketers, a switch away from Lancashire would be hard to take.
