That left the hosts with just 33 overs to make that 168 to win at five and a half an over - and left-arm swing bowler James Tomlinson then made life even more uncomfortable when he took three quick wickets to reduce Lancashire to 17-3.
"We have felt for some time that we need to explore the left-arm swing variety to add an extra dimension to our attack and Lonwabo Tsotsobe made a good impression at the recent national camp we held in Kimberley, " said Craig Matthews, the acting convenor of selectors.
Put in to bat by India, openers Matt Prior (36) and Alastair Cook (40) made solid if unspectacular progress early on, with no great swing movement on offer for left-arm pacemen Zaheer Khan and RP Singh.