Victories for Nicola Adams, Luke Campbell, Tom Stalker and Scott Cardle put the home squad 4-2 in front at the interval but, after Evans' loss, three consecutive victories for Meng Fanlong, Babacar Camara and Sean Turner levelled the scores.

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Smith was eventually caught in the deep by Jimmy Adams, while wicketkeeper Luke Sutton fell to the part-time bowling of Michael Carberry, but Lancashire were 265 ahead when hands were shaken.

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Regular skipper Chris Adams and first-team regulars Mushtaq Ahmed, Murray Goodwin, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan and Luke Wright were all rested after a hectic recent schedule.

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