Notts stay unbeaten, Lancs win again in One-Day Cup

Notts Outlaws maintained a perfect start to their One-Day Cup campaign with a comfortable victory over Leicestershire as Lancashire posted a second win in Group A with a victory over Kent.

Haseeb Hameed's side were following up comfortable wins against Somerset and Warwickshire in their opening two matches and a third was never in doubt against the Foxes at Trent Bridge.

After restricting the visitors to 199, Notts were never out of second gear to win by five wickets with 54 balls remaining.

Foxes captain Stephen Eskinazi posted an unbeaten 93 from the top of the order, but his innings proved the exception to the rule as only one of his team-mates, Hamza Sheikh (35), made it past 20.

Joe Pockington, with career-best figures of 4-40, did the majority of the damage for the Notts attack, but Lyndon James and Brett Hutton both took 2-40 and Dillon Pennington was tidy for his 1-25.

In reply, the hosts were unruffled despite losing George Munsey to the second ball of the innings. Ben Martindale top-scored with 50 before James (38 not out) and Farhan Ahmed (19 not out) brought home the win.

Victory kept Notts four points clear at the top of Group A, but Lancashire joined the chasing pack of Somerset, Surrey and Leicestershire on eight points after backing up Sunday's win over the Foxes with a six-wicket victory against Kent in Preston.

Put in by the hosts, Kent's total of 223 after 46.5 overs never looked big enough despite captain Daniel Bell-Drummond (56) leading the way with a half-century.

Lancashire quick Mitchell Stanley did the bulk of the heavy lifting, taking 3-43.

Keaton Jennings continued his decent start to the campaign adding 31 to his opening two scores of 64 against Surrey and 135 against Leicestershire.

Kent struggled to break partnerships as Lancashire put on half-century stands for the second and fourth wickets.

The second of those, 69 runs between Marcus Harris (47) and Rocky Flintoff (41 not out) took them within touching distance of victory.

Flintoff hit the winning runs in partnership with Joseph Moores, nephew of former England coach Peter Moores, as Lancashire won with 13 balls remaining.

Kent remain second bottom of the group with their second defeat in three matches.