LANCASHIRE Lightning beat Derbyshire Falcons by four wickets to start the 2023 Vitality Blast campaign as they aim to end it – with victory at Edgbaston.
The Blast will conclude in Birmingham with Finals Day on July 15 and Lightning took an impressive first step towards that showpiece with an impressive win in the first half of the inaugural Blast Off opener in the Second City sunshine.
The Falcons’ 179-5, underpinned by Wayne Madsen’s classy 50, from 35 balls, was solid, but no more than par on a good batting pitch.
Lightning then reached 183 for six with four...