Andrew Comes Through His First Test

Andrew made a return to cricket in a LV County Championship game for Lancashire against Durham at Chester-le-Street last week.  Unfortunately it was overshadowed by a poor batting display from Lancashire as they were dismissed for a paltry 116 in the first innings. 

Andrew struck with his second ball taking the wicket of Di Venuto then followed this up with three further wickets ending the first innings with figures of 4 for 47, Durham were eventually dismissed for 244.  Lancashire's hopes of reaching this figure were stopped in their tracks by Steve Harmison and Graham Onions, Harmison taking 4 for 28 and Onions finished with 4 for 40.

Harmison and Onions continued their wicket taking in the second innings, with Harmison taking another five wickets and Onions another three.  The hosts eventually got the better of the visitors and defeated them by 138 runs.

After the game Peter Moores delivered an upbeat post-match assessment on Andrew saying that "he has come through the game very well.  He will be tired by now because it was his first competitive game for a long time and it wasn't a game that coasted along at any stage, it was tense all the time.

"He has got through a good amount of work with the ball, got himself five wickets in the game - four in the first innings, one in the second - and bowled tightly and got through his time in the field without any drama for his knee or...