Wounds from being pipped to County Championship title are fresh, and will be motivation for the Bob Willis Trophy final
A showpiece occasion at Lord’s with a trophy on the line would be enough to get any cricketer’s juices flowing but Lancashire go into the Bob Willis Trophy final against Warwickshire on Tuesday warmed by several layers of motivation. The wounds caused by being pipped to the County Championship title last Friday are still raw and it is only a few weeks since the teams’ draw in Manchester caused frustration that still simmers.
“We tried to ignore it,” Lancashire’s Steven Croft says of the dramatic climax to the season. His team had wrapped up the victory they needed against Hampshire in three days but to win the title required Somerset to avoid defeat at Edgbaston the following afternoon.
Written by Simon Burnton
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/sep/27/lancashire-county-championship-worcestershire-bob-willis-trophy-final-the-spin-cricket under the title “The Spin | Lancashire won’t lack motivation for Lord’s final against Warwickshire”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
