Rothesay County Championship, New Road, Worcester (day two)

Lancashire 180: Jennings 55, Bailey 34, Swanepoel 4-37, Singh 3-27

Worcestershire 12-1 (6 overs)

Worcestershire (3 pts) trail Lancashire (0 pts) by 168 runs with nine wickets standing

Match scorecard

Worcestershire made the most of the bowler-friendly conditions at New Road as Lancashire were bowled out for 180.

Having lost day one to rain, the home side bowled out the visitors cheaply largely thanks to paceman Beyers Swanepoel (4-37) and spinner Fateh Singh (3-27).

Former Lancashire skipper Keaton Jennings hit 55, while tailender Tom Bailey made 34, as the final two visiting wickets added 65 runs, before he then claimed the late wicket of home opener Dan Lategan.

But, after bad light ended play, Worcestershire will resume on 12-1 on Saturday.

Invited to bat first on an overcast morning, Lancashire endured a challenging start when Matty Hurst edged Tom Taylor to backward point.

When Matthew Waite and Swanepoel struck in quick succession to remove Josh Bohannon and Marcus Harris cheaply, Lancs were 23-3.

But Jennings was joined by the in-form Rocky Flintoff, who made 23 to help add 37 for the fourth wicket.

He fell to spinner Singh, courtesy of a sharp Ben Allison catch at first slip, to leave Lancs 6-4 at lunch. Singh then had Arav Shetty well caught after the restart by Rehaan Edavalath.

Jennings completed his sixth Championship half-century of the summer before edging to second slip.