Leicestershire 411 for 6 (Patel 161, Ackermann 100*, Budinger 81) Lancashire 316 (Jennings 127, Bailey 60, Vilas 57) by 95 runs

Patel's magnificent innings ended when he drove Jack Blatherwick to Jennings at cover and the same bowler then had Wiaan Mulder caught behind by Matty Hurst for 2. That left the Foxes on 311 for 5 in the 42nd over but any joy Blatherwick felt at taking his seventh List A wicket of the week was quickly dispelled when he bowled his second above waist-high full toss of the innings and had to be removed from the attack.

Lancashire suffering also continued. Although Louis Kimber fell to a catch at deep midwicket off Will Williams for 15, Ackermann and Tom Scriven smashed a further 62 off 34 balls with Ackermann reaching his century when he pushed Bailey's penultimate ball of the innings for a single. Scriven's six off the final delivery ensured that Leicestershire's List A 406 against Berkshire in 1996 was eclipsed.

Blatherwick, the only bowler to take more than one wicket finished with three for 70. Apart from Balderson, who picked up one for 24 from five overs, the rest of the home side's figures carried a government health warning.

Needing to score at 8.24 runs per over to win the game, Lancashire's openers took 35 runs off the first four overs but that bright start to the innings ended when Bell cut Chris Wright very hard to backward point, where Budinger took a fine catch.

In both cases the non-striker was dismissed. First, Vilas, having made 57, his third successive List A fifty scampered down the wicket when Jennings reverse-swept Ackermann, only to be defeated by Wright and Handscomb's relay throws; then Balderson thought a single was possible when Jennings played the ball to cover but was beaten by Budinger's throw to the debutant, Uttam Ramji.

Two overs later, Ramji, who has come through the Grace Road Academy, took his first senior wicket when he had Matty Hurst leg before wicket for two to leave Lancashire on 181 for five.

The highly-rated Aspinwall then made 16 off eight balls before reverse-sweeping his ninth, from Ackermann to Patel at backward point. Jennings reached his century off 92 balls and later took 16 runs off the first three balls of Ramji's fifth over, only to be caught at deep midwicket by Ackermann attempting to smack a third maximum.

Bailey then supplied some late defiance with a 42-ball 60 but he fell to Ramji's catch at deep square-leg off Wright and the debutant then dismissed Williams to complete his side's deserved victory.