Lancashire Lightning got another electric shock when the lights went out for the second year running in their day-night Roses match at Old Trafford yesterday.

But this time, Yorkshire Phoenix went on to win the Norwich Union National League match as they recovered in style from their two embarrassing defeats in the competition over the weekend.

Lancashire were struggling on 96 for four in 26.2 overs as they chased a 226 target when the lamps on one of the four pylons fused, but they were not entirely out of the match because John Crawley was still going strong on 56.

Just as happened last year when Lancashire were batting, the players had to troop off until the lights were repaired and when play resumed after 15 minutes, Lancashire faced a revised target under the Duckworth-Lewis method of 208 in 40 overs, which left them to make a further 112 from 14.2 overs.

Joe Scuderi was run out by a pitch length off the very first ball and Lancashire went to pieces, being bowled out for 138 with six overs remaining to give Yorkshire victory by 69 runs, Richard Blakey pulling off three stumpings during the frenzied finale.

The only batsman to keep his nerve was Crawley who came in during the first over and remained unbeaten with 71 off 111 balls with seven boundaries.

Chris Silverwood, back on duty after being left out of the last match as a disciplinary measure, knocked out Mark Chilton's off-stump in the first over of Lancashire's reply and in his second had Sourav Ganguly caught at backward point by Matthew Wood.

Yorkshire maintained the pressure with some fine bowling with only Crawley looking comfortable.

Half-centuries from Gary Fellows and Darren Lehmann had seen Yorkshire top 200 for the first time this season but they should have managed even more than 225 for five after their early progress.

Wood, recalled after missing the last five matches, was promoted to open with Fellows and the move worked a treat as the pair put on 66 in 16 overs, helped by a spate of wides from Glen Chapple and Mike Smethurst.

Although Wood survived an easy chance to Ganguly at cover on 19, he hit five sparkling boundaries and had reached 31 when he was bowled round his legs sweeping at Chris Schofield.

Lehmann maintained the momentum in a second wicket partnership of 85 in 18 overs with Fellows who made unhurried progress to his half century.

They took the score to 151 in the 34th over before Fellows flicked Scuderi low to Crawley at mid-wicket and departed for 57 off 93 balls with four boundaries.

After Blakey had run himself out attempting a suicidal single, Lehmann completed his first competition 50 of the season but, immediately after hitting Chapple for six, was bowled off his pads for 62 from 70 deliveries with four fours and a six.

It was an effective innings by the Australian but by no means his most fluent for his adopted county.

David Byas had his middle stump ripped out by a Chapple yorker as soon as the 200 had been posted but Anthony McGrath showed encouraging signs of a return to form after injury with an unbeaten 32 off as many balls.

Piccture - FOOTLOOSE: Yorkshire Seconds opener Chris Taylor loses his footing against Worcestershire, at York's Clifton Park yesterday

Pic: Mike Tipping