Peter Moores furious after Lancashire collapse to defeat against Worcestershire After a pitch inspection and a lengthy hearing, however, they decided against a deduction of either 24 points for a pitch unfit for first-class cricket or eight points for a "poor" pitch. Mike Watkinson, Lancashire's Director of Cricket, said: "They found that the pitch was poor, however due to extenuating circumstances, there will be no penalty." When Worcester resumed leading by 129 with all their second innings wickets intact, there was a sense that one significant innings would sway the match irrevocably in their favour. It was provided by Vikram Solanki who, ironically, has opted to join Surrey next season. While all his colleagues, with the exception of the combative Gareth Andrew, with whom he shared a sixth-wicket stand of 47 in 13 overs, struggled to combat the spin of Simon Kerrigan and Steven Croft, Solanki stood firm. Playing almost exclusively on the front foot, he resisted for 124 minutes, reaching his half century from 122 balls with four fours before he was ninth out, pinned leg-before on the back foot by Croft. Requiring an unlikely 269, Lancashire lost Paul Horton, leg-before to the second ball of the innings and folded, without serious resistance, only Gareth Cross reaching double figures. Moeen Ali claimed three wickets in his first 13 balls en route to career-best figures of six for 29 in a Lancashire total that was their lowest at Old Trafford since making 62 against Somerset in 1963. "I hope our lads are really hurting, they should be," Lancashire coach Peter Moores said. If they have to hurt for a week or a day, I don't really care as long as they come back with something next time.