Lancashire v Nottinghamshire: James Anderson finds some cheer but county champions face another defeat "We had to graft a lot with the bat because there's always enough going on in the bowlers" favour out there. And obviously we have bowled well with Stuart Broad back to something like his best. After recovering from a parlous 16 for three on the first morning, Notts have held the upper hand throughout and Lancashire have never threatened to wrest control. Their only bright spot on Friday was the form of England paceman James Anderson who, because of injury and illness, had been forced to play little more than a bit part on the first two days. Despite being off the field because of his condition for around three hours on Thursday, Anderson left the ground erroneously believing he would be free to bowl from the start on Friday. On discovering that the regulations had been misinterpreted, both sides and the officials came up with a "common-sense" agreement and he was allowed to bowl after a brief delay. "I feel about 70 per cent," said Anderson, "although right now all I'm thinking about is my bed and tomato soup. But a big thanks to Mick Newell and Chris Read for agreeing to let me bowl. Anderson confirmed the impression from the first morning that he is in good shape ahead of the first Test against West Indies on at Lord's on May 17. His first victim was the obdurate Michael Lumb, whose 196-ball vigil was ended by a delivery that found extra bounce, caught the edge and flew to slip where Paul Horton held a straightforward chance. Then, after James Taylor and Chris Read shared the only century stand of the match, Anderson again found the bounce to remove Paul Franks and then movement to undo Read, both caught at the wicket. And as the visitors went for quick runs, he despatched Graeme Swann and Andre Adams with successive deliveries to finish on figures of five for 82.. Chasing an unlikely 328, Lancashire made a dreadful start when Broad, finding the rhythm missing first time around, had Paul Horton caught a slip and then pinned Karl Brown leg before. Stephen Moore, Ashwell Prince and Steven Croft soon followed to leave the champions Lancashire struggling.