MARK Harvey will have to wait for his Championship chance with Lancashire despite a man of the match performance on his NatWest Trophy debut at Old Trafford yesterday.

Harvey hit an impressive 86 from 90 balls as Lancashire crushed Berkshire by 169 runs to book a second round tie against Sussex at Hove two weeks today.

But it still wasn't enough to force his way into the squad for tomorrow's Championship game at Worcester, and instead Harvey headed south west last night for the second team fixture against Somerset at North Perrott - where he will celebrate his 23rd birthday tomorrow.

Harvey's only previous first team appearance this season came in Somerset, when he scored eight in the Sunday League defeat at Taunton before being stumped off Mushtaq Ahmed.

Lancashire coach Dav Whatmore said: "It was good to see him getting some runs in front of an Old Trafford crowd. He will benefit from the experience."

But Paddy McKeown, Steve Titchard and Andrew Flintoff are still preferred for the trip to Worcester. Mike Atherton and John Crawley are also available but there are major doubts over Neil Fairbrother, Mike Watkinson and Wasim Akram.

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