Main skipper Walker won the toss, elected to bat and was then treated to delightful strokes, loose shots and kamikaze running in equal measure from his batsmen.
Steve Linsley looked in fine fettle until his innings was cut short by a disastrous mi
x-up which saw him run-out, Myank Agarwal and debutant Simon Curtis were watchfully accumulating and Steve Knight was briefly explosive in making 35.
However, wickets fell regularly and the final total was only bolstered to 177 by some lusty late blows from Walker.
In reply, Lanchester openers Underwood and Kiwi professional Broom looked in good nick – unsurprisingly so as Lanchester had only lost two wickets in league games to date this season.
After an initial flurry of boundaries, opening bowlers Butler and Nihalraj got to grips with the task and began bowling tidily.
Professional Mohtashim Ali was then introduced into the attack, beginning what was to prove a superb spell.
Bowling in tandem, Ali and Butler removed both Broom and Underwood and pegged back Lanchester to 96-5.
Indeed, had chances created actually been taken, the damage would have been much more significant.
However, the fall of the fifth wicket brought Robinson to the crease and, throughout a fine knock of 49 not out he looked composed.
Despite Ali's magnificent return of 5-34, Robinson batted on to allow Lanchester to run out winners by three wickets.
Lanchester beat Percy Main Lions by three wickets
Lanchester 20p pts; Percy Main Lions 7 pts• Percy Main Seconds produced a fine team display to defeat Tynedale Seconds and maintain their superb early-season form.
Merryweather and Errington excelled with the bat, both compiling half-centuries, before the bowlers dismissed Tynedale, sharing the wickets and the workload between a five-man attack.
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