But with the Warriors looking out of the game, an unexpected piece offortune came their way when Colum Halpenny foolishly threw the ball away to give Wigan a penalty from which Ashton nipped over.
The England captain had another moment offortune on 39 when Umar Gul nipped one back and the ball flicked off the glove before being superbly snaffled by a wrongfooted Kamran diving back to his right, but umpire Billy Doctrove deemed that no contact had been made.