by Alviro Patterson » Sat Jul 02, 2016 12:20 am
Yorkshire coming out on top against the old enemy in a thrilling 5 run win that went to the penultimate ball. Both sides weakened with many players unavailable, but the intensity was not compromised as the match was played at a sold out Headingley.
Lancashire bowled rather well as a unit after getting the key wicket of Adam Lyth. Although Kane Williamson took his scoring wise, he was supported well by Jack Leaning and then upped the ante. Will Rhodes late over cameo proved to be crucial as Yorkshire posted 141 off 18 overs. First impressions it was a below par total, but the pitch was deceptively slower than it looked.
Bresnan nearly struck 1st ball, but a streaky Jordan Clark edge went between the keeper and 1st slip for four runs. Patterson and Rhodes made some early breakthroughs, aided by fantastic catching in the deep and Azeem Rafiq looked like the bowler of 2012 with some economical bowling, but the game was finely poised. Karl Carver bowled three full tosses in his 3rd over, all went for six, but got two wickets in his final two including the dangerman of Liam Livingstone. Although the Lancashire lower order were dismissed relatively swiftly, Stephen Parry displayed ability that he could get Lancashire over the line. The final over was tense, a streaky four which evaded Hodd meant Lancashire needed 5 off 3 balls, but Steven Patterson bowled a tight line, back of the length, leg cutter which edged to Hodd to cue a dramatic win for the White Rose.
Who needs franchise cricket when you have homegrown players giving it all they got under a capacity crowd of 17,000?
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