da doce： Yorkshire won a pulsating Roses match by 17 runs with five balls to spare infront of a 10,200 crowd at Headingley to lift them off the bottom of the FriendsProvident t20 North Division table
17-Jun-2010
ScorecardYorkshire won a pulsating Roses match by 17 runs with five balls to spare infront of a 10,200 crowd at Headingley to lift them off the bottom of the FriendsProvident t20 North Division table.In an exciting match of fluctuating fortunes, the pendulum finally swungYorkshire’s way in the 18th over when paceman Steve Patterson picked up threewickets in five balls as Lancashire made a desperate bid to get the 41 theystill required for victory with four wickets in hand.The first ball brought a single off a no-ball and was followed by four leg-byesbefore Gareth Cross was caught on the boundary edge by a jubilant Tino Best. Mark Chilton was held on the mid-wicket boundary by Jacques Rudolph but captain Glen Chapple bravely hooked the next ball for six.But it was his last scoring shot because he then holed out to Richard Pyrah atlong-off to give Patterson career-best figures of 4 for 30. Lancashire entered the penultimate over on 128 for 9 and Sajid Mahmood defiantly lashed Best for six over mid-wicket but in the final over he struckPyrah straight to Herschelle Gibbs at long-off.Chasing a modest 156 target, Lancashire lost Tom Smith in the second over whenPatterson’s first ball rattled his off-stump but it was the quick-thinkingrunning out of Paul Horton by Gibbs 40 runs later that checked Lancashire’sadvance.As the batsman hesitated over a single, Gibbs ran in and knocked off the bailswith the ball in his hand before Horton could regain his ground. In a fine spell, Adil Rashid picked up the important wickets of Stephen Moore and Simon Katich and Lancashire were also pinned back by the accuracy of off-spinner Azeem Rafiq.Best was worryingly expensive for Yorkshire but he was the hero of the crowdwhen fielding on the boundary edge where he took two catches and pulled offseveral notable stops.After winning the toss, Yorkshire were guided towards a competitive total byman of the match Anthony McGrath who stepped up the momentum near the end of theinnings to finish with a career-best 73 not out off 50 balls with five fours andfour sixes.It was the 19th over when McGrath launched an all-out assault on Chapple byslamming him for 18 with two sixes, a four and a two. For much of the time, however, Lancashire were in control and they made a great start by getting rid of Gibbs and Rudolph in the first four overs. Smith’s first delivery stopped on Gibbs who patted back a gentle catch and fellow South African Rudolph was bowled by Mahmood attempting to steer to thirdman.In between these dismissals, skipper Andrew Gale greeted Chapple by thumpinghis third ball for six over square leg and into the West stand but when he hadmade 34 off 30 deliveries with four other boundaries he skied Stephen Parry intothe hands of Moore.That left Yorkshire on 60 for 3 and astute bowling changes by Lancashireprevented the home side from getting a substantial partnership going, McGrathbeing forced into doing most of the scoring himself.Lancashire’s opening pair of bowlers, Nathan McCullum and Smith, were the mosteconomical, McCullum giving away only 19 runs in his four overs while Smith’sthree overs cost him 13 runs for two wickets.