Clydesdale Bank 40: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yorkshire-c867 seals close 5-run win over Middlesex
Jacques Rudolph’s unbeaten ton well complimented by Anthony McGrath’s half-century bagged Yorkshire Carnegie a 5 run win over Middlesex Panthers in a nerve jangling Clydesdale Bank 40 clash staged at North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough on Sunday. Chasing Yorkshire’s 40 overs total of 250 for 6, Middlesex required 13 runs off the final over by McGrath. However, a disciplined bowling with remarkable line and length did not allow Neil Dexter and Toby Roland-Jones score any boundaries as Panthers finished five runs short of the target.
In front of an adoring crowd of 6,500 at Scarborough, Jacques Rudolph blazed with the bat sharing a hundred plus partnership with Anthony McGrath, taking his side towards a competitive 40 overs total of 250 for 6. Rudolph scored unbeaten 124 off 108 balls while McGrath logged 68 runs from 75 balls. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tim-Murtagh-c2673 and Toby Roland-Jones shared three wickets each. In reply, Middlesex Panthers were short of just five runs at the end of allotted forty overs with 2 wickets still intact as the Carnegie sealed a five run win.
Andrew Gale, the Yorkshire skipper after winning the toss elected to bat first. Yorkshire’s opening pair featuring skipper Andrew Gale and Jacques Rudolph set a strong foundation of fifty runs for the rest of the cast. Both partners brought up the fifty for Yorkshire in the seventh over with the bulk coming from Andrew Gale. Toby Roland-Jones earned his side a breakthrough in the same over when skipper Andrew Gale departed moments after bringing the 50 up for his team, slashing Roland-Jones into the hands of Tom Scolly. Gale scored 36 runs from 28 balls pushing the ball over the ropes for as many as six times.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Toby-Roland-Jones-c2696 struck back in his next over, leaving Yorkshire Carnegie at 59 for 2 on the board. Lyth’s six-ball innings added three runs to the team’s total. Lyth’s departure brought Anthony McGrath to the crease and in partnership with Gale’s opening partner Jacques Rudolph; the duo played a succession of shots to drag the side towards a daunting score. Both the partners shared a three-figure partnership for the third wicket stand, taking the side from 59 for 2 to 196 for 2.
The Panthers’ attack had to wait for the next 23 overs for another success. Frequent bowling changes turned out to be fruitless for the team. Anthony McGrath in the meanwhile, piled up his half century off 63 balls, plundering four muscular boundaries. The partnership was worth 138 when Tim Murtagh broke it in the 33rd over having McGrath caught by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dawid-Malan-c1344. McGrath’s 75-ball stay at crease earned Yorkshire 68 runs including six boundaries as well.
After McGrath’s dismissal, three more Yorkshire batsmen went back to the pavilion after a combined contribution of 12 runs. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jacques-Rudolph-c1619 scored unbeaten 124 as the Yorkshire mustered an imposing total of 250 for 6.
In reply, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rich-Pyrah-c2311 shared one wicket each.
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