Friends Provident T20 Championship: Yorkshire beat Derbyshire by 4 wickets
Yorkshire beat Derbyshire by 6 wickets in the Friends Provident T20 Championship at the County Ground in Derby on Sunday. Derbyshire won the toss and elected to bat first on a tricky surface. Despite overcast conditions, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yorkshire-c867 did well to restrict Derbyshire to 137 runs in the allotted 20 overs. In reply, Yorkshire got home with 6 wickets to spare in the final overs of the game.
Derbyshire opened the batting with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rich-Pyrah-c2311 in the next over. The opener scored 14 runs from 18 balls with 1 boundary to his credit.
The next man in was Greg Smith who did not hang around for too long as he was sent back in the very next over as he was bowled by leg-spinner Adil http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rashid-c84058. Smith misjudged a wrong one and the ball crashed into his stumps. The batsmen departed after scoring just 2 runs from 3 balls.
Durston was joined by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hodgson-c63281 after scoring 39 runs from 35 balls with 3 fours.
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Peterson and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Garry-Park-c1464 put on a good partnership for the 6th wicket and added 33 runs. The partnership was broken when Park was caught by South African player Herschel Gibbs off the bowling of Clint McKay. He scored 14 runs from 13 balls with one big six.
Peterson carried on and lifted the run rate in the end as he remained unbeaten at 32 runs from 24 balls. Derbyshire ended the innings at 137 for the loss of 7 wickets in the allotted 20 overs.
In reply, Yorkshire powered through to a decent star, but the first wicket fell with the score at 16. Adam Lyth was caught by Durston off the bowling of Smith. Lyth scored 10 runs from 6 balls with 2 fours to his credit.
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http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gary-Ballance-c1465 came in at number 4 and alongside Gale put the innings the right direction. The pair knew that the required rate was not that challenging as both men took a more cautious approach.
The duo stayed together for almost 17 overs and scored 81 runs for the 3rd wicket partnership. Gale, who was there from the start, played aggressively towards the end. Soon after a clip down the leg side that got him 4 runs, Gale was cleaned up by an in-swinger by South African pacer Charl Langeveldt. Gale scores 55 runs from 56 balls with 4 fours.
Ballance guided his team to victory alongside Clint McKay despite the fact that Bairstow was run out for just 2. Yorkshire got home in the final over with 4 balls to spare and Gale was named as the man-of-the-match for his 55 runs.
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