Leicestershire vs Yorkshire – Friends Life T20 North Group – Sublime Starc helps http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yorkshire-c867 to go top
A brilliant last over from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mitchell-Aaron-Starc-c76392 helped Yorkshire beat Leicestershire by 4 runs and consequently allowed his side to secure top spot in the North Group of the Friends Life T20 competition, played at Grace Road, Leicester, on June 27, 2012.
In their pursuit of 152, the home side was in pole position to win only their second game of the season after they needed 9 off the last over with four wickets remaining. However, the defending champions came unstuck against the Australian left-arm quick and could only manage 4.
Earlier, the hosts had done well to restrict Yorkshire to 151. The early damage was done by 21-year-old Nathan Buck, who was playing his first game of the competition. The young pacer took out http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Lyth-c922.
However, the defending champions struggled in the middle overs as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azeem-Rafiq-c46884.
The total was still reasonable enough to chase and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Joshua-Cobb-c1739 starting with a fluent 38-run stand.
However, both men fell courtesy run-outs and that proved expensive in the eventual outcome. The hosts were reduced to 79 for 4 in 11.4 overs but http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RR-Sarwan-c2371 and Wayne White managed to restore dominancy with the games’ solitary stand of fifty.
The game then swung Yorkshire’s way following the dismissal of Sarwan, who became the third run-out causality. With 17 needed off 12 balls, and White on the crease, the match was still the home side’s to lose and they managed to relinquish their ascendency as Moin http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashraf-c46397 and Starc bowled with discipline at the death and clinched a thrilling victory for their side.
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