Middlesex prevail over Yorkshire by six wickets – Cricket news
In the Group C match of the ongoing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yorkshire-c867 Bank 40, Middlesex beat Yorkshire by six wickets at Radlett Cricket Club, Radlett.
After winning the toss, Yorkshire chose to bat first in a bid to have a first crack at the bowlers, however, their openers could post only 12 runs before the partnership came to its end on the wicket of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Gale-c1039, who faltered after scoring 11 runs.
Then with 18 runs on the scoreboard, the side saw http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rich-Pyrah-c2311 go down after he had scored six runs off nine deliveries.
With both openers back in the pavilion, the middle-order needed to rebuild the innings in order to prevent the bowlers from running over them.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gary-Ballance-c1465 crafted a potent resistance as they stopped the bowling rampage and took the score to 103, before the latter found his way back to the pavilion with a 40-run knock to his name. Jaques then teamed up with Adam Lyth as the two
batsmen continued their batting offense.
This partnership took the score to 153, after which http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Burnell-Harris-c65517 nabbed the wicket of Lyth, who fell after scoring 14 runs off 22 deliveries.
A run later, Harris picked up Jaques who was caught after smacking a spectacular knock of 81 runs.
Later, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AU-Rashid-c1106 hit an unbeaten knock of 46 runs to help his side post 236 runs on the board in 40 overs for the loss of eight wickets.
From, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Toby-Roland-Jones-c2696 was the best bowler with four wickets to his name.
They then had the worst possible start to their run chase by losing their first wicket with nothing on the board. With http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JL-Denly-c1703 built a potent partnership by taking their side towards 65 runs, before Denly had
his stumps shattered on 38.
A run later http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Eoin-Joseph-Gerard-Morgan-c56032 lost his wicket before he could open his account, leaving his side under tremendous pressure.
However, just when things looked heading south for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kent-c802, Malan and Adam Rossington pulled off a fantastic partnership as they took the side towards 201 runs before Malan went down after scoring a brilliant 96.
Meanwhile, Rossington stayed unbeaten on 79 as he led his side to victory in 35.4 overs for the loss of four wickets.
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