Northamptonshire v Yorkshire - Clydesdale Bank 40 - Group C – Yorkshire amass 262 – Live Score and Update
Yorkshire 262/8 (40/40 ov) – Northamptonshire won the toss
August 09: In the ongoing Clydesdale Bank 40 tournament, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Northamptonshire-c824 in their group C match against Yorkshire won the toss and chose to field, at County Ground, Northampton.
The hosts, however, failed to put pressure on the batting side as they got hammered for a 42-run opening stand, with Yorkshire’s AW Gale and PA Jaques going after the bowlers from the get-go.
Finally in the eighth over, L Evans made inroads by nabbing Gale’s wicket, who faltered after belting a knock of 16 runs off 21 deliveries.
A Lyth came in at number-three, and steered the side towards a total of 99 alongside Jaques.
Lyth then became the second wicket of the day, falling after hammering a knock of 29 off 34 deliveries.
The partnership between Jaques and DA Miller then created enormous problems for the hosts, as they ripped apart the bowling attack, reducing it to rubble.
The two batsmen took the score to 186 runs before Evans grabbed the wicket of Jaques, who found his way off the field after hammering an innings of 87 off 83 deliveries.
The hosts saw this as an opportunity to climb back in the match and grabbed their fourth wicket on a tally of 191, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DA-Miller-c1300 getting his stumps uprooted by LM Daggett on a knock of 44.
GS Ballance and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AU-Rashid-c1106 forged a commendable batting stand, as the two batsmen took the score to 229, before Rashid had his stumps obliterated by Daggett after jabbing a fiery knock of 25 runs off 16 deliveries.
Daggett then secured his third wicket of the day on dismissing Ballance, who departed after scoring 15 runs. At the time of this wicket, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yorkshire-c867 had amassed a total of 240 runs.
After getting off to a flying start, Yorkshire were now shackled by the home side, as their lower-order was feeling the heat against Daggett, who was causing enormous difficulties for the batsmen.
The bowler completed his four-wicket haul by nabbing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azeem-Rafiq-c46884, who fell at a time when his team was standing on a tally of 245.
With I Wardlaw and SA Patterson both unbeaten on knocks of three runs, the side ended their innings with 262 on the board, giving the opposition a decent tally to chase.
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