http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yorkshire-c867 face 1st defeat of this season’s Clydesdale Bank 40 against Gloucestershire
Yorkshire Carnegie faced the first defeat of this season’s Clydesdale Bank 40 Championship as Gloucestershire Gladiators overpowered the so far unbeaten Yorkshire side with a big margin of 65 runs at College Ground, Cheltenham on Thursday. The victory handed Gladiators top place on the points table of Group B, besides Yorkshire – 10 points each.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chris-Taylor-c1253’s unbeaten 83 from 63 deliveries, well aided by the captain Alex Gidman’s 64 off 57 balls, led the Gladiators to an imposing 294 for 6. In reply, disciplined bowling and athletic performances bundled Yorkshire out for 229 in 35.3 overs. Adam Lyth and Tim Bresnan’s half centuries were not enough to avoid Yorkshire’s first defeat of the season’s Clydesdale Bank 40 Championship.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alex-Gidman-c984 and William Porterfield, started the 40-overs innings in an aggressive manner, clinching 23 runs from 2.4 overs. The bludgeoning Ireland captain Porterfield departed in the third over when he mistimed a Tim Bresnan delivery towards Anthony McGrath. Hitting three muscular boundaries, he scored 17 runs off just 8 balls.
Porterfield’s dismissal brought James Franklin to the crease, and in partnership with the captain Alex Gidman, the pair played a succession of beautiful shots to take Gloucestershire towards an imposing score. The fluent pair added 105 runs to the scorecard for the second wicket partnership, taking the side to 128 for 1 from 23 for 1. Patterson earned Yorkshire a breakthrough when he caught Franklin off his own ball. Franklin’s 57 minutes stay at the crease added 42 runs to the team’s total. His 56 ball cameo contained 4 boundaries and a six as well. In the next over, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rich-Pyrah-c2311). Gidman’s quick 64 off 57 balls included seven boundaries and two lofty sixes.
After losing two quick wickets of Franklin and Gidman in two successive overs, a fresh pair of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chris-Dent-c1241 lost his wicket slashing Patterson to Wainwright. His six minutes short stay at the crease earned him 8 runs, all from 2 boundaries smashed to Patterson in the same over.
Wicketkeeper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Steven-Patterson-c2585 shared two wickets each. Tino Best was generous to the opposition batting-line up with wides, conceding six wides in just 3 overs.
Yorkshire’s run chase got off to a shaky start; with both the openers (Andrew Gale and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jon-Lewis-c1726 shared 2 wickets each.
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