Yorkshire v Durham - Friends Life T20 - North Group - Durham win by 2 runs - Live Score Update
Durham 142/6 (20/20 ov) v Yorkshire 140/8 (20.0/20 ov) - Durham won by 2 runs
On Friday, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Durham-c782 pulled off a sensational win of just two runs against Yorkshire in a nail biting match at Headingley, Leeds where they defended a total of 142 runs to prevail.
After winning the toss, Yorkshire chose to field first as the wanted to restrict the batting side on a meagre tally to give their batsmen an easy total to chase down.
However, they got hammered for a decent tally of 142 runs by batting onslaught spearheaded by BA Stokes who jabbed 36 runs and was the highest scorer from his team. Had Yorkshire got his wicket earlier they might have had a smaller total to run after.
Things went south in the beginning of their run chase as they lost their first wicket with only four runs on the board as skipper AW Gale was knocked out by Rushworth without scoring a run.
Star middle-order batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DA-Miller-c1300, was then the next man to hit the showers as he was removed after scoring four runs, leaving his team standing on a total of 11 runs.
These two early wickets were enough to put pressure on the batting side and halted them from dominating the sequence of events which was needed in order to end the game with a win.
It was vital for Yorkshire to keep the asking run rate under check as the target was not big enough to let it slip out of hands without giving a genuine fight.
In a matter of few overs, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yorkshire-c867’s top-order was annihilated as with 42 runs on the board the side was five wickets down and in dire need of help. And with the top four batsmen heading back to the pavilion without scoring in double figures, things were
certainly not looking bright for Yorkshire.
RM Pyrah and GL Brophy then forged a stupendous resistance and helped take the total to 99 runs before Pyrah lost his wicket after jamming an innings of 34.
Meanwhile, Brophy hammered 32 and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azeem-Rafiq-c46884 smashed an unbeaten knock of 21 runs to fall just two runs short of the required tally.
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