http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yorkshire-c867 vs Leicestershire – Friends Life T20 North Group – Yorkshire claim easy win against defending champions
Yorkshire put in an all-round display to breeze past defending champions http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Leicestershire-c807 in their Friends Life T20 match, North Group, played at Headingley, Leeds, on June 17, 2012.
Skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mitchell-Aaron-Starc-c76392, who claimed three scalps to restrict the visitors to 148.
Opting to bat first, Gale and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Surrey-c851.
The two complimented each other well with Jacques playing support to his skipper. It was http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Robert-Joseph-Taylor-c86004, who finally broke the stand by dismissing the Aussie for 48. Hoggard, the visiting team’s captain, then ended his counterpart’s stay, aided by Joshua Cobb’s neatly taken catch.
The back to back wickets threatened to dampen the scoring rate but Jonny Bairstow and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-Lawson-Miller-c53037 than added a quick-fire 39 for the third-wicket and helped their side to post 170. Released by the national team, the youngster scored 17 off 13, while his South African partner also made his presence felt with an unbeaten 30 off 20.
The reply from Leicestershire began promisingly as Cobb and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jacques-Du-Toit-c65245’s stay in his next over.
Cobb and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RR-Sarwan-c2371 found some momentum by adding 37 for the third-wicket, which kept the defending champions in with a shout. However, the departure of the opener, courtesy of Bairstow’s direct hit, proved pivotal as the visitors lost considerable ground in the next half of their run-chase.
The remaining seven batters failed to progress beyond single figure, leaving Sarwan on his own. The Windies’ national scored a quick fire 45 off 32 but when he fell off http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RJ-Sidebottom-c2333, the chase completely fell apart. Starc then returned to claim three wickets in the final over as Yorshire completed a 22-run victory.
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