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Tykes fail to take top spot
Lancashire v Yorkshire (Friends Provident Trophy)
YORKSHIRE Carnegie failed to
go top of the Friends Provident
Trophy North Division after a
thrilling rain affected defeat
against Lancashire at Old
Trafford yesterday.
But the White Rose county
will still fancy their chances of
qualifying for the quarter
finals with four games
remaining, and two of them
against Scotland.
Yorkshire just failed to
defend a Duckworth Lewis
adjusted target of 214 after a
90 minute rain delay, losing by
three wickets in the
penultimate over.
Lancashire's South African
Kolpak batsman Francois Du
Plessis hit an unbeaten 77 to
claim victory after his side
were in tatters at 76-5.
Earlier Jacques Rudolph hit
a patient 65, while veteran
batsman Craig White hit 42 not
out to help the Tykes recover
from 58-4 to post 204-7 in 45
overs.
Superb bowling from captain
Darren Gough (3-45) and Tim
Bresnan reduced the
Lightning's top order to tatters.
The hosts, who had won the
toss and elected to field on a
slow pitch, made the perfect
start thanks to three wickets
for Kyle Hogg, reducing the
Tykes to 44-3 in the 12th over
of the game.
Hogg removed Gerard
Brophy (18), Anthony McGrath
and left-hander Andrew Gale
for 20. Sajid Mahmood whipped
out Adam Lyth soon after for
58-4.
But Rudolph and White
embarked on a solid and
crucial fifth wicket alliance of
81 to wrestle back the
momentum. Rudolph, the 26
year-old Kolpak, hit three
boundaries and one six before
he was bowling round his legs
trying to sweep leg-spinner
Simon Marshall.
An unexpected hail and rain
storm halted proceedings, with
the score on 145-5, before
White and Bresnan upped the
ante. Bresnan added a brief 21,
while Rich Pyrah's ten
followed.
But White, playing just his
second game of any kind this
season, saw things through to
record an unbeaten 42.
Lancashire began their
innings in solid fashion to
reach 33-0 in the tenth over.
But Bresnan snapped up Mal
Loye and Stuart Law in the
space of two legitimate balls.
Gough, baited by the raucous
Old Trafford crowd, further
brightened things by trapping
Pakistan star Mohammad
Yousuf lbw and smartly
snaffling Steven Croft off his
own bowling at the second
attempt.
David Wainwright picked up
Gareth Cross (41), before Du
Plessis and Luke Sutton put on
62 for the sixth wicket.
Pyrah removed Sutton, but
Du Plessis and Hogg notched 57
for the eight wicket to leave
Glen Chapple (13) to hit the
winnings runs. Lancashire
actually hit 17 off the last over,
with Chapple finishing
unbeaten on 13.
SCORECARD
Lancashire v Yorkshire
At Old Trafford
Yorkshire
G L Brophy c Sutton b Hogg 18
A W Gale c Sutton b Hogg 20
A McGrath lbw b Hogg 2
J A Rudolph b Marshall 65
A Lyth c Sutton b Mahmood 2
C White not out 42
T T Bresnan c du Plessis b Marshall 21
R M Pyrah c Cross b Croft 10
D J Wainwright not out 7
Extras (b2 lb5 w6 nb4 pens 0) 17
Total 7 wkts Innings Complete (45 overs) 204
Fall: 1-20 2-39 3-44 4-58 5-139 6-165 7-176
Did Not Bat: D Gough, G J Kruis.
Bowling: Chapple 7-1-30-0. Hogg 10-3-27-3.
Mahmood 9-1-47-1. Croft 8-0-42-1. Marshall 7- 0-37-2.
du Plessis 4-0-14-0.
Lancashire
M B Loye c Lyth b Bresnan 15
G D Cross b Wainwright 41
S G Law c Brophy b Bresnan 0
Mohammad Yousuf lbw b Gough 2
S J Croft c & b Gough 5
F du Plessis not out 77
L D Sutton lbw b Pyrah 17
K W Hogg c Brophy b Gough 31
G Chapple not out 13
Extras (b1 lb6 w8 pens 0) 15
Total 7 wkts (44 overs) 216
Fall: 1-33 2-34 3-40 4-46 5-76 6-138 7-195
Did Not Bat: S I Mahmood, S J Marshall.
Bowling: Kruis 9-2-22-0. Bresnan 9-1-45-2.
Gough 8-0-45-3. Pyrah 8-1-42-1. Wainwright 6- 0-33-1.
McGrath 4-0-22-0.
Lancashire beat Yorkshire by 3 wkts (D/L Method)
9:35am Monday 12th May 2008
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