Warwickshire v Yorkshire
(County Championship)
Day Two

Yorkshire got into even deeper trouble at Edgbaston yesterday when their Championship match against Warwickshire briefly turned into a Twenty-20-type contest - with Jason Gillespie getting cracked for two massive sixes in the space of three balls.

Trailing by 100 runs on the first innings, Yorkshire expected their opponents to build on their lead, but instead of Nick Knight opening with Ian Westwood, Warwickshire sent in the explosive Neil Carter.

He thrives on powerful hooks and pulls and the intention was for him to exploit the short boundary at the pavilion end.

The plan worked a treat because in Gillespie's second over he hooked him to the back of the second tier of the Ryder stand and two balls later he pulled him for another big six into the Eric Hollies' stand.

Carter also mauled Tim Bresnan, smacking him over extra cover for six and hooking his next ball for four, to give him 36 of the first 37 runs scored. Carter was out without addition, spearing Bresnan towards the backward point boundary.

The thumping left Yorkshire badly winded and even though Gillespie hit back by having Westwood caught low at second slip to make it 61 for two, Warwickshire continued to score at a healthy rate and take a firm grip.

Knight and Jonathan Trott dominated the final 20 overs in an unbroken stand of 85, Trott galloping to his 50 off 66 balls with eight fours. Warwickshire were 146 for two at the close and 246 in front Craig White's decision to stick Warwickshire in on the first day seemed strange at the time and it became even more difficult to explain yesterday morning as Yorkshire creaked to 216 all out.

Scorecard

Warwickshire v Yorkshire at Edgbaston

Overnight: Warwickshire 316 (J O Troughton 73,
A G R Loudon 73). Yorkshire 15-0.

Yorkshire First Innings
M J Wood c Knight b Streak ...................... 15
J J Sayers c Knight b Streak .................... 11
A McGrath lbw b Carter ............................ 48
M J Lumb c Knight b Groenewald ............ 11
D S Lehmann c Trott b Groenewald .......... 6
C White run out .......................................... 23
G L Brophy b Loudon ................................ 40
T T Bresnan c Ambrose b Anyon .............. 17
R K Dawson b Carter ................................ 10
J N Gillespie not out .................................. 6
J A Blain lbw b Streak .............................. 12
Extras (b4 lb6 w3 nb4 pens 0) ........ 17
Total (73 overs) ................................216
Fall: 1-18 2-53 3-88 4-96 5-104 6-149 7-171 8-
195 9-197
Bowling: Streak 16-1-47-3. Anyon 17-3-60-1.
Carter 20-6-48-2. Groenewald 14-4-36-2.
Loudon 6-3-15-1.

Warwickshire Second Innings Close
N M Carter c Dawson b Bresnan .............. 36
I J Westwood c McGrath b Gillespie ........ 7
N V Knight not out .................................... 44
I J Trott not out .......................................... 55
Extras (b1 lb3 pens 0) .................... 4
Total 2 wkts (33 overs) ....................146
Fall: 1-41 2-61
Bowling: Gillespie 8-1-32-1. Bresnan 7-1-47-1.
Blain 4-0-22-0. McGrath 8-1-21-0. Dawson 5-1-
15-0. Lehmann 1-0-5-0.