Yorkshire Miss Out After Final Game Heartache
Yorkshire’s hopes of progression in the Vitality Blast have come to an end after defeat in the final game of the group stage at Headingley.
Yorkshire went into the game against fellow Vertu Motors-backed outfit Nottinghamshire knowing that victory was required to stand any chance of reaching the quarter-final stage – and even then, results elsewhere would need to go in their favour.
The home side elected to bowl first and made a solid start when Joe Clarke was bowled by Ben Cliff in the second over. Notts progressed to 53-1 by the end of the powerplay – helped by 21 off Jordan Thompson’s first over of the innings – with Freddie McCann and Sammy King putting on 87 for the second wicket before King was caught of the bowling of Thompson for 44.
Sitting on 96-2 at the half-way stage of the innings, Nottinghamshire continued to rack up the runs, with McCann progressing to 48 before he was dismissed - and Jack Haynes smashed a quick-fire half-century from 21 balls before he went with the score on 177-4.
Although wickets tumbled in the final five overs – including three for Cliff in the 20th – Notts were able to reach 209-9 by the close of the innings to leave Yorkshire with a tricky run chase to take the required victory.
The chase didn’t start in the best of fashions, with Yorkshire three down by the end of the powerplay as Adam Lyth, Will Luxton and Shan Masood all failed with the bat.
Despite then losing George Hill, Yorkshire remained in contention at the half-way stage with 122 required from 60 balls but the Notts bowlers turned the screw in the second half of the innings despite the best efforts of James Wharton and Thompson – both of whom reached half centuries.
Yorkshire would ultimately reach 181-6 by the end of their innings to leave Nottinghamshire victorious by 28 runs although neither team would progress to the next stage.
Away from the T20 competition, Joe Root and Harry Brook both struck centuries for England in the second Test victory against the West Indies – sharing a stand of 189 in the second innings that helped to set up a series win.
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