Live: Leicestershire Foxes v Yorkshire Men, Vitality Blast

Yorkshire are bidding for a fifth win in six games as the Blast group stage reaches its halfway point. Grace Road is the venue, Leicestershire Foxes are the opponents. Follow our blog for live updates throughout the afternoon.

Last over....

One off the first ball, 16 needed.

Wide, 15 off five needed. Jafer Chohan on strike.

Dot from Ben Green. 15 off four needed.

One to Chohan, 14 off three required.

One to Bess, 13 off two.

Chohan caught and bowled by Green.

Yorkshire lose by 12 runs, 135 all out in 19.5 overs.

That’s our second defeat in six games.

Yorkshire need 17 off the last over

Dom Bess on strike. We’re 131-9 chasing 148. Ben Green to bowl it.

Yorkshire 124-9, 18th over

AJ Tye caught at deep backward square-leg off Liam Trevaskis, who has also bowled Hassan Ali.

Remarkable turnaround. Yorkshire need 24 to win with Dom Bess and Jafer Chohan at the crease.

Yorkshire 121-7, 17th over

Faheem Ashraf caught at short third having sliced Rehan Ahmed’s leg-spin.

AJ Tye and Dom Bess in now as we chase 148.

Yorkshire 107-6, 15th over

Matthew Revis has fallen caught behind cutting at Rehan Ahmed’s spin.

Faheem Ashraf and Dom Bess at the crease as we chase 148.

Yorkshire 105-6, 14th over

Will Luxton has fallen lbw to Rehan Ahmed for 38.

Matthew Revis joins Moeen Ali, 10, at the crease as we chase 148.

And Moeen is run out for 11 coming for a third to deep mid-wicket, with Ahmed throwing to the keeper’s end. Both he and Revis hesitated and stuttered.

Yorkshire 91-3, 12th over

Moeen Ali has 7 and Will Luxton 33.

Yorkshire need 57 more to win.

Yorkshire 72-3, 10th over

James Wharton has been bowled by Alex Green. aiming to scoop.

Moeen Ali in now alongside Will Luxton, who has 26. We’re chasing 148.

Yorkshire 59-2 after seven overs

Will Luxton has 15 and James Wharton is yet to score as we chase 148.

Ian Holland has struck again

Adam Lyth has pulled the seamer out to deep backward square-leg. Two in the over, it’s 45-2 in the fifth.

Bairstow on the charge

Jonny Bairstow has 39 out of 44-0 after four overs.

He has just hit four fours off Liam Trevaskis’s left-arm spin.

Oh no, just I type, he has been caught at short fine-leg off Ian Holland’s seam. It’s 44-1 in the fifth.

Will Luxton in now.

Yorkshire 22-0, second over

Ideal start for Yorkshire in pursuit of this 148.

Jonny Bairstow has 20 of them.

The chase is underway

Jonny Bairstow has taken three boundaries off Ashton Turner’s spin in the first over, it’s 14-0.

Yorkshire chasing 148. Adam Lyth also opening.

Leicestershire 147-8, 20 overs

Hassan Ali led the way with a superb 4-18 from four his four overs, his best haul in his impressive short stay with Yorkshire.

 

Hassan with his third and fourth

Liam Trevaskis and Ian Holland have just holed out against Hassan, who has been excellent.

Leicestershire 138-8 after 18.5 overs.

Leicestershire 127-6 after 17 overs

Ben Cox has 17 and Liam Trevaskis 11.

Leicestershire are aiming to scramble to 160.

Leicestershire 96-6, 14th over

Jafer Chohan has trapped a sweeping Ben Green lbw.

Leicestershire have lost four for six inside three overs.

Yorkshire well on top now.

Leicestershire 95-5, 13th over

Faheem Ashraf has just bowled Jonny Tattersall for 29.

 

Leicestershire 91-4, 12th over

Jafer Chohan has bowled Ashton Turner for a second-ball duck, the Australian undone on the drive.

Leicestershire 90-3, 11th over

Nick Kelly caught deep mid-wicket by Dom Bess pulling at Hassan Ali, for 44.

Jonny Tattersall has started brightly with 26.

 

Leicestershire 41-2, 6th over

Rishi Patel lofts Moeen Ali over long-on for six, so the off-spinner drags his length back next ball and Patel tries to go again. He can only miscue to AJ Tye at mid-off. Brilliant piece of bowling.

Leicestershire 35-1, 5th over

New Zealand overseas batter Nick Kelly has moved to 26 to settle the hosts after the early blow of losing Rehan Ahmed.

The pitch looks a little bit on the slow side.

Leicestershire 15-1, 3 overs

Hassan and Moeen Ali, plus Faheem Ashraf, used so far. Now for a fourth. Dom Bess into the attack.

Nick Kelly on 2 was handed a life, Will Luxton failing to hold a low chance running in from deep backward square-leg.

Leicestershire 1-1, 0.5 overs

Rehan Ahmed has miscued a pull at Hassan Ali to AJ Tye at mid-on, falling for nought.

That was the England all-rounder’s second ball in his first game back following IPL duty.

Great start for Yorkshire.

All set...

Hassan Ali has the new ball, with Rishi Patel and Rehan Ahmed opening the batting for the Foxes.

Yorkshire win and bowl

Yorkshire: Adam Lyth, Jonny Bairstow c/w, Will Luxton, James Wharton, Moeen Ali, Matthew Revis, Faheem Ashraf, Dom Bess, AJ Tye, Hassan Ali, Jafer Chohan.

England have won the Test

England have won the first Test at Lord’s by 115 runs, with New Zealand 138 all out chasing 254.

Gus Atkinson claimed five wickets in the second innings after Ollie Robinson’s five in the first.

In a low-scoring game played on a bowler-friendly pitch, Harry Brook’s first-innings 56 and Emilio Gay’s second-innings 57 were worth their weight in gold.

There’s currently a women’s Tier 2 Blast game going on here at Grace Road before the men’s match. Northamptonshire are 61-4 after 12 overs chasing 109 against Leicestershire.

Good afternoon...

From a dry and bright Uptonsteel County Ground, Grace Road.

Yorkshire are in Vitality Blast action once again, aiming for win number five in six.

The North Group leaders reach the halfway mark in their campaign today, and this is the last game before the return of Championship cricket for a fortnight. We’re, of course, back here to Grace Road for a Division One clash the weekend after next.

Yorkshire were superb in beating Lancashire at Headingley on Friday night, by 106 runs. And if they win today, they will surely have one foot in the quarter-finals. Their 16-point haul so far is twice as many as any other team in the North Group.

Leicestershire have won two and lost three so far. Their two wins have come in the last two games against Lancashire and Sussex away from Grace Road. They chased 180 to win at Sussex by four wickets on Friday night.

They have Ashton Turner and Nick Kelly as their overseas players, while Jonny Tattersall featured in that game as well.

You can read our preview, linked below, with Jafer Chohan, who took four wickets against Lancashire the other day.

The stream is also embedded at the top of the page. Enjoy the day.

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