Live: Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Yorkshire Men, MBODC
Yorkshire are aiming to build on Tuesday's opening day win over Warwickshire at Scarborough. Today, they face Northamptonshire Steelbacks at Wantage Road in their second Group B match. Jack White faces his former county. Follow this page for live updates throughout the day.
YORKSHIRE WIN!!!
Rob Keogh bowled Ben Cliff, 23.
Yorkshire win by 202 runs. Northamptonshire bowled out inside 39 overs.
Imam-Ul-Haq 159, Matthew Revis 69 and a wicket and Dan Moriarty with four wickets all stood out amongst a number of contributions as Yorkshire win their second successive game at the start of Group B.
Fantastic.
Northamptonshire 161-9, 37 overs
Liam Guthrie caught George Hill bowled Dan Moriarty, 1.
Caught at long-on and Moriarty finishes with 4-38 from 10 overs.
Northamptonshire 157-8, 36.3 overs
Dom Leech caught Matthew Revis bowled Dan Moriarty, 2.
Slog-swept to deep mid-wicket to hand Moriarty a third wicket. He’s been excellent today (3-34 in his 10th over).
Northamptonshire 154-7, 35.2 overs
Luke Procter bowled Dom Bess, 22.
Similar to the Vasconcelos wicket which went to Moriarty.
Advancing down the pitch and bowled.
Dom Leech in now as Northamptonshire forlornly chase 375.
Northamptonshire 149-6, 34 overs
The Steelbacks are aiming for respectability here.
Luke Procter has 18 and Rob Keogh 13. The chance of reeling in a 375-target has long gone.
Northamptonshire 120-6, 27 overs
George Bartlett caught Ben Cliff bowled Dan Moriarty, 30.
Moriarty’s second wicket comes as Bartlett holes out at long-on.
Northamptonshire 116-5, 26 overs
Justin Broad caught Dom Bess bowled Matthew Revis, 24.
Chipped to wide mid-0n as Revis strikes with his sixth ball to continue an excellent day personally.
The Northamptonshire target is 375.
Northamptonshire 105-4, 24 overs
The Steelbacks need 270 more to win.
Justin Broad 19, George Bartlett 22.
Spinners Dan Moriarty and Dom Bess in operation for Yorkshire.
Northamptonshire 67-4, 17.4 overs
Tim Robinson bowled George Hill, 14.
It feels like game over now. Difficult to see how Northamptonshire can recover from losing four wickets for 21 runs in their pursuit of 375.
Northamptonshire 51-3, 14.3 overs
Ricardo Vasconcelos bowled Dan Moriarty, 23.
The left-hander advances at Moriarty’s third ball and is bowled.
Yorkshire, defending a 375-target, have this game by the throat now.
Northamptonshire 47-2 12.5 overs
Lewis McManus caught behind Harry Duke bowled Ben Cliff, 25.
Caught behind off the inside-edge with a beauty of a nip-backer.
Aadi Sharma is in now alongside Ricardo Vasconcelos, who has an unbeaten 20.
Hang on, Sharma is run out backing up. Two wickets in the over.
Vasconcelos drives Cliff back at him, the bowler deflects it onto the stumps. Sharma gone for 1.
Northamptonshire now floundering chasing 375.
Northamptonshire 41-0, 10 overs
Northamptonshire have made a solid but not spectacular start to their pursuit of 375.
George Hill has just come into the attack to replace Ben Cliff.
Ricardo Vasconcelos has 18 and Lewis McManus 22.
Northamptonshire 21-0, 6 overs
The home chase of 375 hasn’t really sprung into life yet.
Openers Ricardo Vasconcelos and Lewis McManus, 13 and 8 respectively, haven’t been able to break free from the Yorkshire new-ball duo of Matt Milnes and Ben Cliff.
The pressure will only build.
Northamptonshire 9-0, 2nd over
Ben Cliff is sharing the new ball with Matt Milnes.
Steelbacks chasing 375
The home chase is underway.
Northamptonshire are opening with Ricardo Vasconcelos and Lewis McManus.
Matt Milnes has the new ball for Yorkshire.
Yorkshire 374-5, 50 overs
Imam-Ul-Haq led the way with a superb career best 159.
Matthew Revis and James Wharton provided valuable support with 69 and 66 respectively.
Good pitch, but Northamptonshire have one heck of a task on their hands.
Yorkshire 367-5, 48.5 overs
Matthew Revis caught Dom Leech bowled Liam Guthrie, 69.
Drilled to long-off and a fearsome 33-ball innings is ended.
Yorkshire need 13 off the last to post their highest ever List A total against one of the other 17 first-class counties.
Revis 50
Matthew Revis has reached a 25-ball fifty.
Quite the run of form for Yorkshire’s all-rounder.
He has 55 out of 341-4 in the 47th over.
Yorkshire 324-4, 45 overs
Imam-Ul-Haq caught Tim Robinson bowled Liam Guthrie, 159.
Caught deep mid-wicket by the New Zealander, who palmed the ball back before going over the rope and caught it having regained his position in the field of play.
What an innings by Imam, who has posted the sixth highest individual score in Yorkshire’s List A history.
George Hill in now.
All Revved up
Matthew Revis is playing a crucial hand in boosting Yorkshire’s total here.
He has 36 off 18 balls to his name out of 318-3 in the 45th over. Imam-Ul-Haq has a career best 158 to his name.
Imam 150!
Imam-Ul-Haq has reached his 150 off 124 balls with 20x4s and 2x6s.
Yorkshire 289-3 in the 43rd over, with Matthew Revis on 12.
Could Lehmann's record go?
Darren Lehmann, Northamptonshire’s current coach, holds the record for Yorkshire’s highest individual List A score.
He hit 191 against Nottinghamshire at Scarborough in 2001, a 45-over Norwich Union League game.
Imam-Ul-Haq has 131 out of 256-3 from 40 overs and with plenty of time to overhaul him.
Yorkshire 249-3, 38.4 overs
James Wharton caught Tim Robinson bowled Yuzvendra Chahal, 66.
Miscued high to cover, ending an excellent knock and a 158 partnership with Imam-Ul-Haq, who now has 127.
Matthew Revis joins him at the crease.
Wharton 50
James Wharton has reached a 66-ball fifty with 2x4s and 1x6s. Expert support for centurion Imam-Ul-Haq.
Yorkshire 212-2 in the 36th over, and these two have put on 121 for the third wicket.
We’re just getting to the stage where this innings will hopefully go into overdrive.
HUNDRED!!!
Imam-Ul-Haq has reached his 13th List A hundred, this one off 95 balls with 13x4s. Superb innings. He has played particularly nicely on the drive and off his legs.
Yorkshire now 178-2 in the 32nd over, with James Wharton 26. These two have added an unbroken 87 for the third wicket.
Imam in the 80s
He has 81 of 148-2 in the 27th over and has just gone beyond 5,000 career List A runs.
Yorkshire 132-2, 24 overs
Imam-Ul-Haq has moved to 70, and James Wharton has 11.
Aside from a couple of balls early doors, nothing much seems to have mis-behaved on this pitch.
Yorkshire will definitely be looking at 300 plus from here.
Dom Leech is bowling for the Steelbacks.
Imam 50
Imam-Ul-Haq reaches his fifty off 58 balls with 6x4s.
That’s his second in as many One-Day Cup games.
Yorkshire 103-2 in the 19th over.
Yorkshire 91-2, 16 overs
Will Luxton run out (George Bartlett/Rob Keogh), 41.
Oh no. Imam-Ul-Haq cuts Keogh’s off-spin to cover and Luxton hares down the pitch and is sent back.
James Wharton in now alongside Imam, who has 43.
Life for Luxton
Will Luxton fiercely cuts Justin Broad, on 37, to backward point and a juggling Luke Procter can’t cling on.
Yorkshire now 81-1 in the 13th over, with Imam-Ul-Haq on 36.
Yorkshire 65-1, 10 overs
The White Rose have a very handy platform.
Will Luxton has 32 and Imam-Ul-Haq 27.
Luxton back-to-back boundaries
Will Luxton has just taken Luke Procter for back-to-back boundaries through the off-side. The first was driven through cover, the second cut squarer. He has 24 of 53-1 in the eighth over.
Yorkshire 32-1, 6 overs
Will Luxton has 15 and Imam-Ul-Haq 13.
Yorkshire 8-1, 2.1 overs
Adam Lyth caught Aadi Sharma bowled Liam Guthrie, 3.
Lyth pushes the Australian left-armer to cover. Signs of a two-paced nature to this pitch.
The ball before, from Luke Procter to Imam, bounced more than the left-hander expected as he played forwards.
Will Luxton in now.
Yorkshire 8-0, 2nd over
Imam-Ul-Haq has just flicked the first boundary off his pads to fine-leg, off Luke Procter’s bowling.
He has 5 and Adam Lyth 3.
Lyth and Imam opening
We’re all set to go here at Wantage Road.
Adam Lyth and Imam-Ul-Haq opening for Yorkshire.
Lyth starts with a two to deep backward square-leg against Liam Guthrie’s left-arm seam.
Guthrie, incidentally, has played for three Yorkshire league sides since 2022; New Farnley, Tickhill and, this season, Richmondshire.
Yorkshire win toss and bat
Yorkshire: Lyth, Imam, Luxton, Wharton, Duke c, Revis, Hill, Bess c, Milnes, Cliff, Moriarty.
Matt Milnes in for Jack White as the only change from the win over Warwickshire on Tuesday.
Familiar faces
Darren Lehmann is leading Northamptonshire, as coach, and he’s just signed a contract extension through to the end of 2027.
Fast bowler Dom Leech, who left Yorkshire at the end of last season, is likely to play today for the Steelbacks.
Good morning...
From Wantage Road, Northampton, where it’s a lovely sunny morning.
Yorkshire were landslide winners over Warwickshire in Tuesday’s Metro Bank One-Day Cup opener. Ben Cliff starred with five wickets to bowl the Bears out for 137 and Imam-Ul-Haq with 55 in a measured pursuit.
With seven games to go, the White Rose are aiming for a top-three finish in Group B for knockout qualification for the first time since 2021.
If last year is anything to go by, six wins will get you through and five will give you a very, very good chance.
Northamptonshire had their opening game washed out without a ball bowled against Lancashire at Sedbergh on Tuesday. They are captained by Lewis McManus, their wicketkeeper-batter. They have two overseas players at their disposal, the Indian leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal and the New Zealand batter Tim Robinson.
Yorkshire’s new-ball seamer Jack White faces the county he left at the end of last season for the first time. White was superb in that Warwickshire win on Tuesday, returning 1-21 from his 10 overs. John Sadler, Yorkshire’s batting coach, is in the same boat.
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Enjoy the day.
