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Matt Milnes, you beauty.

He hits two sixes off the last two balls, one heaved over mid-wicket and the other ramped over short fine-leg.

Jordan Thompson on strike.

Make that 11 off 5.

It’s 11 off 4 balls now.

Yorkshire need 11 off 3. Thompson is caught at deep mid-wicket off Josh Hull. 175-8. Jafer Chohan on strike.

10 off 2 needed, Milnes on strike.

Milnes smashes a six over mid-wicket. 4 off 1 needed.

Will Sutherland has just hoisted Logan van Beek for six over mid-wicket but top-edged behind next ball. 173-7, and Yorkshire need 13 off seven balls.

Matt Milnes joins Jordan Thompson.

Jordan Thompson and Will Sutherland are together at 162-6 in the 19th.

Matthew Revis has been caught at short third off Josh Hull for 52.

Yorkshire 151-6 early in the 18th.

Will Sutherland and Jordan Thompson together. We need 35 more.

Abdullah Shafique is gone immediately, however.

Yorkshire 135-5 after 16.1.

Will Sutherland in now alongside Revis.

Hang on, make that 144-5. Revis has just brought up his fifty with a six, off 30 balls.

Abdullah Shafique pulls Tom Scriven and top-edges it into his helmet, on 64. It balloons to square-leg, the catch is taken and Leicestershire celebrate.

But it’s a dead ball as soon as it hits the helmet. Not out.

Back-to-back fifties for Abdullah Shafique after one in the Roses match last night.

Shafique and Matthew Revis are keeping Yorkshire firmly in the hunt. They have taken the score to 115-4 in the 14th over. Shafique has just reached a superb fifty off 28 balls. 71 more needed.

Matthew Revis has just hoisted Tom Scriven out of the ground over deep square-leg, into the adjoining street.

He has 41 of 106-4 after 13.1 overs. Yorkshire need 80 more. Abdullah Shafique has 42 to his name.

What a partnership this is.

Abdullah Shafique and Matthew Revis have united to give Yorkshire at least a sniff here.

They’ve shared 64 and counting and have 32 apiece. At 87-4 in the 12th over, Yorkshire need 99 more to win.

The visitors need 118 more to win this one.

Matthew Revis has 26 and Abdullah Shafique 19.

Harry Duke caught Rehan Ahmed bowled Logan van Beek, 0.

Miscued pull to mid-wicket.

Matthew Revis joins Abdullah Shafique as the White Rose chase 186.

Dawid Malan caught Shan Masood bowled Ian Holland, 6.

Miscued to mid-off running back.

Yorkshire’s pursuit of 186 is stalling.

Harry Duke in now alongside Abdullah Shafique.

James Wharton caught Rehan Ahmed bowled Logan van Beek, 14.

Miscued pull to mid-wicket.

Yorkshire in a spot of early bother in pursuit fo 186.

Abdullah Shafique joins Dawid Malan at the crease.

Yorkshire are 18-1 after three overs chasing 186.

Dawid Malan has 4 and James Wharton 14, including a pulled six.

Will Luxton caught Rehan Ahmed bowled Ian Holland, 0.

Chipped to cover and Yorkshire lose an early one chasing 186.

James Wharton in now.

Josh Hull bowled Will Sutherland, 5.

Sutherland finishes with 3-20 and Leicestershire lost their last six wickets for 24 runs.

Excellent end for Yorkshire.

Matt Milnes has just taken three wickets in the 17th over and Jordan Thompson has his second, moving to 99 wickets for Yorkshire.

It’s 173-9 early in the 18th.

Matt Milnes has removed Logan van Beek caught and bowled and Ian Holland caught at cover in the first half of the 17th over.

Louis Kimber has just taken the lion’s share of 22 off Jafer Chohan in the 15th over.

But Will Sutherland has trapped Ben Cox lbw for 43.

Leicestershire 161-5 early in the 16th over.

Rehan Ahmed caught Will Luxton bowled Jordan Thompson, 43.

A dangerous 81 stand is broken as Ahmed slices a high ball out towards deep cover and Luxton takes a low catch. Excellent effort.

Ben Cox has 38.

Rehan Ahmed and Ben Cox have united with effect to put their side in a good position.

Ahmed has 29 and Cox 38.

The Foxes are trying to progress with Rehan Ahmed and Ben Cox, who are both in the teens now.

They can’t afford to die wondering here. They must win and hope to qualify.

Shan Masood bowled Will Sutherland, 21.

Yorkshire’s current overseas player bowls their former overseas player.

Masood, looking to scoop, got himself into a tangle and ended up on his backside.

Yorkshire going nicely here.

Rishi Patel caught James Wharton bowled Dan Moriarty, 19.

Superb catch by Wharton just inside the boundary rope in front of the sight-screen running around from long-on.

Quick start by Leicestershire’s openers against Matt Milnes and Dan Moriarty in the opening stages.

Matt Milnes will opening the bowling for Yorkshire. Rishi Patel and Sol Budinger are opening for Leicestershire.

The Foxes must win and hope Bears lose at Derbyshire in order to qualify for the quarter-finals.

There is a scenario which would also see them through with a win and Northamptonshire beat Durham, But that would require a huge and unlikely turnaround on net run-rate.

Yorkshire: Harry Duke w, Dawid Malan c, Will Luxton, James Wharton, Abdullah Shafique, Will Sutherland, Matthew Revis, Jordan Thompson, Jafer Chohan, Matt Milnes, Dan Moriarty.

Yorkshire’s men are warming up ahead of a 6.30pm start here at Grace Road.

They are aiming for a fifth win from 14 games and to salvage some pride following a disappointing campaign.

Leicestershire must win to have any chance of qualification for the quarter-finals.

Claudie Cooper has just picked up a second wicket and Leicestershire finish on 130-8, Yorkshire winning by 12 runs.

The White Rose weren’t at their best today, but they got the job done.

Rachel Slater, Claudie Cooper and Olivia Thomas took two wickets apiece.

Yorkshire have won seven from seven.

Flora Davies stumped Maddie Ward bowled Rachel Slater, 14,

The batter missed it, set off to run not knowing where the ball was and Ward whipped the bails off.

Leicestershire need 22 from two overs.

Ellen Watson bowled Olivia Thomas, 28.

Bowled sweeping having moved across to off-stump.

You feel it Yorkshire’s game to lose now. The Foxes need 27 from 14 balls.

They need 31 more to win.

Really good test for Yorkshire.

The Foxes need 36 more to win, with Ellen Watson on 22 and Flora Davies 7.

Francesca Sweet caught Ami Campbell bowled Olivia Thomas, 48.

Slog sweeping and caught at deep mid-wicket.

Foxes chasing 143. Huge wicket for Yorkshire.

The Foxes need 58 to win from eight overs.

Francesca Sweet has 47 of them.

Lucy Weston run out, 15.

Outstanding from Claudie Cooper at short third. Dives to her left to stop a boundary and then throws to keeper Maddie Ward, who whips off the bails with Weston short of her ground after setting off for the single and being sent back. Jess Woolston bowling.

Foxes are chasing 143.

Chasing 143, the Foxes have got themselves into a position to challenge following the two early wickets.

Yorkshire under a bit of pressure here.

Scarlett Hughes bowled Claudie Cooper, 1.

Cooper strengthens Yorkshire’s grip on this fixture.

Francesca Sweet has 21 and Lucy Weston 8.

They have steadied from losing the two early wickets.

Becki Brooker bowled Rachel Slater, 0.

Angled across the right-hander. Leicestershire chasing 143.

Brooker has now has five successive ducks to her name.

Rachel Slater has the new ball for the White Rose. Becki Brooker and Francesca Sweet opening the batting for the Foxes.

Georgie Boyce 47, Rebecca Duckworth 38 and Maddie Ward 25. Emma Thatcher with three wickets for Foxes. All impressed.

Maddie Ward has 23 and Olivia Thomas 5.

Rai Fackrell has fallen.

Yorkshire are going to be short on where they could have been. But it’s still a commanding total.

Ami Campbell has fallen to a good catch at deep mid-wicket by Scarlett Hughes off April Herathge’s leg-spin.

Yorkshire 127-4 in the 18th over.

Rebecca Duckworth bowled Emma Thatcher, 38.

Bowled by a full in-ducker from the left-arm seamer.

Ami Campbell now in alongside Maddie Ward, who has 13.

Rebecca Duckworth has moved to 35, with Maddie Ward on 7.

Georgie Boyce caught Ellie Phillips bowled Holly Whitfield, 47.

Oh no, Boyce has fallen just short of her fifty.

Well caught running back from cover.

Maddie Ward in now alongside Rebecca Duckworth, who has 24.

Good platform for the White Rose, with Georgie Boyce 43 and Rebecca Duckworth 17.

Georgie Boyce has 38 and Rebecca Duckworth 11.

Yorkshire will be looking at somewhere in the region of 170 or 180 from here.

Good pitch, fast outfield.

Georgie Boyce has 33 of them with seven boundaries.

Erin Thomas lbw Emma Thatcher, 7.

Trapped in front stuck on the crease looking to work to leg. May have been sliding down leg.

Rebecca Duckworth in alongside Georgie Boyce, who has 14.

Georgie Boyce has raced out of the blocks and has 13 off six balls with three boundaries.

Yorkshire are 22-0 after two overs.

Lovely whipped boundary over mid-wicket’s head from Georgie Boyce for four gets Yorkshire moving.

George Boyce and Erin Thomas are opening for Yorkshire. They will face Emma Thatcher’s seam.

Yorkshire: Georgie Boyce, Erin Thomas, Rebecca Duckworth, Maddie Ward c&w, Ami Campbell, Olivia Thomas, Ria Fackrell, Rachel Slater, Claudie Cooper, Jeanie Lee, Jess Woolston. 

Jeanie Lee, a seamer from Emley Clarence CC, could debut today.

Lee is on Yorkshire’s Emerging Players’ Programme.

From the Uptonsteel County Ground, Grace Road, where it’s a lovely sunny afternoon ahead of our two matches against Leicestershire Foxes.

First up, it’s Yorkshire’s women at 2.30pm. They’re going for a seventh straight win in the Blast.

This is their penultimate group game, and they continue preparations for next Saturday’s Finals Day at Northampton.

Yorkshire’s men then round off their North Group campaign against a Foxes side who must win to have any chance of quarter-final qualification. That comes up at 6.30pm. The White Rose are bidding for a fifth win from 14 games and want to bounce back from last night’s defeat to Lancashire at Headingley.

You can read both of our previews via the embedded X posts above.

There is a live stream available for today’s action, at the top of the page.