Live: Yorkshire Men v Durham, Vitality Blast
Yorkshire's Vitality Blast bandwagon has arrived at York, where Durham are the visitors for Clifton Park's first ever first-team T20 fixture. We get going at 2.30pm in front of a sellout crowd of 4,500.
Yorkshire beaten by six wickets
Durham take home the four points, their fourth win in six matches.
Alex Lees has led the chase with 62. They chased the target in 18 overs.
Yorkshire have lost for the fifth time in seven matches and have significant work to do in the second half of their campaign.
Jordan Thompson had Alex Lees caught at mid-off for 62 late on. He shared 60 with Will Rhodes, 31 not out.
Lees 50
Alex Lees posts a 39-ball fifty, his first in this season’s Blast, and Durham are 94-3 after 14 overs chasing 129.
Durham 63-3, 10 overs
Colin Ackermann caught behind Jonny Bairstow bowled Dom Bess, 6.
Caught behind cutting. Will Rhodes joins his ex-Yorkshire team-mate Alex Lees at the crease. He has 33 not out. 129 target.
Durham 44-2, 6.4 overs
Ollie Robinson caught Will O’Rourke bowled Jafer Chohan, 21.
Caught at backward point low down on the reverse sweep. Durham chasing 129.
Durham 8-1, 2.1 overs
Graham Clark caught Dawid Malan bowled Jack White 3.
Cut to cover, and the skipper holds on. Durham chasing 129.
Matthew Potts celebrates a wicket en-route to a superb 5-17 at Clifton Park this afternoon.
Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWPix.com.
Our defence of 129 is underway
Jack White has the new ball, with Durham opening up with Alex Lees and Graham Clark.
Yorkshire 128 all out, 19 overs
Jack White bowled Ben Raine, 13.
Bowled to end the highest stand of the innings, 28 with Will O’Rourke, who finishes 21 not out.
The last two wickets added 52 runs to give the White Rose a glimmer of hope on a helpful pitch for the bowlers.
Where there's a Will, there's a way
Will O’Rourke has moved to 21 and Jack White 13 – both career best scores – helping Yorkshire to 128-9 in the 19th over.
Yorkshire 100-9, 16 overs
Jordan Thompson lbw Matthew Potts, 19.
Full toss and he’s trapped lbw playing to leg.
Will O’Rourke and Jack White are in now.
Yorkshire 76-8, 12.2 overs
Jafer Chohan lbw Nathan Sowter. 1.
Tentatively playing forwards to the leg-spinner.
Will O’Rourke and Jordan Thompson at the crease now.
Yorkshire 75-7, 11.3 overs
Dom Bess lbw Matthew Potts, 6.
Trapped in front playing to leg as Potts claims his fourth wicket. Never before had he taken four in a T20 fixture.
Jafer Chohan and Jordan Thompson at the crease now.
Yorkshire 65-6, 9.5 overs
James Wharton caught Graham Clark bowled Matthew Potts, 26.
Caught at deep backward square-leg on the pull at the second attempt.
Dom Bess and Jordan Thompson in now.
Yorkshire 55-5, 7.3 overs
Will Sutherland caught Jimmy Neesham bowled Matthew Potts, 0.
Caught first slip. Two in the over. This has been a disastrous start for Yorkshire. Jordan Thompson in now.
Yorkshire 55-4, 7.1 overs
Will Luxton lbw Matthew Potts, 9.
Luxton falls as he looks to play to leg. Easy decision for umpire Michael Gough. One Will replaces another. Sutherland in now alongside Wharton, who has 23.
Yorkshire 49-3, 6 overs
End of the power play, and Yorkshire have work to do, with Will Luxton and James Wharton in the early stages of their innings.
Yorkshire 28-3, 3.4 overs
Adam Lyth caught Will Rhodes bowled Callum Parkinson, 18.
Hoisted high out to deep mid-wicket, and Yorkshire are in early bother. Will Luxton is joined by James Wharton.
Yorkshire 16-2, 2 overs
Jonny Bairstow caught Matthew Potts bowled Callum Parkinson, 4.
Caught at mid-off.
Adam Lyth and Will Luxton at the crease.
Yorkshire 9-1, 1 over
Dawid Malan lbw Zak Foulkes, 0.
Malan is trapped lbw first ball. Jonny Bairstow in now.
Up and running at York
Dawid Malan and Adam Lyth opening the batting for Yorkshire.
Lyth has hit an early boundary through backward point off Zak Foulkes.
Durham win toss and bowl
Yorkshire: Jonny Bairstow w, Dawid Malan c, Adam Lyth, Will Luxton, James Wharton, Will Sutherland, Jordan Thompson, Dom Bess, Jafer Chohan, Will O’Rourke, Jack White.
Durham: Graham Clark, Alex Lees c, Ollie Robinson w, Colin Ackermann, Will Rhodes, Ben Raine, Jimmy Neesham, Zak Foulkes, Matthew Potts, Nathan Sowter, Callum Parkinson.
Two changes for Yorkshire, Bairstow and Thompson in, Hill and Revis out.
Jack White is hoping to continue his excellent recent form in the Blast.
Picture by Jas Ghata-Aura.
Around the grounds...
The Vitality Blast fixture list isn’t jam-packed today.
There just one more game in the North. That’s Leicestershire Foxes v Worcestershire Rapids at the Uptonsteel County Ground, Grace Road.
In the South Group, it’s Gloucestershire v Glamorgan at the Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol and Somerset v Kent Spitfires at the Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton.
Good morning...
From a sunny Clifton Park in York, where Yorkshire are facing Durham as the county’s Vitality Blast North Group campaign reaches its halfway stage.
Yorkshire have so far won two and lost four, though Durham have won three and lost two.
Jonny Bairstow (calf) and Jordan Thompson (side) are fit to return today, the former playing at his former home and just a stone’s throw away from where he went to school at St Peter’s.
The White Rose are bidding to bounce back from Friday night’s defeat to the Bears at Headingley, while Durham beat Northamptonshire at Wantage Road.
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