By John Virr – 2nd X1 Scorer
DAY 1
On a sunny, but cool morning Will Luxton won the toss and elected to bat first. With Will Bennison away collecting his Wisden School Cricketer of the year award Yash Vagadia was joined by Jawad Akhtar but the latter was first out for 11 from 9 balls with a four and a six when he was caught at mid on.
Will Luxton joined Vagadia and at lunch they remained unbeaten having taken the total to 130 from 30 overs. Vagadia was 65 no from 93 balls and Luxton 53 no from 78 balls.
Post lunch their partnership extended to 150 from 224 balls before Vagadia was caught and bowled for 86 from 132 balls including 10 fours. Noah Kelly was caught behind for 8 but Luxton reached his century from 138 balls with 9 fours and 3 sixes and at tea he was unbeaten on 115; Owen Smith 25 no with Yorkshire totalling 261-3.
The restart was delayed for 10 minutes due to a light shower however Smith only added 2 to his total as he was caught at mid off (269-4) – this soon became 296-6 as Jafer Chohan was caught at 1st slip for 9 and Dan Moriarty was lbw 1st ball. Meanwhile Luxton continued as he passed 150 from 206 balls with 11 fours and 3 maximums. He had added 82 for the 7th wicket with Ben Cliff before he was caught at mid off for an excellent 177 from 230 balls with 14 fours and 4 sixes – their partnership spanned 113 balls and Cliff had made 35.
Cliff ended the day 43 not out from 81 balls with 5 fours and Charlie Taylor unbeaten on 8 as we closed on 394-7.
