By John Virr – 2nd X1 Scorer
Winning the toss our hosts decided to bat first. Matt Milnes opened the attack and had Singh dropped at slip from his 3rd ball, however from the fifth he comprehensively bowled Maisuria. Mike Finan opened from the other end and he also took a wicket in his first over, George Bell caught behind by Harry Duke: 4-2.
Milnes, in fact bowled 4 overs and returned the figures of 3-6 as Lancashire were reduced to 17-4. Matt Revis replaced Milnes and soon removed Harris courtesy of another catch by Duke. Brad Sylvester continued the wicket taking and at lunch Lancashire were 90-6.
Milnes returned after lunch and took his 4th wicket; 114-7. Sylvester claimed 2 more victims and Finan a second as our hosts were all out for 159 – Milnes 4-14 and Sylvester 3-42.
Eleven overs remained before tea and Tattersall and Bean negotiated them safely, 45 without loss. We had reached 64 when Tattersall was caught behind down the leg side for 26 from 39 balls, Will Luxton was bowled for 2 and we were 69-2.
Revis joined Bean and they remained together at the close having added 118 leaving us 177-2 – Bean 79 no from 127 (his 50 from 69 balls with 9 fours) and Revis 59 no from 87 (his 50 from 79 balls with 7 fours and a six.
Day 2
Finlay Bean and Matt Revis continued their partnership and it was Bean who was first to reach his hundred from 150 balls with 13 fours and a six. Revis completed his slightly quicker from 138 balls with 15 fours and a six. They had extended their partnership to 232 from 300 balls when Revis was caught at mid on – he made 118 from 159 balls with 18 fours and a six. At lunch Bean was still unbeaten on 156 from 211 balls with 18 fours and 2 sixes, Duke was 8 no and at 327-3 Yorkshire led by 168.
Bean was unable to add to his score as he was well caught at deep mid wicket (156 from 213 balls). Skipper, Noah Kelly joined Harry Duke and they remained together throughout the afternoon session. Kelly reached 50 from 54 balls with 7 fours and a six and Duke his from 80 balls with 7 fours, however it was Duke who went to his hundred just before tea from 126 balls with 15 fours and Kelly inbeaten on 89 (his highest 2nd X1 score to date) and at tea 512-4.
The partnership between Kelly and Duke had reached 187 when 5 short of his maiden ton Kelly was caught at slip – he made 95 from 112 balls with 10 fours and a six. At this point Yorkshire led by 364. Duke made 132 from 160 balls with 18 fours before he was lbw. Matt Milnes made 11 from 8 and Jafer Chohan and Jawad Akhtar both finished not out on 17 and 35 respectively as we declared on 622-7 a lead of 463.
Ten overs remained on a hot day and Lancashire ended on 40-1, Mike Finan taking the wicket. The final day sees our hosts needing a further 423 to make us bat again.
Day 3
Winning the toss our hosts decided to bat first. Matt Milnes opened the attack and had Singh dropped at slip from his 3rd ball, however from the fifth he comprehensively bowled Maisuria. Mike Finan opened from the other end and he also took a wicket in his first over, George Bell caught behind by Harry Duke: 4-2.
Milnes, in fact bowled 4 overs and returned the figures of 3-6 as Lancashire were reduced to 17-4. Matt Revis replaced Milnes and soon removed Harris courtesy of another catch by Duke. Brad Sylvester continued the wicket taking and at lunch Lancashire were 90-6.
Milnes returned after lunch and took his 4th wicket; 114-7. Sylvester claimed 2 more victims and Finan a second as our hosts were all out for 159 – Milnes 4-14 and Sylvester 3-42.
Eleven overs remained before tea and Tattersall and Bean negotiated them safely, 45 without loss. We had reached 64 when Tattersall was caught behind down the leg side for 26 from 39 balls, Will Luxton was bowled for 2 and we were 69-2.
Revis joined Bean and they remained together at the close having added 118 leaving us 177-2 – Bean 79 no from 127 (his 50 from 69 balls with 8 fours) and Revis 59 no from 88 (his 50 from 79 balls with 6 fours and a six.
Day 4
The final day began with our hosts needing a further 423 to make us bat again. Due to a first team call up and exams they were without 3 of their initial line up.
Matt Milnes and Brad Sylvester opened the attack but were unable to provide a breakthrough. Revis replaced Milnes but it was Jafer Chohan in his 3rd over of the day who took the wicket of Shetty courtesy of a low catch at mid-wicket by Finlay Bean. Shetty made 44 from 56 balls with 7 fours. Harry Singh reached his half century from 98 balls with 6 fours and he remained unbeaten on 55 at lunch; Reddy 7 no and Lancashire 133-2. Chohan has been building pressure and the last over pre-lunch saw all fielders on the off side.
Post lunch Reddy and Singh extended their partnership to 85. Skipper, Noah Kelly, had been changing the bowling regularly and it was one of these changes that saw Jawad Akhtar, in his 4th over, have Reddy caught at slip by Matt Revis for 20 from 108 balls.
Olly Sutton replaced Reddy and proved as obdurate as his predecessor making 8 from 52 deliveries as on the last ball before tea Revis again took the catch at slip this time off Jafer Chohan. Shortly before this Singh reached his ton from 191 balls with 10 fours. Tea was taken with Lancashire 213-4.
Rotation of bowlers continued after tea and the new ball was taken – this did bring 2 more wickets: Carney caught behind by Tattersall off Revis for 9 and Harris caught at leg slip by Harry Duke also off Revis however Singh continued and reached 150 from 265 balls with 15 fours. However, with 4 overs of the last hour remaining and Lancashire 298-6 play ended in a draw.
Next action begins on Wednesday 7th May at Scarborough with a 3-day friendly against Durham.
