DAY 1
Winning the toss skipper, Will Bennison, elected to bowl first and this proved to be a shrewd move as Brad Sylvester had Ali caught behind by Harry Duke in the first over. Debutant, Isaac Bepey then had Shaikh lbw and our visitors were 17-2.
Jani and Smith added 41 in 65 balls before the latter was caught behind for 20 to give Charlie Taylor a wicket in his first over. Rizwan Ishfaq bowled Jani for 41 made from 58 balls and Warwickshire were 70-4. Nahal was the victim of a mistake with Gerkis and was run out for 16 and at lunch Warwickshire were 96-5.
After lunch Dandy and Gerkis extended their partnership, passing 50 from 64 balls and a century from 145 balls. The latter had reached a personal half century when he was bowled by Jafer Chohan for 55 from 91 and 207-5 became 235 all out. Dandy made 74 from 94 as Chohan and Ishfaq finished with 3 wickets each.
Wills Bennison and Luxton opened for Yorkshire and had added 42 from 45 balls before the former was caught behind for 18 from 23 balls. Harry Duke joined Luxton and they added 71 in 80 balls before Duke fell in the same manner and play was then called off for the day due to bad light.
Yorkshire closed on 113-2, Luxton unbeaten on 65 from 62 balls with 10 fours and 2 sixes.
Day 2
The day began with Yorkshire trailing by 122 with 8 wickets remaining with Luxton on 65 from 62 balls. His partnership with Owen Smith had reached 83 when Luxton was caught at mid on having made 113 from 121 balls (his century came from 110 balls with 14 fours and 2 sixes).
Yash Vagadia was bowled for 7; 208-4 and shortly before lunch Smith was caught behind down the leg side for 44 from 81 balls with 5 fours and at lunch we were 234-5, trailing by 1.
Kelly and Akhtar brought up a century partnership in 170 balls with Akhtar reaching 50 from 117 balls and Kelly from 74 balls. Their partnership extended to 115 from 192 balls when on the last ball before tea Akhtar was lbw for 55 – at tea 345-6.
Shortly after the restart Jafer Chohan was bowled for 8, Charlie Taylor caught behind for 11 and Brad Sylvester also caught behind for 15 and this left, debutant, Isaac Bepey to join Noah Kelly undefeated on 78; the total 397-9.
Together they added 71 for the last wicket before Bepey was bowled without scoring. Kelly went from 78 to his century in 13 balls and finished 141 not out – the last 39 of those from 17 balls – in total he hit 18 fours and 6 sixes including 27 from 1 over. Yorkshire finished on 468 – a lead of 233.
When bad light brought an early close Warwickshire were 10 without loss.
Day 3
Ali and Jani had extended their opening partnership to 77 before Jafer Chohan struck having the former lbw for 30 made from 53 balls with 4 fours. Jani completed his half century from 79 balls with 10 fours and he and Shaikh took the total to 135 when Will Bennison bowled Jani for 87 on the stroke of lunch – 135-2.
Shaik was caught at deep square leg by Akhtar off Chohan soon after the restart, 153-3 but Kai Smith and Nahal added 87 in 102 balls before the latter was caught at mid wicket by Bennison to give Akhtar his first victim – this meant that Warwickshire were 7 ahead with 6 wickets remaining. Smith was lbw to Akhtar for 66 made from 66 balls with 8 fours; 247-5.
Gekis was also lbw to Chohan and at tea Warwickshire were 290-6 leading by 57. This lead was extended to 83 before Dandy was bowled by Akhtar for 29 (316-7). Meanwhile Gilchrist passed 50 from 61 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes and he received support from Miller, Walley and Thorne as he was last out for 75 from 78 balls with Warwickshire totalling 396 – this left a victory target of 164 and in the 7 overs remaining Yorkshire had reached 29 without loss.
Day 4
Yorkshire wrapped up a 5 wicket victory on the stroke of lunch but not without a few worries along the way. Will Bennison was bowled in the 2nd over of the day without adding to his overnight 16.
Owen Smith and Harry Duke took the total to 62 before the latter was caught at mid-wicket for 24 (62-2). Smith made 36 from 34 with 6 fours before being trapped lbw (104-3) and Yash Vagadia fell in the same manner for 29 from 42 balls (119-4).
When first innings centurion Noah Kelly was bowled for 1 (121-5) a few nerves were about however Jawad Akhtar, 37 not out and Jafer Choan 17 not out guided us to the winning post.
Next week sees the start of 2nd X1 T20s with our first group game at the County ground, Derby on Wednesday and a double header at Weetwood on Friday against Nottinghamshire.
