Yorkshire v Derbyshire - Yorkshire's innings
After a respectable effort from the Yorkshire batsmen, it was our time to bowl. It was a one man show though as Adnan scored 100* and just batted supremely with everyone. Taylor batted rather well as France and Borrington look to steal a place against Sri Lanka. Even with Adnan's effort, it might of been in vain, as Yorkshire have quite a good batting lineup which includes the likes of Vaughan, Wood, Lumb and Lehmann to name a few. The bowlers have to do incredibly well.
Dean and Jones started the bowling for us which resulted in an early wicket. Matthew Wood going for a duck after getting out to Kevin Dean's 7th bowl! A edge was heard from the umpire, who sent Wood on his way to give us the perfect start. 2/1.
M Wood - c Pipe b Dean - 0(4)
Jones came in at the other end and bowled a good over getting no wickets, but only conceding one run. Into Dean's next over, and he gets his second wicket of the match, which will no doubt be the most important. England captain Michael Vaughan, who scored 178 against Nottinghamshire in the opening First Class match, completely messed up his cover drive. The shot he plays so well just was not good enough though as he edged it straight to Adnan. 100* and a catch, the catch of Michael Vaughan. Not a bad match for Adnan. 3/2 and this really is the perfect start.
M Vaughan - c Adnan b Dean - 2(5)
The opening spells between Dean and Jones saw no more wickets, but it didn't see that many runs either. 32 runs off the first 10 overs, with both bowlers really having a good start to the match. The only bad thing is that Lehmann and Lumb were starting to get comfortable and if they did get comfortable, it would be hard to remove them.
In came Lungley and Botha to try and get them out. It didn't go at all well as after 20 overs, they had raced to 86/2, with them now in the driving seat. Welch came in for Lungley and almost got a wicket straight away, but Lehmann knocked him away for a single to pick up his 50. It didn't go well though as the bowling changes weren't resulting in us getting wickets.
At the 30 over stage, they were in clear control. They had only scored 28 runs off the last 10 overs but they only needed 80 runs with 8 wickets in hand. With bowling changes galore we expected a wicket. But to no avail. No matter how hard our bowlers tried, they couldn't get the wicket. Then, out of nowhere, we got a wicket! Lehmann, who had been their best batsman, had played around a bowl from Lungley and had been deemed lbw. His 84 was indispensable to the teams innings though and had guided them to 150/3, thanks to a 147 run 3rd wicket partnership.
D Lehmann - lbw Lungley - 84(128)
The 40 over mark came up. 158/3 the score. Yorkshire require 36 runs with 7 wickets left, at 3.6 an over. Not too hard for them, but you never know, they might have a mighty collapse. Every bowler has 2 overs left, so heres hoping they use them well. That plan was soon out of the window as they scored 28 runs in 5 overs, meaning they needed 8 off the last 5 overs. Not hard at all. We did manage a last wicket though, Anthony McGrath the man to go. 190/4, 4 runs needed.
A McGrath - b Dean - 14(23)
A wicket maiden! They now need 4 runs of the last 3 overs with 6 wickets in hand. All they need is a boundary and they would win. Welch came in and bowled an incredible over, only letting one run in the over. They now need 3 runs off 2 overs. An easy target but we've slowed them down! Lungley would come in to bowl this over, with Welch bowling the last over, if it got there. The bad thing is that Lungley has been our most expensive bowler. Somehow though, he only let them score one run in his over, that being a wide. Yorkshire now needed 2 runs to win. 1 run to draw. Welch to bowl the final over, with the stage set and the fans on the edge of their seats. No run off the first ball, but they get a run off the second. Welch now has to bowl insanely well to make sure they don't get any runs off the last 4 bowls. The scores are tied... He's done it! Oh my god, incredible stuff. 3 runs off the last four overs secures a tie in our first One Day match. What a start to the season.
Derbyshire - 193/5
Adnan 100*
Taylor 28*
White 2-31
Hoggard 2-47
Yorkshire - 193/4
Lehmann 84
Lumb 80*
Dean 3-34
Lungley 1-53
A point in our first One Day game and I keep up my unbeaten run as Derbyshire coach. It was a tight game, which Yorkshire should of won. They only needed four runs off the last four overs but they could not get it. Adnan and Dean were just awesome for us today and carried our batting and our bowling. Adnan got what he deserved, getting the Man of the Match award. A good game, made even better with us getting a point. I'm delighted to say the least.
Around The Grounds
Lancashire v Leicestershire - Leicestershire won by 6 wickets
Nottinghamshire v Worcestershire - Worcestershire won by 7 wickets
Kent v Somerset - Somerset won by 6 wickets
Ireland CC v Hampshire - Hampshire won by 5 runs
Essex v Glamorgan - Glamorgan won by 4 wickets
Gloucestershire v Middlesex - Middlesex won by 5 wickets
Table:
Code:
P W L T Pts NRR
Leicestershire 1 1 - - 2 +1.46
Worcestershire 1 1 - - 2 +0.27
Derbyshire 1 - - 1 1 0.0
Yorkshire 1 - - 1 1 0.0
Durham - - - - - -
Northamptonshire - - - - - -
Warwickshire - - - - - -
Scotland CC - - - - - -
Nottinghamshire 1 - 1 - 0 -0.27
Lancashire 1 - 1 - 0 -1.46
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