Yorkshire 156 for 7 (Wiese 50*, Rehan 3-21) beat Leicestershire 126 (Mulder 46, Thompson 5-21) by 30 runs
Crushed of their opening three North Group fixtures, Yorkshire Vikings prolonged the turnaround of their Vitality Blast marketing campaign to 4 wins from 4, defeating Leicestershire Foxes by 30 runs after the house aspect had been bowled out for 126 at a cold Uptonsteel County Floor.
Having opted to bat first, the Vikings recovered from a dangerous 78 for 7 on a green-tinged pitch to put up 156 from their 20 overs, allrounder David Wiese ending on 50 not out from 32 balls and former Leicestershire allrounder Ben Mike 30 from 17 after the pair set a Vikings file by including 78 for the eighth wicket.Jordan Thompson was the best bowler for the Vikings, taking a career-best 5 for 21, with 20-year-old legspinner Jafer Chohan impressing with 1 for 16 from 4 overs.
Wiaan Mulder – taking part in solely as a batter after lacking the final two video games with a hamstring damage – top-scored for the Foxes with 46 however though Rishi Patel, with 36 from 25 balls, proved efficient within the powerplay, the house aspect couldn’t construct sustained partnerships, dismissed with three balls left of the twentieth over.
England’s younger legspinner Rehan Ahmed took 3 for 21 and left-arm seamer Josh Hull took 2 for 30 – each simply 18 years previous – as one of the best of the Foxes bowlers, however strike bowlers Mikey Finan and Naveen-ul-Haq took some punishment as the house assault leaked 69 runs within the final 5 overs.
Dawid Malan’s sizzling streak ended within the second over as a forefront to a ball from left-arm spinner Callum Parkinson noticed him caught at brief third man for two following his run of 95 not out, 83 and 81 not out in three innings. James Wharton cashed in on a few balls huge of off stump by Hull however there was one other success for the Foxes as Naveen beat Adam Lyth’s swinging bat and the Vikings had been 42 for two from their batting powerplay.
Wharton and Shan Masood added 36 in 29 balls however three extra wickets earlier than the midway level had the guests on the again foot at 65 for five.
Rehan, among the many contenders for an England Ashes spot following the damage to Jack Leach, did his prospects no hurt by bowling Wharton…
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