Match report: Lancs v Yorks in C&G Trophy 2004

Match report: Lancs v Yorks in C&G Trophy 2004 by Neil Adams

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Summary

Born on 29th October 1974 in Manchester, Michael Vaughan returned "home" to haunt Lancashire in this Cheltenham & Gloucester cup quarter final. His majestic undefeated innings of 116 ultimately secured victory for arch rivals Yorkshire. This was a much improved performance by Lancashire although there were still a number of areas causing concern. At least Warren Hegg won the toss this time!

Lancashire's innings started very slowly indeed. Retrospectively, the first ten overs of the hosts innings probably cost them the game (19-0). The opening batsmen seemed not only to be coping with the new ball, but the demons in their heads. Everyone was desperately keen to reverse the current poor run of form. Chilton (3) was the first batsman out. He was caught by Matthew Wood at second slip having been previously dropped by Phil Jacques at first slip (17-1). Loye and Law added 65 for the second wicket, before Loye was beaten by some extra bounce from Silverwood and caught at the wicket by Blakey for 50 (75-2). Stuart Law continued his annoying habit of passing 40 but failing to go on and build a big score. He was snapped up by Dawson at point for 48 with the score on 113.

Alec Swann and Carl Hooper batted sensibly at the crease during the middle phase of Lancashire's innings. They fully understood the implications of being at the crease during the last 10 to 15 overs. Hooper was once again restricted by his damaged finger. He regularly played one handed strokes and a blow on his damaged finger late in his innings might yet force Hooper out of a number of Lancashire's forthcoming matches. With 38 runs to his name (His top score for the season), Alec Swann attempted a suicidal single. Darren Lehmann collected the ball and Blakey finished off an easy dismissal (225-4). Without sounding rude, this was probably the best thing that could have happened to Lancashire. It opened up the door for Dominic Cork to blast 54 runs from just 20 balls - something which Swann would never have managed. In conjunction with Hooper (66) and Hegg (3), the ex Derbyshire all rounder lifted Lancashire's score to a highly respectable 286 for 5 from 50 overs. Now it was up to the bowlers to turn in a sound performance.

Without the services of Flintoff (Ankle) and Chapple (Dizzy spells), Lancashire gambled on the fitness of Peter Martin. Unlike Lancashire, the visitors galloped along at in excess of 5 runs per over. At no stage of Yorkshire's innings did they fall behind Lancashire's equivalent end of over score. Wood and White both lived a charmed life in the early stages with the ball just eluding several different fielders. In Sajid Mahmood's first over, Wood (15) was comfortably caught by Cork at mid-off (54-1). 8 overs later, Lancashire found themselves in control of the game having reduced Yorkshire to 85 for 4. White (43) edged Mahmood to Hegg in the 14th over (75-2), Phil Jacques (5) played on to Peter Martin in the 17th over - the ball just possessing enough pace to knock off the bails (84-3), and Anthony McGrath (0) was left well short of his ground by a direct throw from Chilton (85-4). Vaughan remained unbeaten on 18 as Darren Lehmann strolled out to the wicket.

Initially, Vaughan and Lehmann settled for just a few runs each over and the rate climbed to 7.12. Hegg choose this as his moment to introduce Hooper into the attack. Equally, the Yorkshire duo took this opportunity to increase the tempo. Lancashire's bowlers lost their discipline again with Hooper bowling 2 no-balls and Cork bowled several wides. Both players reached their respective half centuries from 57 balls either side of the 100 partnership. Deep down, one sensed the game slipping away from Lancashire, although there was no visible signs of surrender. With the fifth wicket partnership on 149, Lehmann was superbly caught by Hegg for 62 (234-5). This was Hegg's 501st one day dismissal behind the stumps. (His catch to remove Craig White earlier in the day was his 500th).

Richard Blakey (4) was snapped up by Chilton fielding at point (245-6) to offer a feint hope to the home supporters. Vaughan eased his way past 100 from just 98 balls (3 x 6 & 9 x 4) and whilst he remained at the crease, Yorkshire were always in control. With the run rate dropping below 5 runs per over for the first time in the game, Anderson removed Dawson (4) with a ball which beat him for pace and clean bowled him (269-7). However, Vaughan and Bresnan steered Yorkshire home with 15 balls to spare.

A combination of international selections and injuries will leave Lancashire not only concentrating on the league, but fighting for their first division survival. Without Dominic Cork's 54 runs from 20 balls, Lancashire would have posted a much smaller target

Key Notes of the Day

Lancashire won the toss and elected to bat
Chilton 1 dropped by Jacques at 1st slip - 11 for 0 in the 6th over - Loye 9*
Chilton caught Wood bowled Bresnan 3 (2nd slip) - 17 for 1 in the 8th over - Loye 13*
52 for 1 in the 16th over - Loye 36* Law 12*
50 partnership - 67 for 1 in the 17th over - Loye 40* Law 20*
50 Loye from 69 balls (6 x 4) - 81 for 1 in the 21st over - Law 23*
Loye caught Blakey bowled Silverwood 50 - 82 for 2 in the 21st over - Law 24*
100 for 2 in the 24th over - Law 39* Swann 3*
Law caught Dawson bowled Silverwood 48 (Point) - 113 for 3 in the 27th over - Swann 7*
154 for 3 in the 36th over - Swann 20* Hooper 23*
50 partnership - 163 for 3 in the 38th over - Swann 25* Hooper 26*
Swann run out 38 (Lehmann) - 195 for 4 in the 43rd over - Hooper 41*
203 for 4 in the 44th over - Hooper 44* Cork 4*
50 Hooper from 55 balls (3 x 4 & 2 x 6) - 224 for 4 in the 45th over - Cork 17*
50 partnership - 250 for 4 in the 47th over - Hooper 60* Cork 32*
Hooper lbw bowled Hoggard 66 - 261 for 5 in the 49th over - Cork 33*
50 Cork from 20 balls (3 x 6 & 7 x 4) - 286 for 5 from 50 overs - Hegg 3*

Yorkshire required 5.74 runs per over
50 for 0 in the 9th over - Wood 14* White 30*
Wood caught Cork bowled Mahmood 15 (Mid-off) - 54 for 1 in the 10th over - White 34*
White caught Hegg bowled Mahmood 43 - 75 for 2 in the 14th over - Vaughan 11*
Jacques bowled Martin 5 (Played-on) - 84 for 3 in the 17th over - Vaughan 15*
McGrath run out 0 (Chilton from point) - 85 for 4 in the 18th over - Vaughan 16*
100 for 4 in the 21st over - Vaughan 21* Lehmann 8*
50 partnership - 135 for 4 in the 28th over - Vaughan 42* Lehmann 19*
150 for 4 in the 30th over - Vaughan 48* Lehmann 28*
50 Vaughan from 57 balls (5 x 4 & 1 x 6) - 161 for 4 in the 31st over - Lehmann 34*
100 partnership - 185 for 4 in the 35th over - Vaughan 61* Lehmann 46*
50 Lehmann from 57 balls (3 x 4) - 197 for 4 in the 36th over - Vaughan 67*
201 for 4 in the 37th over - Vaughan 71* Lehmann 50*
Lehmann caught Hegg bowled Mahmood 62 - 234 for 5 in the 42nd over - Vaughan 86*
Blakey caught Chilton bowled Anderson 4 (Point) - 245 for 6 in the 43rd over - Vaughan 92*
254 for 6 in the 43rd over - Vaughan 98* Dawson 3*
100 Vaughan from 98 balls (9 X 4 & 3 x 6) - 256 for 6 in the 44th over - Dawson 3*
Dawson bowled Anderson 4 (Off-stump) - 269 for 7 in the 45th over - Vaughan 111*
287 for 7 in the 48th over - Vaughan 116* (11 x 4 & 4 x 6) Bresnan 3*
Yorkshire beat Lancashire by 3 wickets