Twenty20 v Yorkshire

[glyn]

Leics won toss and bat. 17-1.

Some guy called Alex Roberts is playing for us, don't know when we signed him
http://content.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/current/player/20015.html

If Roberts is a bowler, we are a batsman light since we have 5 bowlers and Allenby can bowl 4 overs as good as anyone in Twenty20

 

[glyn]

How bizarre, Dippenaar has been made captain for the Twenty20 competition only.

Doing well today, afraid we will be a few runs short though 135/2 off 18. HD doing as he did last year and batting through but not for that many runs, 58*.

 

[bocadillo]

148 scored in the 20 overs. Yorkshire need to score almost 7.5 per over.

 

[flashyfox]

O'brien, Malik and Harris all injured Such an inexperienced pace attack. We will do well to defend this total!!

 

[bocadillo]

Yorkshire 39 for 0 off the first five overs

 

[bocadillo]

75 for 2 after ten overs - it's going to be close.

 

[glyn]

Ex City Ashley Lyth's brother just at the crease now after a great piece of fielding by Taylor caught Rudolph out

 

[glyn]

Ex City Ashley Lyth's brother just at the crease now after a great piece of fielding by Taylor caught Rudolph out

Already gone, Taylor's first ever Twenty20 wicket

 

[bocadillo]

112 for 3 after 15 overs - Yorkshire just ahead of the required run-rate.

 

[bocadillo]

Yorkshire starting to lose wickets - 5 gone now - and getting behind the run-rate.

 

[bocadillo]

... but 4s off each of the next two balls puts them in front again.

 

[glyn]

7 wickets down now, we are favourites

 

[glyn]

22 off last two overs needed. Wayne White conceded just two from the 18th over and took a wicket - superb

 

[glyn]

6 needed off last over, Allenby conceded 16 in the penultimate one :-(

 

[bocadillo]

Yorkshire take it with a ball to spare.

 

[Redditch Fox]

Doing well today, afraid we will be a few runs short though 135/2 off 18. HD doing as he did last year and batting through but not for that many runs, 58*.

As you say - we've seen it all before. HD is an undisputably class act but there is that suspicion that he has a slightly undue concern for his impressive averages. Carrying his bat in T20 - one might have expected at least 80 in the circs.

 

[Brauny Blue]

Disappointing and unfortunately predictable.

 

[glyn]

Such a disappointing penultimate over. Allenby has bowled well in the death, but he has also had some bad ones that lost us games last year.

Taylor's bowling was a positive and you wonder whether we will need to play all 5 bowlers in future.

 

[glyn]

How bizarre, Dippenaar has been made captain for the Twenty20 competition only.

On the official site it says that this is to help Nixon out, since the pace of Twenty20 is so frentic it's difficult for a keeper to captain as well. Fair enough I suppose but makes you wonder whether it will turn into something more permanent.

 

[Redditch Fox]

On the official site it says that this is to help Nixon out, since the pace of Twenty20 is so frentic it's difficult for a keeper to captain as well. Fair enough I suppose but makes you wonder whether it will turn into something more permanent.

Not entirely convincing explanation but full marks for diplomacy.

I'm still wondering what was the reasoning for Roberts being picked yesterday instead of a batter.