Saturday 4th June
It has been a bad week for Yorkshire cricket at all levels, especially in the T20 format where both first and second teams have been beaten in every game they have played.
The first team beaten away at Worcester and Lancashire on successive nights and the second XI beaten twice by Durham at Brandon and then twice by Derbyshire at Harrogate in very cold conditions.
However today at Weetwood the sun shone and the Academy side restored some pride by beating Castleford in the Yorkshire League North by a comfortable margin of 126 runs. Admittedly Castleford are not the strongest, their very young side perhaps unfairly labelled David Wainwright and ten others. It was skipper Wainwright, former Yorkshire and Derbyshire county player, who showed some fight with the bat and prolonged the game into it's final stages.
Harry Brook hits through mid wicket
There were two outstanding performances for the Academy first with the bat by young
opener Harry Brook. He batted almost throughout the innings to score a fine century, and despite being rather pedestrian in his approach played a splendidly patient innings
which won the match for his side. Thompson scored 28 and Ainsley 27 but no one else really went for the runs. The man who might have Matthew Fisher, returning from injury, had to retire hurt once more on 21. The final score of 233-5 looked well beyond Castleford's capabilities.
Harry Brook celebrates his century
So it proved when acting captain Jared Warner, the England under 19 bowler, decimated the early part of the innings leaving the visitors on 15-6. in his sixth over Warner took three wickets, one caught in the slips and two clean bowled. Only Wainwright stood firm to prevent a very early finish. Warner took two more wickets and with eight under his belt was well on his way to all ten. However he needed a rest and left arm spinner Logan picked up the ninth.
Castleford's early collapse
Another twist to the game came with an unlikely last wicket partnership between Wainwright and the rather well built wicketkeeper Grant. Wainwright was never in trouble and batted for nearly three hours to finish on 63 not out, the only player to achieve double figures. He was well supported by Grant and together they put on 33 runs, the highest partnership of the innings.
Jared Warner
In the end with only two overs and four balls remaining Warner returned to finish things off having Grant caught by Brook for 3. Castleford all out for 107 and Warner finished with the amazing analysis of 10.2 overs 3 maidens 9 wickets for only 19 runs.
Another surprising feature of this eventful game was the appearance of Josh Shaw, currently on loan from Yorkshire and playing for Gloucestershire. He turned up to watch his former colleagues and ended up fielding as substitute for the injured Fisher. He borrowed one of Warner's shirts so we had two number forty fives on the field.
Warner Brothers? The real Jack Warner is bowling and the other No. 45 is Josh Shaw
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