Sunday 4th June and again we resisted what proved to be the final day of the Roses match at Headingley to travel only a few miles south to the ground of Wakefield Thornes, who last year were crowned as Yorkshire's top club by winning the play off final against Pudsey St Lawrence in Abu Dhabi. A rather less exotic situation perhaps but none the worse for that greeted the Yorkshire Academy side fresh from another good win at Acomb yesterday, complete with yet another century from the young prodigy Harry Brook.
Today was the second round of the Rudgate Trophy, previously known as the Yorkshire League Cup. With the League having been split into two divisions last season this competition now takes in teams from the two separate leagues. So the Academy from the North faced Wakefield Thornes from the South who they have probably not played before. The strong wind blowing down the Calder Valley made things unpleasant not only for the players but several of the spectators retreated to their cars for shelter. The weather did improve, despite one short stoppage for a rain shower and the Academy were pushed all the way by the home team.
The home side batted first in this forty five overs a side contest. After they had lost three early wickets including their star man David Toft the Academy probably thought they were in for an easy ride. This was certainly not the case and and in the second half of the innings the middle order of Joe Cook, Faisal Irfan and Akila Isanka set about the Yorkshire bowlers. Irfan top scored with 45, including seven fours and Isanka made a rapid 29 off thirty balls. Fisher, Warner, Barnes and Logan all took two wickets each. Best figures belonged to Logan with 9-1-19-2. Really outstanding in a total of 198-8.
Harry Brook started in typically aggresive style and hit four fours and one huge six onto the pavilion roof before trying another big hit which he skied into the covers. Out for just 24 but he had put the visitors ahead of the rate with rain threatening. Jared Warner, playing on his home ground, made just ten and Matthew Fisher a useful 27, but it was left to skipper Jordan Thompson, who scored 50 yesterday at Acomb, to play another captain's innings of 75 not out to see the Academy home.
He received useful support from Ed Barnes with 21 near the end and finally Logan impressed with bat as well as ball being there with the captain on 11 not out as the Academy won by just two wickets.
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