Run-fest at York

Posted by Tony Hutton

On Tuesday 23rd April Yorkshire second eleven took on Nottinghamshire second eleven in a one day trophy match at Clifton Park, York. Despite his recent century for the first team in a Royal London Cup game, Harry Brook was given an outing with the seconds. When Yorkshire batted first he and Will Fraine both looked in excellent form. Fraine, who is Yorkshire born and learned his cricket in the Huddersfield League, is a newcomer to the county side this season having had a brief spell with today's opponents Notts after his time as captain of Durham University.

Both Yorkshire openers into the fifties. Must have been quite a feat to get all of the fielder's name onto his shirt.

The pair scored at the same pace and both brought up their half centuries soon after the hundred partnership in the fourteenth over. They punished all the Notts bowlers including experienced left arm seamer Mark Footitt and another left armer, Mike Cohen, a new face from South Africa, who has joined Notts this season. The partnership was eventually broken, shortly after Brook had gone to his century, as Fraine was caught on the long on boundary off left arm spinner Patterson-White for 92.

Harry Brook goes to his century with a straight six.

They had put on 219 together and Brook's century came in only 87 balls. He was finally out in the 37th over, playing on to former Durham man Paul Coughlin for 144 with the total on 299-2. Brook's powerful innings, taking advantage of the short pavilion side boundary, included sixteen fours and seven sixes.

Brook celebrates his century in the style of West Indian Chris Gayle.

Thomson, Waite and Leaning (with a fine 51) all helped to keep the scoreboard ticking over at the same rate until the 400 came up in the final over, when Tom Loten was out trying another big hit.
The final score 402-6 in fifty overs must be one of Yorkshire's highest and put them well on their way to their second victory in this competition, having already beaten Lancashire at Scarborough last week.

Yorkshire opened the bowling with Ben Coad and Matthew Waite and it was the latter who soon made a breakthrough. He bowled first teamer Nash for 13, then had Patterson-White and Budinger caught for 11 and 14 respectively. Notts had stumbled to 40-3 and never looked like recovering. Waite finished with 3-30 off five overs and Warner, Carver, Thompson and Leaning were all among the wickets which fell at regular intervals. Leaning took the last two in the final over (the 26th of the innings). Coughlin was absent hurt so only nine wickets fell, but a very comfortable Yorkshire victory by 264 runs.