YORKSHIRE V DURHAM TWENTY 20

Yorkshire picked up their first Twenty 20 win of the season with a comprehensive nine wicket victory against Durham in a match reduced to nine overs a side. The bowlers again impressed and this time the batsmen finished the job off.

Darren Gough put the visitors into bat and Tim Bresnan got Yorkshire off to a great start bowling his two overs for just nine runs and picking up the wickets of Mustard lbw for 9 and Benkenstein caught behind by Brophy for 7 to leave Durham on 25 for 2. Kiwi Scott Styris played some good shots to make a 21 ball 27 but he was dismissed by left armer David Wainwright 46 for 3. Bowling quite superbly Wainwright helped Yorkshire take complete command. Wickets fell regularly Wainwright sent back Gibson for 3 and Breese for 1 to finish with the excellent figures of 2-0-6-3, the best bowling by Yorkshire in the competition. Jacques Rudolph came on for an over and took the wicket of Ben Harmison. Excellent fielding by Yorkshire accounted for two run outs and Darren Gough brought himself on at the end to take a wicket in his only over. A great Yorkshire performance kept Durham down to 65 for 9.

Yorkshire then batted well to win the game, they never looked in any danger and lost only one wicket; that was Craig White who fell to Steve Harmison but he had made a useful 12 (made off only 6 balls). McGrath and Brophy then finished the job as Yorkshire got home in just 6.5 overs, Brophy 31 not out (21 balls, 5 fours) and McGrath 20 not out (14 balls, 1 four and a six).