Tuesday, 14 August 2007

WORCESTERSHIRE V YORKSHIRE - DAY 4

A poor start to the final day for Yorkshire when Brophy was dismissed for 13. After that fine batting took Yorkshire to a declaration. Jacques Rudolph was in fine form and Adil Rashid continued the splendid batting for that he had shown in the first innings. The pair had put on 153 when the declaration came. Rudolph was 92 not out (105 balls, 13 fours and a six) and Rashid 72 not out (93 balls, 12 fours). Darren Gough declared on 188 for 5. Kabil Ali took 4 for 30 for the home side.

Phil Jacques got the Worcester innings off to a flyer. When the first wicket went on 62 he had made 44 off 33 balls. Worcester were to reach there victory target of 337 in 57 overs as they scored at 5.91 per over. Moore 65 and Solanki 44 took them to 126 when the second wicket fell (Moore) The decisive innings came from Ben Smith who made 98 not out (102 balls, 13 fours) as Worcester won by 6 wickets. Jason Gillespie was Yorkshire's most succesful bowler with 2 for 74 but he went for 6.91 per over.