Only pride at stake in derby
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This evening's Twenty20 Cup derby between Durham and Yorkshire at Chester-le-Street has all the makings of a "dead rubber" after both sides crashed to defeat yesterday.
This evening's Twenty20 Cup derby between Durham and Yorkshire at Chester-le-Street has all the makings of a "dead rubber" after both sides crashed to defeat yesterday.
Both clubs have managed just two wins from six games during this summer's tournament, leaving Yorkshire in bottom spot and Durham just one place above them in fifth.
There should still be plenty of entertainment on offer for tonight's expected bumper crowd, however, with big-hitting Antipodean batsmen Ian Harvey and Nathan Astle looking to outgun each other.
Yorkshire lost their third consecutive Twenty20 match at Headingley, yesterday, as bottom-of-the-table Nottinghamshire snatched a six-wicket win with two balls to spare.
Although the hosts posted a reasonable score of 180-7 after being put in to bat, it proved to be insufficient as Will Smith and man-of-the-match Graeme Swann featured in an opening stand of 101 in only eight overs.
Swann was out for 62 from just 25 balls, mis-hitting a reverse sweep off Richard Dawson.
Smith went on to make 44 from 40 balls before he drove young leg-spinner Mark Lawson to long on.
Lawson also picked up the wicket of David Hussey who was caught on the long-off boundary, and when Gareth Clough was pinned lbw by a Tim Bresnan yorker, Notts were 151 for four in the 16th over and suddenly under some unexpected pressure.
Notts needed nine for victory off the last over. Chris Read lashed Craig White's first ball high over cover and into the crowd for six and then ran two to level the scores and won the match with an extra cover boundary.
Earlier, Yorkshire had made the worst possible start to their innings when Harvey sliced the first ball from Andy Harris straight to David Alleyne at third man. But White and Phil Jaques staged a good recovery with a 64 partnership in seven overs, the stand ending when Read stumped White off Clough.
AT Old Trafford, Mal Loye hit Lancashire's second century in two games, to help his side see off a spirited Durham fightback.
Loye shrugged off the loss of opening partner Stuart Law in the second over, to the bowling of Neil Killeen, and hit fours and sixes.
He and Brad Hodge put on 160 for the second wicket to fire the Lightning to 208-2. In reply, Astle hit 55 and Gordon Muchall managed 45 but Durham never came close to the required rate, finishing on 171-7.
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