Lancashire v Yorkshire
This season's only Roses battle, played out in front of over 14,000 enthusiastic spectators, ended in a comprehensive victory for the home side.
Yorkshire won the toss and elected to bat, but for a long while it seemed as though their players had forgotten what to do with one. With opening bowlers Glen Chapple and Peter Martin rampant, the White Rose county were reduced firstly to 2-3 and later 28-5.
All thoughts of setting a big total had gone out of the window by the time Richard Blakey had battled his way to a fine 32, seventh out on 79. Earlier, Yuvraj Singh had hit three glorious boundaries before he departed in bizarre fashion, caught on the rebound by Carl Hooper.
At the end of their 20 overs, Yorkshire had barely managed to limp past 100, whilst for Lancashire, Chapple had bagged the remarkable figures of 2-13 with Martin the chief wicket-taker on 3-20.
Mal Loye and Stuart Law laid the foundations for Lancashire's easy victory with a brutal opening partnership which added 62 in less than seven overs. Boundaries were Yorkshire's problem - or rather, preventing them.
One Ryan Sidebottom over was smashed for five fours by Law, but it was Loye who took the plaudits, clubbing three massive sixes. The last one would have brought knowing nods of approval from many a cricketing village blacksmith as a mighty heave over 'cowshot corner' took one bounce in the top of the stand before leaving Old Trafford altogether.
Tim Bresnan deserves special mention - the Pontefract teenager bowled his four overs with aplomb, deservedly picking up the wickets of both Loye and Law at a cost of just 24 runs.
In the end, Lancashire won at a canter, the winning leg byes coming with almost seven overs in hand.
Twenty20 Cup, 2003, North Division
Lancashire v Yorkshire
Old Trafford, Manchester
19 June 2003 (20-over match)
Result: Lancashire won by 7 wickets
Points: Lancashire 2, Yorkshire 0
Toss: Yorkshire
Umpires: AA Jones and NJ Llong
TV Umpire: JH Evans
Man of the Match: MB Loye
Yorkshire innings (20 overs maximum) R M B 4 6
SP Fleming c Swann b Chapple 0 1 1 0 0
Yuvraj Singh c Hooper b Martin 13 20 11 3 0
MJ Lumb c Schofield b Chapple 0 1 2 0 0
*MJ Wood lbw b Martin 1 2 4 0 0
C White c Hegg b Wood 17 32 28 0 1
GM Hamilton c Hegg b Martin 0 1 1 0 0
+RJ Blakey c Hegg b Mahmood 32 31 36 2 0
AKD Gray run out 13 26 22 1 0
CEW Silverwood not out 13 12 15 1 0
Extras (b 1, lb 6, w 6) 13
Total (8 wickets, 20 overs) 102
DNB: TT Bresnan, RJ Sidebottom.
FoW: 1-1 (Fleming), 2-1 (Lumb), 3-2 (Wood), 4-28 (Yuvraj Singh),
5-28 (Hamilton), 6-55 (White), 7-79 (Blakey), 8-102 (Gray).
Bowling O M R W
Chapple 4 0 13 2 (1w)
Martin 4 1 20 3 (1w)
Wood 4 0 23 1 (1w)
Mahmood 4 0 22 1 (1w)
Hooper 4 0 17 0 (1w)
Lancashire innings (target: 103 runs from 20 overs) R M B 4 6
MB Loye c Wood b Bresnan 45 41 34 4 3
SG Law c Wood b Bresnan 29 25 18 6 0
CL Hooper not out 22 23 24 2 0
G Chapple c Bresnan b Gray 0 1 2 0 0
CP Schofield not out 1 6 1 0 0
Extras (lb 6, w 1) 7
Total (3 wickets, 13.1 overs) 104
DNB: IJ Sutcliffe, AJ Swann, *+WK Hegg, PJ Martin, SI Mahmood,
J Wood.
FoW: 1-62 (Law), 2-87 (Loye), 3-90 (Chapple).
Bowling O M R W
Sidebottom 3 0 39 0 (1w)
Silverwood 4 0 24 0
Bresnan 4 0 24 2
Gray 2.1 0 11 1
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