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Bresnan 95* steers Yorks to tense two-wicket win
- Updated: July 27, 2016
Yorkshire 254 for 8 (Bresnan 95*, Christian 3-44) beat Nottinghamshire 251 for 9 (Mullaney 89*, Christian 52) by two wicketsScorecard
After a match that was an absolute credit to 50-over cricket and had offered superb entertainment for nearly 5000 supporters at North Marine Road, Yorkshire beat Nottinghamshire by two wickets with two balls to spare. The match was a particular triumph for Tim Bresnan, who followed his two important wickets with the new ball by making a match-winning 95 not out to steer his side home after the tensest of run chases.
The result also greatly strengthens Yorkshire’s chances of making the quarter-finals of the Royal London Cup and Alex Lees’s men may believe that if they can keep their nerve in this fashion anything is possible. However, the result at Scarborough was hard, indeed, on Steven Mullaney, who had made 89 not out in Nottinghamshire’s 251 for 9 and on Dan Christian, who had followed his half-century with three prime wickets.
Requiring 252 to win, Yorkshire had initially got off to a good start with Adam Lyth hitting five fours and two sixes in a 26-ball 39 before driving Harry Gurney straight to Luke Fletcher at mid-on. But that began a seven-ball sequence in which Yorkshire lost three wickets, Travis Head pulling Gurney to Luke Fletcher and Jack Leaning being caught behind by Read off Jake Ball.
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