Recent Match Report – Yorkshire vs Notts North Group 2022

Yorkshire 202 for five (Tattersall 48*, Brook 40) beat Nottinghamshire 179 for 7 (Mullaney 79, Christian 56, Drakes 3-31) by 23 runs

Nottinghamshire are wobbling. Nobody ought to be unwise sufficient to put in writing their obituary as a result of lately there was no finer T20 aspect in England, however two wins in six, their newest defeat by 23 runs in opposition to Yorkshire at Headingley, depart them which a lot to do because the North Group heads in the direction of its mid-level.

Yorkshire’s whole of 202 had put them forward of the sport, amply so when Notts stumbled to 50 for five firstly of the eighth over, however news was filtering by way of that it was 9 fewer than Boris Johnson’s votes within the Conservatives’ No Confidence vote, and he have to be apprehensive sick so nothing could possibly be taken as a right.

Tattersall was launched by Yorkshire as a younger professional earlier than he was introduced again by Andrew Gale who believed he simply wanted to develop a extra optimistic presence to forge a profitable profession. But Gale misplaced his teaching job final winter, considered one of many to be summarily eliminated in the course of the Azeem Rafiq racism allegations. By then, Tattersall had misplaced his Championship place to the younger buck, Harry Duke, late final season, and was stood down, too, in T20.

Tattersall urged afterwards that it was not the simplest wicket on which to begin an innings, and that rotating the strike whereas awaiting an occasional boundary was tactically sound, however from the outer it appeared that their preliminary conservatism at solely 4-down was extreme. Tattersall’s innings ultimately blossomed, his skip down the pitch to strike Samit Patel straight for six revealing rising ambition, and their stand of 65 in 42 balls found objective within the nick of time.

This stand aside, there seems to be a extra daring mindset in Yorkshire’s batting method this season, for all their unpredictable outcomes. How can there not be with Finn Allen on the high of the order? Two yanked sixes in succession in opposition to Jake Ball informed of his hazard till Ball had him lbw on the again leg with the following. Adam Lyth, who shared Allen’s intent, discovered motion to clip his off stump. He completed with 3 for 29, his failure to bowl out his spell a shock.

But Notts’ spinners started to make inroads. Harrison had Willey caught at lengthy-off for 34 then Brook was bowled by Patel as he made room to unencumber the quilt area.

Willey performed a central position for Yorkshire within the subject. There was early swing available and he used it to good impact as he bowled Alex Hales for a golden duck two balls into the chase. West Indian Dominic Drakes struck twice in as many balls within the second over as Clarke gloved an tried pull within the subsequent over, Tattersall making copious floor down the leg-aspect to rescue a low catch, and Patel inside-edged one onto leg stump.

By the sixteenth over, nonetheless, the end result was nonetheless not sure. Thompson desires for variation in such circumstances and, for as soon as, Adil Rashid didn’t bowl out. Willey turned to himself for a vital sixteenth over, with 67 wanted from 5. He was refused a double run-out declare from his final ball – Mullaney taking two runs as he was dominated in at each ends – however he did sufficient to maintain the sport out of Nottinghamshire’s attain.