Tim Bresnan steers Yorkshire to victory at Scarborough

27 July 2016 09:23

Tim Bresnan was the star of the show as Yorkshire scraped a two-wicket victory over Notts Outlaws to strengthen their position at the top of the Royal London One-Day Cup North Group.

Bresnan, having already taken two for 24, hit a career-best unbeaten 95 to help the Vikings successfully chase down Nottinghamshire's total of 251 with just two balls of their 50 overs remaining.

Middle-order batsmen Steven Mullaney (89) and Dan Christian (52) impressed for Notts in Scarborough, steadying the ship for the visitors after Greg Smith, Brendan Taylor and Samit Patel were all dismissed for ducks.

The narrow victory was the hosts' fourth success in six matches and puts them three points clear of fifth place.

Sam Hain produced a List A career-best knock for Warwickshire but they failed to keep pace with the leaders after slipping to a four-wicket defeat to Durham.

Hain's score of 107, plus 86 from Tim Ambrose, helped the visitors set a target of 292 for seven in Gosforth.

However, Mark Stoneman, Scott Borthwick and Paul Collingwood all hit half-centuries for the hosts as they claimed victory with 14 balls to spare.

Northants Steelbacks strengthened their hopes of a top-four finish, leapfrogging Warwickshire into second spot with a 23-run victory over Worcestershire at New Road.

Adam Rossington (87) and Ben Duckett (86) led their side to a winning total of 319 for seven after the visitors were sent in to bat and lost opener Josh Cobb for a duck off the fifth ball.

The hosts started strongly in their pursuit of the target but, despite a century from opener Tom Kohler-Cadmore (119), they were bowled out for 296 by the penultimate ball of the day, with Northamptonshire's Richard Gleeson taking five for 47.

Lancashire moved off the bottom of the table by beating Derbyshire by 27 runs at the 3aaa County Ground.

Liam Livingstone's 98 and 68 from Steven Croft helped the Red Rose post 281 for eight.

Despite Billy Godleman's score of 91, Derbyshire fell short, managing 254 for nine as Kyle Jarvis took four for 31.

In the South Group, Surrey spinner Gareth Batty took five for 41 as his side climbed to third by thrashing holders Gloucestershire by 165 runs.

Steven Davies' knock of 79, plus fifties from Rory Burns and Sam Curran, put the hosts in control at the Oval as they amassed 323 for eight.

Gloucestershire, on the back of three successive wins, never threatened to test that total as Surrey captain Batty and Jade Dernbach (three for 33) led the way in bowling them out for 158 in the 34th over.

Sussex remain bottom of the table after they suffered a fifth loss in six matches with a nine-run defeat to Hampshire.

Jimmy Adams hit 94 for Hampshire as they set a target of 268 for nine at Hove.

Chris Nash and Ben Brown both made half-centuries for the hosts in reply but they fell short, finishing on 259 for six to all but end their hopes of a quarter-final spot.

Source: PA