Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire One Day Cup at York August 14th

Neil Whitaker reports

NOTTS Outlaws beat Yorkshire by three wickets with eight balls to spare at York to set up a semi final clash with East Midlands neighbours Leicesteshire at Leicester on Sunday. 

Jack Haynes guided the Outlaws home with an unbeaten 116, while Kyle Verreynne made 105 — his first List A century for the club. The pair put on 154 for the fifth wicket in 29 overs. When they came together, the Outlaws were struggling at 55 for four, although that was an improvement on one for three in the third over after Yorkshire’s Ben Coad had been on a hat-trick. 

Haynes said :“We felt that if we could build a partnership that we could pull it back from the position that we were in.  Verreynne has been brilliant all season in this competition and has been our outstanding batter. He is a great fellow,  he hit the winning runs in the world championship final last year and was there at the end when we won the County Championship. 

When we lost the early wickets our dressing room was very calm,we knew that that it was very simple  we had  to build a partnership and if we did we knew that we could score quickly  late on.” 

Haynes nearly didn’t make it to the end. Farhan Ahmed cut the ball out to the covers, Haynes set off for single and got more than halfway to the other end when he was sent back.  The throw from  the covers missed the stumps to Dom Bess, who threw at the stumps from yards but missed the stumps. He said: “I was relieved when I heard the umpire say end of the  over.” 

After Verreynne’s departure the Outlaws lost another two wickets  in three balls while only adding four runs and once again Yorkshire looked favourites. But the turning point came in the 47th over when the Outlaws hit 18 runs without losing  a wicket with Dillion Pennington leading the charge.  He hit a massive six over long on and the ball would have been lost in a garden if it hadn’t hit a tree. 

For Yorkshire Ben Coad took five wickets for 52 in his 10 overs.  In their 50 overs Yorkshire made 273 for nine.  At one stage they looked like posting a score north of 300 but their innings fell apart following the dismissals of Will Bennison and James Wharton.  They added 116 in 23 overs.  Wharton fell six short of his fifty while Bennison who looked certain to hit his first century in the competition.  The pair came together when Yorkshire lost two early wickets to the combination of Verreynne and Pennington. Verreyenne took two spectacular catches one leaping to his right and the other diving low to his right. He took another catch to dismiss Wharton who scooped Farhan Ahmed and Pennington ended with  four for 49. 

Yorkshire head Coach Anthony McGarth said: “I think we were short with the bat from where we were. Having lost the toss we knew that it was probably going to get easier. I thought we were in a great position, 190-3 with about 12 overs left. 

Really, we should have got 300. That would probably have been enough. We probably just pushed the button a little bit too early and then lost wickets. But you've got to give them credit. Hundreds win games with a bat,  Verreynne and Haynes both got hundreds and batted brilliantly there. 

I can't fault our lads, we fought all the way through. We even managed to get three wickets in there where the game looked pretty much gone. When you lose at knockout cricket, there's always a thing of mentality and dealing with pressure. But it's coming."

 

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