Yorkshire race to desert title

Yorkshire 194 for 6 (Gale 69, Wood 50) beat UAE 190 (Lawson 3-36) by four wickets
Scorecard

Yorkshire have won the Pro ARCH Trophy after their four-wicket defeat of UAE put them level on points with Somerset and Lancashire, but the fact they wrapped up victory inside 25 overs gave them the best net run-rate of the three.

Andrew Gale and Greg Wood launched Yorkshire's chase of 191 in a hurry as they had to chase down the runs inside 25 overs to pip Lancashire to the title. They smacked 94 for the opening wicket before Wood was caught-and-bowled by Saqib Ali for a 39-ball 50. Gale cruised to 69, cracking nine fours in his 61-ball knock, but fell to Obaid Hameed. Jasim Suwaidi then chipped away at Yorkshire's middle order with 3 for 17, but it was too little, too late, and Adam Lyth and Mark Lawson saw them home with five balls to spare.

It was Lawson who did the damage with the ball, too, picking up 3 for 36 from nine economical overs. He was especially well supported by David Wainwright who conceded just 19 from his 10 overs as UAE were restricted to 190, laboured over 48.1 overs. With Gale and Wood going for their strokes from the off, Yorkshire were always up with the asking rate.

Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	N/R	Pts	Net RR	For	Against
Yorkshire	4	3	1	0	0	6	+1.093	894/174.1	808/200.0
Lancashire	4	3	1	0	0	6	+1.055	973/200.0	762/200.0
Somerset	4	3	1	0	0	6	+0.324	857/177.4	900/200.0
Essex	4	2	2	0	0	4	-0.312	966/199.3	1024/198.4
Sussex	4	1	3	0	0	2	-0.585	796/200.0	900/197.1
U.A.E.	4	0	4	0	0	0	-1.712	783/200.0	875/155.3