full toss, Bess slaps the winning boundary through midwicket!
Derbyshire vs Yorkshire, at Chesterfield, County DIV2, Jun 11 2023 - Match Result
11.58pm Yorkshire's last Championship win was on April 17, 2022. They've won their first in 17 and they've done in with composure at the last, despite Derbyshire brawling all the way, and coming back from the dead twice in one game, most notably through that stunning stand between du Plooy and Haider Ali. But while it was Dom Bess who sealed it, the main man was a familiar character for the vanquished Derbyshire. Shan Masood blazed a trail for them last summer, and now he's doing the needful for his new county.
So, here endeth an entertaining basement battle, and here endeth another random episode of County Pop-up Comms. Who knows where we will strike next...
Masood, meanwhile, has probably missed the chance to bring up his hundred with a matchwinning six...
flicked off the full length, out to deep midwicket, a long chase and they come back for three to level the scores
A long chat between du Plooy and Watt... on come some more helmets for fielders to crowd the bat. Five in total...
dipping on the full length, tapped to the on side
drags the sweep through fine leg! Bess didn't get hold of it, but it matters not. They are a blow away now
gathered at mid-off
head over the ball, solid block back down the pitch
head forward, stabbed into the covers, sharp single
over the wicket, tight line on off stump, poked to the on-side around the front pad
steps into the stroke, and whipped with gusto up and over mid-on! That's a confident strike, and it's taken Yorkshire past 200... nearly there now...
rocks back this time and carved out to deep point
flight and dip, grips past the left-hander's edge! Well bowled...
looped up on a full length, solid block
It's back to spin with Thomson
onto the front foot, poked to cover. Another over of good progress for Yorkshire
slides deep into his crease and guides the drive to cover
Still four close catchers, off and leg
Paul: "Urgh. Trying not to get to ahead of everything. The last two overs yesterday proved the adage of "add two wickets to the score" and doing that now makes me nervous"
fired down the leg side, a calm clip off the toes to backward square
faster, flatter, skids through but just misses the off stump
swept, without control, but effective! Down on one knee, clawed greedily over the in-field, and bobbles away to the rope at midwicket. The fifty stand is up
round the wicket to the left-hander, jabbed down into the leg side
Sure enough, it is a switch of ends for Watt... last roll of the dice for Derbyshire, maybe
driven off the full length, out to deep cover. The target is into the teens
Queen's Park, Chesterfield | |
Toss | Yorkshire, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2023 |
Match days | 11,12,13,14 June 2023 - day (4-day match) |
DER Player Replacement | Substitute: in, out (4th innings) |
Umpires | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Yorkshire 22, Derbyshire 3 |