Harvey hammers hundred as Yorkshire win the Roses match

Andrew Flintoff and Ian Harvey - two men who could yet meet in the inaugural Ashes Twenty20 fixture next year - lit up the stage in a pulsating Roses match at Headingley, but in the end it was Australia who won the mini-contest, and Yorkshire the main event, as Harvey rattled along to his second hundred of the competition, from a devastating 53 balls.

Harvey produced some breathtakingly effortless strokes to finish unbeaten 108 from 59, as Yorkshire strolled to an eight-wicket victory with 13 balls to spare. He cracked 16 fours and a brace of sixes, including a vast straight swipe off Carl Hooper, as Lancashire were run ragged in the field. Phil Jaques provided a worthy ally with 39 from 32 balls, and not even the welcome sight of a Flintoff bowling spell could stem the tide - his 2.5 overs went for 24 runs.

In the end, Lancashire were made to rue the loss of momentum in their innings. Opening the batting in his first Twenty20 innings, Flintoff had given them an electrified start with 85 from 48 balls. He played and missed at his first ball, from Tim Bresnan, but clobbered the second over cow corner for four and never looked back. Steve Kirby's four overs vanished for 60, as Lancashire amassed 104 for 4 at the halfway point.

But then Andy Gray pulled off a self-preserving return catch to end Flintoff's fireworks, and the innings unravelled. Harvey was right in the thick of things with two cleverly worked wickets in his four-over spell, and Gray wrapped up proceedings in the final over, as Mark Chilton was stumped going for a big one. Lancashire were all out for 168, and Harvey made them pay in fine style.

Meanwhile at Sophia Gardens, Glamorgan returned to the top of the Midlands/Wales/West League, as Gloucestershire, last year's semi-finalists, slipped up once again. Jon Lewis, recently named in England's one-day plans, gave Gloucestershire a fine start with three early wickets in his opening burst, and James Averis kept the tail in check with a trio of his own, but it was Gloucestershire's batting that let them down.

Chasing an attainable 163, Craig Spearman fell in the first over, and Stephen Adshead in the second, and thereafter not even a bullish half-century from Tim Hancock could save them. Alex Wharf was the pick of the bowlers with 3 for 23, as Gloucestershire collapsed to 130 all out in the 20th over.