Yorkshire blown away by Blewett and Johnson

Australian Greg Blewett and Paul Johnson destroyed Yorkshire with a stand of 150 for the fourth wicket at Headingley to take Nottinghamshire to their second consecutive Benson & Hedges Cup win.

Blewett was out shortly before the close for an immaculate 84 but Johnson remained unbeaten on 71 as Notts cantered home with more than ten overs to spare.

In front of a crowd of around 2,600, Blewett played the sort of innings that he rarely managed while with Yorkshire in 1999 when he struggled to find any sort of form either in one-day or championship cricket.

Since joining Notts this season, however, he hasn't put a foot wrong and this latest effort followed on the heels of 133 in the CricInfo Championship and 59 not out against Leicestershire in the B&H on Monday.

He was dismissed spooning a ball from Chris Silverwood to mid-on after facing 102 balls and striking ten fours but by then Notts virtually had victory sewn up and at the close Johnson had lashed nine boundaries from his 72 balls.

Chasing a 195 target on a pitch which eased out as the game progressed, Notts were in plenty of trouble before Blewett and Johnson came together.

They slumped to 39 for three as Darren Bicknell chopped Ryan Sidebottom into his stumps, Guy Welton was smartly run out by Gary Fellows' accurate throw to the wicket-keeper and Usman Afzaal edged a ball from Gavin Hamilton as soon as he entered the attack.

Put in to bat, Yorkshire began solidly enough but never got on top of a sharp attack in which Paul Franks looked particularly dangerous and it was he who sent back openers Hamilton and Michael Vaughan.

Blewett's South Australia team-mate Darren Lehmann threatened to destroy Notts as he had done Derbyshire on Monday while compiling a century, but when he had got to 41 he fell to a great diving catch down the legside by Chris Read off Richard Logan.

It was only an unbeaten eighth-wicket partnership of 36 in six overs between Richard Blakey and Chris Silverwood that took Yorkshire to a modest 194 for seven.