Yorkshire Phoenix looked on powerless from afar yesterday as Nottinghamshire Outlaws beat Somerset Sabres at Taunton by 34 runs to steal promotion from the Tykes in the totesport League.

Had Somerset won, then Yorkshire would have kept hold of the third promotion place, but it went instead to Nottinghamshire who leapfrogged above them in the final table.

Yorkshire's director of cricket, David Byas, said he was bitterly disappointed that his side had not made it into Division One but he had no complaints.

"This is the way that things can go if you leave your fate in someone else's hands," he said.

"If we had won enough matches we would not have had to rely on others and we have just got to take it on the chin.

"We have finished just outside the promotion places but that is of little consolation because you get absolutely nothing for doing that.

"It all adds up to a failed season as far as results are concerned but there have been positives as well as negatives to come out of it and it has provided a huge learning curve for some of the youngsters."

Yorkshire travel to Taunton today for their last away Championship match and 19-year-old left-arm spinner, David Wainwright, from Pontefract, could become the latest to be given a first team debut.

Wainwright comes into the squad in place of 18-year-old Mark Lawson, who took five wickets in the first innings against Durham at Scarborough last week, but then jarred his knee later in the game.

"Unfortunately, the injury has not responded to treatment and we did not want to risk taking Mark to Taunton and then finding him unfit to play," said Byas.

"Wainwright has performed splendidly for the Second XI this season and thoroughly deserves to be included in the squad.

"If the pitch looks like taking spin he will play and we will benefit from him turning the ball away from the right-hander."

Chris Silverwood suffered a fresh ankle injury with the second team last week and is now out for the remainder of the season.

Yorkshire (from): Wood, Jaques, Sayers, Pyrah, Lumb, Dawood, Dawson, Bresnan, Hoggard, Kirby, Blain, Wainwright.