Yorkshire v Worcestershire (Friends Provident Trophy)

The rain finally caught up with Yorkshire Phoenix at Headingley Carnegie and most likely cost them a victory over Worcestershire Royals.

Having restricted their opponents to 215 for seven, Yorkshire were set a revised target of 214 from 49 overs and they needed to be 24 without loss from ten overs to be winners if the game ended at that stage.

Even had they lost a wicket or two they should still have been able to make sufficient runs to be ahead under the Duckworth-Lewis regulations but, after reaching six for none from ten deliveries, the rain set in for good and the points had to be shared.

Worcestershire's final score was still far more than appeared likely when their innings was interrupted by rain at 173 for seven in 47 overs.

When play resumed, however, Kabir Ali and Graeme Hick tore into Darren Gough, taking 32 off seven consecutive deliveries from the Yorkshire captain.

Kabir Ali hammered four fours to end the 48th over and when Gough stayed on for the final over, Hick belted two sixes and a four, the second of his big blows landing on the roof of the rugby stand.

Hick came off with 86 from 87 balls with five fours and two sixes while Kabir Ali made an unbeaten 22 from 11 balls.

The eighth wicket pair made a mess of Gough's final figures, which read one for 68 off ten overs, but until that point Yorkshire had bowled outstandingly well.

Tim Bresnan was the most successful bowler with three for 43 but Jason Gillespie and Richard Pyrah each gave away only 31 runs from their ten overs with Pyrah also picking up the wickets of Ben Smith and Steven Davies who both lofted catches to Gough.

Smith's departure ended a miserable few days at Headingley for the right-hander who had been dismissed three times in 15 balls for just one run.

Nobody bowled better, however, than Adil Rashid who was making his debut in the 50-overs competition.

The 19-year-old leg-spinner, whose progress has already been closely monitored by England, bowled Phil Jaques for 13, and he was the most economical with final figures of 10-0-27-1.

SCORECARD

Yorkshire v Worcestershire at Headingley Carnegie.
Worcestershire won the toss

Worcestershire Innings Lunch
P A Jaques b A Rashid 13
S C Moore c Rudolph b Gough 16
V S Solanki c Pyrah b Bresnan 46
B F Smith c Gough b Pyrah 1
G A Hick not out 86
S M Davies c Gough b Pyrah 3
G J Batty b Bresnan 10
R J Sillence c McGrath b Bresnan 2
Kabir Ali not out 22
Extras (b2 lb6 w8) 16
Total 7 wkts Innings Complete
(50 overs) 215
Fall: 1-29 2-63 3-68 4-113 5-128 6-159 7-
169
Did Not Bat: R W Price, M N Malik.
Bowling: Gillespie 10-0-31-0. Gough 10-0-68-
1. Bresnan 9-0-43-3. A Rashid 10-0-27-1. Pyrah
10-1-31-2. Younis Khan 1-0-7-0.
Umpires: M J Harris and J W Lloyds

Yorkshire Innings
C White not out 5
J A Rudolph not out 0
Extras (w1) 1
Total 0 wkts (1.4 overs) 6
Did Not Bat: A McGrath, Younis Khan, A W Gale,
R M Pyrah, T T Bresnan, D Gough, J N Gillespie,
A Rashid.
Bowling: Kabir Ali 1-0-6-0. Malik 0.4-0-0-0.
Yorkshire (1pts) reached no result with Worcestershire (1pts)