SCORECARD\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\nYorkshire v Worcestershire Rapids<\/b><\/p>\n
Vitality Blast, North Group\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
Friday July 4, 2025, 6.30pm\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
Headingley\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
Toss: <\/b>Worcestershire won it and elected to bowl first.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Teams \u2013 Yorkshire: <\/b>Dawid Malan c, Will Luxton, Jonny Bairstow w, James Wharton, Will Sutherland, Matthew Revis, Jordan Thompson, Dom Bess, Matt Milnes, Jafer Chohan, Will O\u2019Rourke.<\/p>\n
Worcestershire: <\/b>Brett D\u2019Oliveira c, Isaac Mohammed, Kashif Ali, Adam Hose, Ethan Brookes, Gareth Roderick w, Ben Dwarshuis, Matthew Waite, Tom Taylor, Fateh Singh, Ben Allison.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Match Summary: <\/b>Yorkshire claimed a much-needed win \u2013 their third of the North Group in nine games \u2013 by 41 runs to keep their quarter-final flame flickering.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The White Rose dismantled a Worcestershire side whose own chances of the last eight are now hanging by a thread having conceded a 233-6 total and were bowled out for 192 in 19.1 overs in response.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Yorkshire\u2019s heroes were James Wharton and Will Luxton with 88 and 81 respectively \u2013 they both faced 47 balls \u2013 and New Zealand fast bowler Will O\u2019Rourke with a maiden five-wicket haul and a superb one-handed diving catch.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But Matt Milnes should also receive huge credit for bowling a wicket maiden in the 17th over of Worcestershire\u2019s chase. It was a truly amazing over in a match which yielded well over 400 runs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Picture by Allan McKenzie\/SWPix.com. Will O\u2019Rourke is mobbed by his team-mates after taking his fifth wicket this evening.<\/p>\n
Match Report: <\/b>Jonny Bairstow and Dawid Malan fell early as Yorkshire slipped to 42-2 inside five overs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bairstow miscued the fourth ball of the match, from new-ball seamer Tom Taylor, to mid-off, falling for four before Malan followed for eight at the start of the fifth over when he pulled Ben Allison\u2019s seam out to deep square-leg.<\/p>\n
But Luxton and Wharton, who united for the best part of 12 overs were outstanding.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Luxton lofted Australian overseas quick Ben Dwarshuis over cover for the first of two early sixes and Wharton hit the left-armer for four fours to end the powerplay with a bang at 67-2.<\/p>\n
Even then, Yorkshire were well on the way to yet another 200 plus total at Headingley this season, where the pitches are belters and the outfield is lighting fast.<\/p>\n
Luxton and Wharton brought up their century stand in the 13th over of the innings \u2013 142-2.\u00a0Both had just reached quick-fire fifties, and the visitors will rue two Ben Allison drops in the deep with Luxton on nine and 74.<\/p>\n
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Picture by Allan McKenzie\/SWPix.com. Matt Milnes bowled an outstanding 17th over in the Worcestershire chase.<\/p>\n
Allison did remove him caught at deep cover shortly after the second drop before Wharton and Jordan Thompson \u2013 he hit three sixes in the last over in a quick-fire 22 \u2013 were run out at the death.<\/p>\n
The Rapids needed to posted their highest ever T20 total to turn this game around.<\/p>\n
Opener Isaac Mohammed made a quick start with 17. But the Rapids needed much more.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When he miscued a slower ball from O\u2019Rourke behind to Bairstow, it was 24-1 at the start of the third over and the Kiwi was about to entertain in a four-over spell of 5-22.<\/p>\n
Kashif Ali then clothed O\u2019Rourke\u2019s second ball to mid-off before the big Kiwi took a stunning one-handed catch diving to his left at short third off Matt Milnes to remove Adam Hose.<\/p>\n
At 37-3 in the fourth over, the visitors had a mountain to climb.<\/p>\n
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Picture by Allan McKenzie\/SWPix.com. Yorkshire\u2019s pathway and age-group players were celebrated at the mid-innings interval this evening.<\/p>\n
D\u2019Oliveira and Ethan Brookes did give them a chance with a dynamic 83-run stand, the former hitting a trio of sixes all around the ground.<\/p>\n
But just when hopes started to increase for the New Road side, with D\u2019Oliveira reaching 50 off 33 balls, Brookes was lbw on the reverse against Jafer Chohan\u2019s leg-spin \u2013 120-4 in the 12th.<\/p>\n
And when D\u2019Oliveira dragged O\u2019Rourke out to deep mid-wicket in the next, at 132-5, it felt like game over<\/p>\n
Dwarshuis clattered a consolatory 42 not out, and there was a brief thought that another revival was on the cards with the score at 175-5 after 16.<\/p>\n
But Matt Milnes saw to that.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He bowled a wicket maiden before O\u2019Rourke had both Matthew Waite and Taylor caught at deep mid-wicket and cover as the four points were safely secured.<\/p>\n
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Picture by Allan McKenzie\/SWPix.com. Yorkshire\u2019s players celebrate their victory.<\/p>\n
The Waite catch at deep mid-wicket was a fabulous effort from Wharton in the swirling wind.<\/p>\n
Turning Point: <\/b>The 134 third-wicket partnership between Will Luxton and James Wharton, from 42-2 in the fourth over to 176-3 after 16 put the White Rose in the box seat. It was a sensational stand.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Magic Moment: <\/b>Matt Milnes wicket-maiden in the 17th over to Gareth Roderick was outstanding. Worcestershire started it on 175-5, with Ben Dwarshuis motoring. But wicketkeeper-batter Roderick floundered against Milnes before slicing the fifth ball of the over, a wide and full ball, out to deep point. That was the killer blow.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Stat of the Match: <\/b>Yorkshire\u2019s effort with the bat marked the fifth time in eight innings at Headingley this season that teams have posted 200 or more in a Blast innings.<\/p>\n
What They Said \u2013 James Wharton: <\/b>\u201cIt was a good team performance. Losing the toss and putting 230 on the board is a great effort. I thought everybody batted really well, but we bowled magnificently.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought Matt Milnes\u2019s over near the end (wicket maiden, 17th over) was absolutely unbelievable. Dwarshuis was striking at 300 or whatever it was, so you just never know with a short side. That, for me, was massive.<\/p>\n
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Picture by Allan McKenzie\/SWPix.com. James Wharton smoked 88 and then undertook media duties.<\/p>\n
\u201cMyself and Luxy (Will Luxton) love batting together. We\u2019ve had a few good partnerships in T20, last year and the year before in the seconds. It was nice to go and do it in a first-team game. I think he\u2019s just going to get better and better with the experiences he\u2019s having this year. He\u2019s unbelievable.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got good momentum in all formats, to be fair, and lads are starting to put in good performances.\u201d<\/p>\n
What\u2019s Next: <\/b>Yorkshire travel to Queen\u2019s Park, Chesterfield, on Sunday afternoon (2.30pm) to face bottom-of-the-table Derbyshire Falcons.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Picture by Allan McKenzie\/SWPix.com. James Wharton congratulates fellow batting hero Will Luxton on reaching his fifty tonight. SCORECARD\u00a0…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239769,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4101],"tags":[1406,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-239768","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-cricket","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114799966266881646","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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