Randhawa spins his web as Academy increase lead
Left-arm spinner Gurman Randhawa, right, followed his five-for with Yorkshire Seconds this week with 4-38 as Yorkshire Academy beat Appleby Frodingham by 53 runs in the ECB Oxbridge Yorkshire County Premier League.
Yet another winning toss saw the Academy bat, and get off to a sound start. A first-wicket partnership of 71 by Joe Root, 40, and Gary Ballance, 34, was followed by a stand of 28 before Callum Geldart, 13, was the second of Derbyshire bowler Greg Smith's wickets.
Naved Sayeed accounted for Chavez Younes, 3, but Charlie Roebuck, 28, and Jack Hargreaves, 25, had useful knocks. Alex Lilley, suffering from a back injury, was another Smith victim for 27. The Academy clawed their way to 224 before losing 10 wickets on what was not an easy pitch to bat on. Smith's off-spin was duly rewarded with 7-43.
Academy skipper John Blain took the required early wicket of opener Duncan Heath, and Hargreaves, his opening colleague, accounted for Sayeed, 1. 35-2. A good position, but Smith was defiant. Younes came on with his medium-pace, and he immediately had South African Dewey caught by Geldart. A beautiful ball which swung away bowled Smith for 71.
Blain used seven bowlers - but persevered with Randhawa, the five-wicket off-spinner for Yorkshire Seconds mid-week. The captain was rewarded as Gurman took 4-38, and with occasional spinner Root, 1-19, cleared up the tail. The Academy had 10 overs to spare, and with York losing yesterday they extended their lead in the League to six points over Scarborough, nine over Doncaster Town and 11 over York.
Today Blain's young hopefuls look forward to their Round 2 League Cup tie against Doncaster at Weetwood.
Yorkshire Academy Innings (maximum 55 overs): J Root b D Heath 40, G Ballance c Holliday b G Smith 34, C Geldart c J Pickersgill b G Smith 13, C Roebuck c G Smith b N Sayeed 28, J Hargreaves b G Smith 25, C Younes c R Dewey b N Sayeed 3, A Lilley b G Smith 27, G Randhawa c A Watson b G Smith 18, D Girling c C Holliday b G Smith 5, H Chadwick (wicket-keeper) b G Smith 6, J Blain (captain) not out 1. Extras (b 17, lb 1, w 4, nb 2) 24
Total (54.5 overs) 224
FoW: 1-71, 2-99, 3-106, 4-142, 5-152, 6-176, 7-205, 8-213, 9-223, 10-224
Bowling: N Sayeed 15-0-61-2, C Taylor 4-0-36-0, P Hilton 5-0-27-0, D Heath 10-2-39-1, G Smith 20.5-4-43-7
Appleby Frodingham Innings (maximum 55 overs): D Heath b J Blain 6, G Smith b C Younes 71, N Sayeed c H Chadwick b J Hargreaves 1, F Rehman c J Blain b G Randhawa 13, R Dewey c C Geldart b C Younes 2, C Holliday (wicket-keeper) c G Ballance b G Randhawa 35, M Morland (captain) c J Root b C Younes 1, A Watson c A Lilley b G Randhawa 27, J Pickersgill lbw b J Root 1, C Taylor c D Girling b G Randhawa 0, P Hilton not out 0. Extras (b 9, lb 1, w 1, nb 3) 14
Total (45.5 overs) 171
FoW: 1-34, 2-35, 3-76, 4-89, 5-109, 6-111, 7-165, 8-169, 9-171, 10-171
Bowling: J Hargreaves 6-2-15-1, J Blain 8-0-40-1, D Girling 6-1-18-0, G Randhawa 14.5-1-38-4, C Younes 5-0-20-3, C Roebuck 2-0-11-0, J Root 4-0-19-1
Result: Yorkshire Academy won by 53 runs
Yorkshire Academy 8 points; Appleby Frodingham 0 points
Umpires: Mr H Fidler (Mansfield) and Mr R Knowles (Doncaster). Scorers: Mr HD Galley and Mr D Wadd
Words and Statistics: HAROLD GALLEY
ECB OXBRIDGE YORKSHIRE COUNTY PREMIER LEAGUE RESULTS
Hull 203-7 (A Simpson 61, D Barrick 40, D Wilkinson 38, A Osmond 5-33); Cleethorpes 116-3 (E Carlton 38, J Osmond 30)
Barnsley 205-8 (S Widdup 66, A Morris 38, G Batty 33, A Knowles 3-21); Doncaster Town 207-5 (A Parkin-Coates 102 not out, A Gosney 53 not out, J Stuart 28, J Ellis 4-35)
Rotherham Town 65; Driffield 66-1
Harrogate 178 (J Proud 40, N Lindley 37, J Tattersall 31, A Renton 7-32, A Hulme 3-40); York 141-9 (S Mason 73, S Khan 3-20)
Castleford 195-9 (J Pitcher 59, S le Roux 98, N Khan 4-64, M Dixon 5-65); Sheffield Collegiate 196-6 (E McKenna 53, C Wall 50, K Javed 36)
Sheffield United 98 (A Hurst 31, A Lyth 4-23, P Rinke 4-41); Scarborough 99-5 (K Bansil 27, N Khan 3-18)
Yorkshire Academy 224 (J Root 40, G Balance 34, G Smith 7-44); Appleby Frodingham 171 (G Smith 71, C Holliday 35, G Randawa 4-38, C Younes 3-20)