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Ajmal Shahzad: Opened the batting and the bowling

Fast bowler Ajmal Shahzad, pictured, enjoyed a workout with Yorkshire Academy yesterday to test his fitness before this week’s first-team matches – and helped the Colts to a six-wicket victory over top-of-the-table York in the Solly Sports ECB Yorkshire County Premier League.

The Academy’s triumph was all the greater because they had to chase a forbidding target of 144 in 20 minutes plus 20 overs in the last hour after two-and-three-quarter hours had been lost to rain.

The Weetwood hosts won the toss, stuck York in, and Shahzad clean bowled Dave Simpson in his second over, damaging a stump. More damage was done by first-change bowler Ben Coad, who trapped fellow opener Duncan Snell in front with the total on seven.

Recovery came through skipper Marcus Wood, 38, and Liam McKendry, 45, who added a valuable 70. McKendry despatched George Ross for two sixes, went for another…and Jonathan Tattersall took a fine catch at deep-square-leg. Coad had Wood caught at deep square by Eddie Wilson – who further proved his fielding skills by catching Ryan McKendry, again at square leg.

102-5 in the 37th over, and York did not look so convincing. Oliver Hairs, one, Alex Collins, seven, and Andrew Tute, none, all fell to Coad, and York had collapsed from 101-3 to 114-8. Coad made it six of the best when he had Tom Pringle caught at mid-wicket, but at 140-9 rain halted the Academy's progress.

It was a fine day for Coad, who had 6-31 in his 12 overs. The fielding was very good, and Jack Leaning's diving catch of Hairs was superb. Two-and-three-quarter hours later the teams returned, and York were wrapped up for 143.

Shahzad opened with skipper Alex Lees, and they rattled up 26 before Nick Kay bowled Shahzad for nine. Lees and Jack Leaning put on 28, but Lees was lbw to left-arm spinner Dan Woods. Alex Lilley, nine, was another Kay victim…but the chase went on, and 113 were needed in that last hour.

Enter Ross, who shared a partnership of 46 with Leaning - who followed his 150 not out for the Seconds last week with a pivotal 44 before he was another Kay victim. Ross and Tattersall scored at a run a ball, and with three overs to go the Academy needed 17.

The next two overs yielded 15, and when Kay started the last over the target was two. Inevitably it was Ross who drove the first ball for four: he came in with an excellent 40 not out, which contained three fours and two sixes. He and Tattersall ran well together, and Tattersall scored 10 runs off nine balls .

A superb team effort saw the Academy inflict their third defeat on York this season.

Premier League Yorkshire Academy CC 1st XI v York CC 1st XI

Saturday, August 27 2011 (12:00) at Weetwood, Leeds

Yorkshire Academy CC 1st XI Won By 6 wickets

Points: Yorkshire Academy CC 1st XI: 0 York CC 1st XI: 0

Yorkshire Academy CC 1st XI won toss and decided to field

York CC 1st XI	Yorkshire Academy CC 1st XI
143 all out (51.1 overs)	146 for 4 (25.1 overs)
3 Hours, 28 Minutes.	1 Hour, 35 Minutes.

York CC 1st XI

Batsman			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S/r
Duncan Snell	lbw	b B Coad	5	19	26	1	0	26.32
Dave Simpson		b A Shazhad	0	7	11	0	0	0.00
Liam Mckendry	c J Tattersall	b G Ross	45	78	93	5	2	57.69
Marcus Wood*+	c E Wilson	b B Coad	38	87	118	5	0	43.68
Ryan Mckendry	c E Wilson	b J Wainman	6	29	45	0	0	20.69
Oliver Hairs	c J Leaning	b B Coad	1	5	9	0	0	20.00
Alex Collins		b B Coad	7	13	18	1	0	53.85
nick kay	not out		17	39	54	1	0	43.59
Andrew Tute	lbw	b B Coad	0	4	3	0	0	0.00
Tom Pringle	c J Leaning	b B Coad	16	16	24	2	0	100.00
Daniel Woods	lbw	b G Ross	0	11	11	0	0	0.00
Extras	1b 6lb 0w 1nb 0pen		8
Provisional Score For Innings			143
Penalties awarded following Innings			0
Total			143	all out

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Wd	Nb	S/r	Econ
Ajmal Shazhad	11.0	3	25	1	0 (0)	0 (0)	66.00	2.27
James Wainman	9.0	4	9	1	0 (0)	0 (0)	54.00	1.00
Ben Coad	12.0	4	31	6	0 (0)	0 (0)	12.00	2.58
Jonathan Moxon	6.0	1	27	0	0 (0)	1 (1)	0.00	4.50
Alex Lilley	7.0	1	17	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.00	2.43
George Ross	6.1	2	27	2	0 (0)	0 (0)	18.50	4.38

Batsman	Fall of Wicket	Partnership	Batsmen	Over
Dave Simpson	1-3	3	Dave Simpson (0) Duncan Snell (1)	2.3
Duncan Snell	2-7	4	Duncan Snell (4) Liam Mckendry (0)	5.5
Liam Mckendry	3-77	70	Liam Mckendry (45) Marcus Wood (22)	25.4
Marcus Wood	4-101	24	Marcus Wood (16) Ryan Mckendry (6)	35.4
Ryan Mckendry	5-102	1	Ryan Mckendry (0) Oliver Hairs (1)	36.6
Oliver Hairs	6-103	1	Oliver Hairs (0) Alex Collins (1)	37.3
Alex Collins	7-114	11	Alex Collins (6) nick kay (4)	41.2
Andrew Tute	8-114	0	Andrew Tute (0) nick kay (0)	41.6
Tom Pringle	9-138	24	Tom Pringle (16) nick kay (8)	47.4
Daniel Woods	10-143	5	Daniel Woods (0) nick kay (5)	51.1

Yorkshire Academy CC 1st XI

Batsman			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S/r
Alex Lees*	lbw	b D Woods	26	37	37	3	0	70.27
Ajmal Shazhad		b n kay	9	11	20	1	0	81.82
Jack Leaning	lbw	b n kay	44	43	60	3	1	102.33
Alex Lilley	c M Wood	b n kay	9	13	10	0	0	69.23
George Ross	not out		40	38	46	3	2	105.26
Jonathan Tattersall	not out		10	9	14	0	0	111.11
Edward Wilson
Henry Chadwick+
Jonathan Moxon
James Wainman
Ben Coad
Extras	3b 5lb 0w 0nb 0pen		8
Provisional Score For Innings			146
Penalties awarded following Innings			0
Total			146	for 4

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Wd	Nb	S/r	Econ
Daniel Woods	11.0	0	51	1	0 (0)	0 (0)	66.00	4.64
nick kay	12.1	0	68	3	0 (0)	0 (0)	24.33	5.59
Tom Pringle	2.0	0	19	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.00	9.50

Batsman	Fall of Wicket	Partnership	Batsmen	Over
Ajmal Shazhad	1-26	26	Ajmal Shazhad (9) Alex Lees (13)	5.4
Alex Lees	2-54	28	Alex Lees (13) Jack Leaning (15)	10.2
Alex Lilley	3-69	15	Alex Lilley (9) Jack Leaning (4)	13.2
Jack Leaning	4-115	46	Jack Leaning (25) George Ross (19)	21.5

Weather: Sunny Pitch: Damp

Umpires: I Dixon R Pugh

Scorers: H Galley K Hutchinson

Words and Statistics: HAROLD GALLEY

	P	cw	iw1	iw2	iw3	il1	il2	il3	cl	t	c	a	Pts
York CC	23	12	0	4	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	1	134
Rotherham Town CC	23	10	0	2	5	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	131
Cleethorpes CC	23	9	1	0	3	0	2	1	3	0	4	0	110
Scarborough CC	23	7	0	3	2	2	2	1	2	0	3	1	104
Yorkshire Academy CC	23	10	0	1	0	0	0	5	3	0	4	0	98
Sheffield Collegiate CC	23	8	0	1	2	0	0	1	8	0	2	1	91
Castleford CC	23	6	1	2	1	0	0	2	6	1	3	1	88
Barnsley CC	23	5	0	2	4	0	0	5	4	1	1	1	86
Harrogate CC	23	3	1	0	5	0	3	1	6	1	3	0	76
Appleby Frodingham CC	23	5	0	1	3	0	0	1	10	0	2	1	73
Sheffield United CC	23	4	0	0	1	1	4	4	6	0	2	1	53
Driffield Town CC	23	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	13	2	1	1	45
Hull CC	23	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	12	0	4	1	41
Doncaster Town CC	23	2	0	0	1	0	4	6	7	0	1	2	35

P= Played
cw= COMPLETE WIN (8 points)
iw1= INCOMPLETE WIN 6/2 (6 points)
iw2= INCOMPLETE WIN 6/1 (6 points)
iw3= INCOMPLETE WIN 6/0 (6 points)
il1= INCOMPLETE LOSS 2 (2 points)
il2= INCOMPLETE LOSS 1 (1 points)
il3= INCOMPLETE LOSS 0 (0 points)
cl= COMPLETE LOSS (0 points)
t= Tied (4 points)
c= Cancelled no play (3 points)
a= Abandoned uncomplete (3 points)
pen = Penalty Points
nrr = Net Run Rate
pts = Total Points