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Alex Lees: Fine 51 not out as skipper of an improving Yorkshire Academy

Skipper Alex Lees, pictured, compiled a sound 51 not out after left-arm spinner Alex Leyshon had pocketed 4-40 to see an improving Yorkshire Academy side home by eight wickets against Hull in the Solly Sports ECB Yorkshire County Premier League.

The Academy played their first League match of the season at Headingley Carnegie under cloudy skies, and after losing the toss and taking the field they made early inroads.

With the score on three opener Chris Grey was caught behind off Wainman’s second over, and Hull had added only nine more runs when Tom Dimaline mistimed a short ball to give an easy catch to George Ross off David Girling.

Eddie Wilson took two further catches at the wicket as Hull total struggled into the thirties, and a misunderstanding between Jack Oughtred and Andy Kirby ended in Kirby being run out by a good throw from Ross. Matt Wilkinson was another Wilson victim off the bowling of Ashley Robinson.

The Headingley wicket was certainly helpful to the quicker bowlers, but Leyshon with his spin he had 10 successful overs, efficiently cleaning up the tail. The Academy could be pleased with their performance at tea. To bowl Hull out for 102 was very creditable.

Lees and James McNichol started well, reaching 32 before McNichol was lbw to Dan Wilkinson, who had replaced opening-bowler Dominic Rhodes at the pavilion end. Brother Matt removed Ross in similar fashion at 45. Lees was severe on any short ball, and was untroubled by pace or spin. His 51 not out was a fine, controlled innings, and he was given excellent support by Jack Leaning, who struck five fours in a good, unbeaten 27.

The Academy continue to improve, and took eight valuable points from a Hull team who played below their normal standard. Yorkshire must be looking forward to their next match at Abbeydale Park, where the Collegiate team will be tested.

Solly Sports Yorkshire ECB County Premier League Yorkshire Academy CC 1st XI v Hull CC 1st XI

Saturday, May 21 2011 (12:00) at Headingley, Leeds

Yorkshire Academy CC 1st XI Won By 8 wickets

Hull CC 1st XI won toss and decided to bat

Hull CC 1st XI	Yorkshire Academy CC 1st XI
102 all out (44.4 overs)	103 for 2 (25.5 overs)
2 Hours, 50 Minutes.	1 Hour, 35 Minutes.

Hull CC 1st XI

Batsman			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S/r
Matthew Wilkinson	c E Wilson	b A Robinson	20	41	68	3	0	48.78
Chris Grey	c E Wilson	b J Wainman	1	11	9	0	0	9.09
Tom Dimaline	c G Ross	b D Girling	1	8	10	0	0	12.50
David Barrick*	c E Wilson	b A Robinson	7	39	43	1	0	17.95
Andrew Kirby	run out (G Ross)		15	48	66	0	1	31.25
Dom Rhodes	c J Wainman	b A Leyshon	15	38	46	2	0	39.47
Jack Oughtred	c and b	A Leyshon	18	30	35	2	0	60.00
Ben Kirby		b A Leyshon	2	5	5	0	0	40.00
Daniel Wilkinson		b J Wainman	4	14	17	1	0	28.57
James Phillips	not out		6	16	20	0	0	37.50
Christopher Broadley+	lbw	b A Leyshon	3	18	16	0	0	16.67
Extras	4b 4lb 2w 0nb 0pen		10
Provisional Score For Innings			102
Penalties awarded following Innings			0
Total			102	all out

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Wd	Nb	S/r	Econ
James Wainman	9.0	4	19	2	0 (0)	0 (0)	27.00	2.11
Dave Girling	11.0	2	17	1	0 (0)	0 (0)	66.00	1.55
Ashley Robinson	7.0	1	14	2	2 (2)	0 (0)	22.00	2.00
Ben Coad	7.0	3	4	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.00	0.57
Alex Leyshon	10.4	0	40	4	0 (0)	0 (0)	16.00	3.75

Batsman	Fall of Wicket	Partnership	Batsmen	Over
Chris Grey	1-3	3	Chris Grey (1) Matthew Wilkinson (2)	2.6
Tom Dimaline	2-12	9	Tom Dimaline (1) Matthew Wilkinson (8)	5.3
David Barrick	3-34	22	David Barrick (7) Matthew Wilkinson (10)	16.2
Matthew Wilkinson	4-36	2	Matthew Wilkinson (0) Andrew Kirby (1)	16.6
Dom Rhodes	5-62	26	Dom Rhodes (15) Andrew Kirby (10)	28.5
Andrew Kirby	6-72	10	Andrew Kirby (4) Jack Oughtred (4)	32.6
Ben Kirby	7-78	6	Ben Kirby (2) Jack Oughtred (3)	34.5
Jack Oughtred	8-93	15	Jack Oughtred (11) Daniel Wilkinson (4)	38.4
Daniel Wilkinson	9-93	0	Daniel Wilkinson (0) James Phillips (0)	39.2
Christopher Broadley	10-102	9	Christopher Broadley (3) James Phillips (6)	44.4

Yorkshire Academy CC 1st XI

Batsman			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S/r
Alex Lees*	not out		51	73	95	8	0	69.86
James McNichol	lbw	b D Wilkinson	10	29	38	1	0	34.48
George Ross	lbw	b M Wilkinson	8	8	8	2	0	100.00
Jack Leaning	not out		27	45	48	5	0	60.00
Edward Wilson+
Dave Girling
Jonathon Tattersall
James Wainman
Ben Coad
Ashley Robinson
Alex Leyshon
Extras	4b 1lb 2w 0nb 0pen		7
Provisional Score For Innings			103
Penalties awarded following Innings			0
Total			103	for 2

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Wd	Nb	S/r	Econ
Matthew Wilkinson	6.0	0	24	1	0 (0)	0 (0)	36.00	4.00
Dom Rhodes	4.0	0	15	0	1 (1)	0 (0)	0.00	3.75
Daniel Wilkinson	6.0	1	18	1	0 (0)	0 (0)	36.00	3.00
James Phillips	3.0	1	13	0	1 (1)	0 (0)	0.00	4.33
Jack Oughtred	3.5	1	13	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.00	3.39
David Barrick	3.0	0	15	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.00	5.00

Batsman	Fall of Wicket	Partnership	Batsmen	Over
James McNichol	1-32	32	James McNichol (10) Alex Lees (18)	10.3
George Ross	2-45	13	George Ross (8) Alex Lees (3)	11.6