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Jack Hughes, who was out one short of his 50 in a match Yorkshire Academy should have won

Silly batting mistakes cost Yorkshire Academy victory over Rotherham Town and the chance to become leaders of the Solly Sports ECB Yorkshire County Premier League.

Jack Hughes, above, who was caught one short of his 50, and Jack Hargreaves, 46, looked to have clinched it with a fourth-wicket stand of 108 after the Academy had restricted Rotherham to 191-8 in the 55 overs.

Rotherham chose to bat - but stuttered to 67-6 after early breakthroughs by skipper John Blain, 2-36, and left-hand spinner Gurman Randhawa, 4-49. Rotherham needed the middle-order to establish themselves and occupy the crease, but the Academy bowlers should have found further success.

Gerrad Rudolph, 87 - brother of Yorkshire's vice-captain, Jaques - and Ben Sanderson, 35, put on 71, and a ninth-wicket partnership was worth 27 . Hargreaves could not bowl because of an ankle injury, and once the middle-order dug in the attack was mediocre.

The target was under 3.5 per over, but the Academy needed a good start. Randhawa, opening in the absence of Callum Geldart fell, was caught at mid-off with the score on 11, and debutant George Ross, 11, went at 31. The batting looked exposed when at 47 opener Alex Lees was caught for 25.

The more experienced batsmen Hargreaves and Hughes pulled it round with a century stand, and with nine overs remaining the rate required was four per over. Rotherham shoulders began to droop, and the fielders looked tired.

Unexplainedly, Hargreaves tried to clear the infield ring - but placed the ball in the hands of long-off. Jack Leaning, 15, batting low down the order, then fell to a very good catch by Sanderson off his own bowling. Two silly run-outs followed, and the opportunity to claim yet another eight-point win was lost.

The full 55 overs were bowled, and the Academy ended up nine runs short. They claimed two points - but eight were there for the taking. The chance to become League leaders was lost.

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

Monday, May 31 2010 (12:00) at Clifton Lane

Rotherham Town CC 1st XI Won By 9 runs

Points: Rotherham Town CC 1st XI: 6 Yorkshire Academy CC 1st XI: 0

Rotherham Town CC 1st XI won toss and decided to bat

Rotherham Town CC 1st XI	Yorkshire Academy CC 1st XI
191 for 8 (55.0 overs)	182 for 9 (55.0 overs)
3 Hours, 11 Minutes.	3 Hours, 6 Minutes.

Rotherham Town CC 1st XI

Batsman			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S/r
Oliver Whittaker		b J Blain	6	21	18	0	0	28.57
Gareth Purshouse	c A Robinson	b B Coad	2	14	25	0	0	14.29
James Moorehouse*	c B Gibson	b J Blain	7	15	28	1	0	46.67
Gerrad Rudolph	st B Gibson	b G Randhawa	87	111	142	9	3	78.38
Jordan Lowe+	lbw	b G Randhawa	4	12	26	1	0	33.33
Nathan Smith	lbw	b G Randhawa	14	18	13	2	0	77.78
Stuart Guy	c B Gibson	b A Robinson	0	7	5	0	0	0.00
Ben Sanderson	c G Ross	b G Randhawa	35	68	60	4	0	51.47
Will Cooper	not out		6	37	41	0	0	16.22
Tom Knight	not out		14	27	24	0	0	51.85
Extras	0nb 0w 9lb 7b 0pen		16
Provisional Score For Innings			191
Penalties awarded following Innings			0
Total			191	for 8

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Wd	Nb	S/r	Econ
John Blain	13.0	1	36	2	0 (0)	0 (0)	39.00	2.77
Ben Coad	10.0	2	21	1	0 (0)	0 (0)	60.00	2.10
Ashley Robinson	7.0	0	33	1	0 (0)	0 (0)	42.00	4.71
Gurman Randhawa	20.0	4	49	4	0 (0)	0 (0)	30.00	2.45
Jack Hughes	3.0	0	23	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.00	7.67
George Ross	2.0	0	13	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.00	6.50

Batsman	Fall of Wicket	Partnership	Batsmen	Over
Oliver Whittaker	8-1	8	Oliver Whittaker (6) Gareth Purshouse (2)	4.5
Gareth Purshouse	8-2	0	Gareth Purshouse (0) James Moorehouse (0)	5.6
James Moorehouse	23-3	15	James Moorehouse (7) Gerrad Rudolph (8)	10.6
Jordan Lowe	50-4	27	Jordan Lowe (4) Gerrad Rudolph (21)	17.2
Nathan Smith	66-5	16	Nathan Smith (14) Gerrad Rudolph (2)	21.1
Stuart Guy	67-6	1	Stuart Guy (0) Gerrad Rudolph (1)	22.3
Ben Sanderson	138-7	71	Ben Sanderson (35) Gerrad Rudolph (34)	41.2
Gerrad Rudolph	164-8	26	Gerrad Rudolph (21) Will Cooper (0)	47.1

Yorkshire Academy CC 1st XI

Batsman			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S/r
Alex Lees	c A Thorpe	b N Smith	25	47	69	3	0	53.19
Gurman Randhawa	c S Guy	b B Sanderson	0	13	15	0	0	0.00
George Ross	c O Whittaker	b T Knight	11	42	39	2	0	26.19
Jack Hughes	c O Whittaker	b B Sanderson	49	102	123	5	0	48.04
Jack Hargreaves	c J Moorehouse	b N Smith	46	82	85	8	0	56.10
Jack Leaning	c and b	B Sanderson	15	18	13	2	0	83.33
Alex Lilley	lbw	b B Sanderson	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
John Blain*	run out (N Smith)		0	8	7	0	0	0.00
Ben Coad	not out		5	7	14	0	0	71.43
Ashley Robinson	run out (G Rudolph)		1	7	5	0	0	14.29
Barney Gibson+	not out		3	4	7	0	0	75.00
Extras	1nb 1w 8lb 17b 0pen		27
Provisional Score For Innings			182
Penalties awarded following Innings			0
Total			182	for 9

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Wd	Nb	S/r	Econ
Ben Sanderson	13.0	2	34	4	0 (0)	1 (1)	19.75	2.62
Adam Thorpe	9.0	2	17	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.00	1.89
Tom Knight	20.0	5	47	1	1 (1)	0 (0)	121.00	2.35
Nathan Smith	10.0	0	40	2	0 (0)	0 (0)	30.00	4.00
Will Cooper	3.0	0	19	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.00	6.33

Batsman	Fall of Wicket	Partnership	Batsmen	Over
Gurman Randhawa	11-1	11	Gurman Randhawa (0) Alex Lees (10)	4.2
George Ross	31-2	20	George Ross (11) Alex Lees (9)	14.6
Alex Lees	47-3	16	Alex Lees (6) Jack Hughes (6)	19.4
Jack Hargreaves	155-4	108	Jack Hargreaves (46) Jack Hughes (40)	46.1
Jack Leaning	171-5	16	Jack Leaning (15) Jack Hughes (1)	49.5
Alex Lilley	171-6	0	Alex Lilley (0) Jack Hughes (0)	49.6
John Blain	173-7	2	John Blain (0) Jack Hughes (2)	51.4
Jack Hughes	173-8	0	Jack Hughes (0) Ben Coad (0)	51.6
Ashley Robinson	177-9	4	Ashley Robinson (1) Ben Coad (3)	53.4