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Aacting skipper Alex Lees, who blasted 136 in Yorkshire Academy's victory by 133 runs

Acting skipper Alex Lees, above, thrashed 136 and left-arm spinner Gurman Randhawa cleaned up with 4-71 as Yorkshire Academy crushed Hull and YPI by 133 runs in the Solly Sports Yorkshire ECB County Premier League today.

Hull skipper David Barrick won the toss and asked Academy to bat on a good Chanterlands Avenue pitch - and when Callum Geldart was first out, dismissed by spinner Boasman at 156, I did feel that the hosts might be wondering if they had done the right thing.

A little later - as Lees and Jack Leaning put on a further 82 - the same thought arose. Lees, skipper for the day in John Blain's absence, hit 16 fours in his two-hour-and-43- minute stay, with some delightful square-drives and excellent running between the wickets. Geldart continues to be in excellent form - his 72 containing 14 fours.

Earlier in the season Jack Leaning struggled to make runs: he certainly did not struggle today - an excellent late cut started his innings, and he went on to play shots all round the wicket. Two towering sixes and five fours came in a top innings. Again, the partnership of Lees and Leaning was an education in how to run between the wickets.

299-4 was to prove a formidable target.

Opening bowler Jack Hargreaves broke the back of the Hull innings, clean bowling openers Andy Kirby and Chris Grey, and then having No. 3 Martin Watkin lbw. At 36-3 there seemed no way that Hull could save the match. Matthew Wilkinson hit a patient 31, while Ben Hugill attacked and had five fours in his 26.

Eventually, the spinners took over, and Randhawa continued his run of form - taking 4-71 in 15 overs. Jack Hughes gave little away, and duly earned figures of 2-12 in nine overs. An excellent catch at long-off by Hargreaves off Randhawa saw the Academy gain a full victory, and take eight points.

Coach Steve Oldham must have been delighted with his young side.

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

Saturday, May 15 2010 (12:00) at Chanterlands Avenue

Yorkshire Academy CC 1st XI Won By 133 runs

Points: Hull & YPI CC 1st XI: 0 Yorkshire Academy CC 1st XI: 8

Hull & YPI CC 1st XI won toss and decided to field

Yorkshire Academy CC 1st XI	Hull & YPI CC 1st XI
299 for 4 (55.0 overs)	166 all out (44.3 overs)
3 Hours, 3 Minutes.	2 Hours, 26 Minutes.

Yorkshire Academy CC 1st XI

Batsman			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S/r
Alex Lees*	run out (T Appleyard)		136	140	163	16	0	97.14
Callum Geldart	c J Philips	b A Bosman	72	87	95	14	0	82.76
Irfan Amjad		b A Bosman	12	27	20	2	0	44.44
Jack Leaning	not out		60	62	68	5	2	96.77
Jack Hargreaves		b J Philips	11	12	16	1	0	91.67
Alex Lilley	not out		3	3	4	0	0	100.00
Extras	0nb 0w 4lb 1b 0pen		5
Provisional Score For Innings			299
Penalties awarded following Innings			0
Total			299	for 4

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Wd	Nb	S/r	Econ
Matthew Wilkinson	6.0	1	43	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.00	7.17
Tom Appleyard	7.0	1	21	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.00	3.00
Jim Philips	12.0	1	70	1	0 (0)	0 (0)	72.00	5.83
Chris Grey	2.0	0	22	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.00	11.00
Adam Bosman	18.0	0	97	2	0 (0)	0 (0)	54.00	5.39
Grant Vanes	10.0	0	41	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.00	4.10

Batsman	Fall of Wicket	Partnership	Batsmen	Over
C Geldart	156-1	156	C Geldart (72) A Lees (82)	27.2
I Amjad	178-2	22	I Amjad (12) A Lees (10)	33.6
A Lees	259-3	81	A Lees (44) J Leaning (36)	49.6
JB Hargreaves	290-4	31	JB Hargreaves (11) J Leaning (20)	54.2

Hull & YPI CC 1st XI

Batsman			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S/r
Andy Kirby		b JB Hargreaves	14	30	40	0	1	46.67
Chris Grey		b JB Hargreaves	4	10	9	1	0	40.00
Martin Watkin	lbw	b JB Hargreaves	4	7	9	1	0	57.14
Matthew Wilkinson	c H Chadwick	b G Randhawa	31	42	59	5	0	73.81
David Barrick*+	c A Lilley	b A Robinson	5	10	14	1	0	50.00
Ben Kirby		b G Randhawa	25	44	43	5	0	56.82
Dave Watkin	c B Coad	b JB Hughes	31	52	46	2	2	59.62
Jim Philips	not out		16	39	53	1	0	41.03
Adam Bosman		b G Randhawa	6	12	9	1	0	50.00
Grant Vanes	st H Chadwick	b JB Hughes	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Tom Appleyard	c JB Hargreaves	b G Randhawa	15	18	16	2	1	83.33
Extras	0nb 3w 8lb 4b 0pen		15
Provisional Score For Innings			166
Penalties awarded following Innings			0
Total			166	all out

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Wd	Nb	S/r	Econ
Jack Hargreaves	7.0	2	28	3	2 (2)	0 (0)	14.67	4.00
Ashley Robinson	7.0	0	21	1	0 (0)	0 (0)	42.00	3.00
Gurman Randhawa	15.3	2	71	4	1 (1)	0 (0)	23.50	4.58
Ben Coad	6.0	0	22	0	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.00	3.67
Jack Hughes	9.0	3	12	2	0 (0)	0 (0)	27.00	1.33

Batsman	Fall of Wicket	Partnership	Batsmen	Over
C Grey	8-1	8	C Grey (4) A Kirby (1)	2.4
M Watkin	20-2	12	M Watkin (4) A Kirby (8)	4.5
A Kirby	36-3	16	A Kirby (5) M Wilkinson (10)	10.3
D Barrick	51-4	15	D Barrick (5) M Wilkinson (10)	13.6
M Wilkinson	75-5	24	M Wilkinson (11) B Kirby (11)	20.2
B Kirby	104-6	29	B Kirby (14) D Watkin (15)	26.2
D Watkin	128-7	24	D Watkin (16) J Philips (5)	35.3
A Bosman	144-8	16	A Bosman (6) J Philips (5)	38.6
G Vanes	145-9	1	G Vanes (0) J Philips (1)	39.3
T Appleyard	166-10	21	T Appleyard (15) J Philips (5)	44.3