York move top

Ironically, York's victims on Saturday, Doncaster, trounced the Lincolnshire club yesterday.

On Saturday, York seemed to be facing a mountain as Doncaster's openers, Simon Widdup and Tariq Aziz, mustered 132 in the first 30 overs.

Eventually York's bowlers achieved control and limited Doncaster to 100 runs in their remaining 25 overs. England Under-19 off-spinner Dan Broadbent was the main architect of success, taking four wickets as the South Yorkshire batters succumbed to the pressure to close at 231-6.

Despite losing Simon Mason early, York's batsmen fed on a quality batting track to win by eight wickets with almost eight overs to spare.

Spearhead of the victory was Steve Piercy, who batted throughout for an excellent century and received fine support from Rob Flack and Marcus Wood.

Yesterday's saw Scarborough arrive at Clifton Park on the back of a narrow victory over Cleethorpes.

They elected to bat and, like Doncaster, got off to a sound start, posting 81 off 27 overs but York's spin twins, Kiwi Jeetan Patel and Broadbent, began to tighten their grip and, when the last ten business overs arrived, they claimed six wickets between them for only 36 runs to give York a modest target of 155 runs.

York soon began to make the task mountainous as they steadily lost wickets with Will Mallory showing himself fully the equal of the York spinners as he went on to claim five wickets.

Mike Davis and Broadbent came together and put on 48 until Davies was deceived by Mallory's slower ball.

The tension increased as York's scoring rate slowed and Patel left quickly. Will Warne helped put on 23 in 13 grafting overs, but York lost three wickets with less than 15 runs required as former team-mate Rich Gilbert returned to claim Warne and Broadbent.

York were left with six overs for the last pair Greg How and Nigel Durham to secure eight runs for victory, which How grabbed with consummate square cut boundary.

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Saturday games

York v Doncaster

Doncaster: S Widdup c Durham b Broadbent 99, T Aziz c Broadbent b How 50, A Parkin-Coates c Wood b Broadbent 19, P Ellis b Broadbent 25, A Fiddler not out 24, G Dawson st Durham b Broadbent 4, A Chadwick b Patel 2, C Cusak not out 0, Extras 8, Total (6 wkts) 231.

York: D Snell 5-1-18-0, R Flack 6-3-18-0, J Patel 13-0-65-1, G How 12-0-54-1, T Pringle 3-0-19-0, D Broadbent 16-2-50-4.

York: S Piercy not out 107, S Mason lbw Parkin-Coates 10, R Flack st Chadwick b Widdup 57, M Wood not out 39, Extras 19, Total (2 wkts) 232.

Bowling: N Cowan 13-1-44-0, A Parkin-Coates 11-2-47-1, D Jones 9.2-2-45-0, S Widdup 11-1-57-1, P Ellis 3-0-25-0.

York (8pts) beat Doncaster (0pts) by 8wkts.

Umpires: G Wood & R E Lawson.

Scarborough v Cleethorpes

Cleethorpes: S Deitz b Gilbert 0, W Kirby lbw Beard 23, M Smith c Harland b Gilbert 4, J Trower c Wilson b Beard 43, J Stevenson lbw Beard 4, N Wheeler c&b Mallory 7, J Osmond b Beard 0, A Osmond lbw Beard 4, G Wilson b Gilbert 14, A Ellis not out 18, A Carrington not out 4, Extras 16, Total (9 wkts) 137.

Bowling: R Gilbert 16-3-49-3, P Beard 21-6-37-5, C Heron 2-0-8-0, W Mallory 13-7-19-1, R Barlow 3-0-15-0.

Scarborough: C Heron c Wilson b Ellis 7, D Harland b Carrington 12, N Elvidge lbw Ellis 4, D Gormley lbw Ellis 48, A Lyth lbw Deitz 6, N Tubbs b Osmond 17, G Wilson lbw Carrington 7, R Barlow lbw Osmond 0, W Mallory c Wilson b Carrington 12, R Gilbert not out 8, P Beard not out 0, Extras 20, Total (9 wkts) 141.

Bowling: A Carrington 23-11-46-3, A Ellis 10.3-4-24-3, S Deitz 7-1-33-1, A Osmond 5-0-18-2.

Scarborough (6pts) beat Cleethorpes by 1 wkt.

Umpires: J Holliday & A Featherstone.

Hull v Harrogate

Harrogate: J Inglis b Simpson 111, A Twigg c Haller b Simpson 90, M Stanford not out 38, K Hussain c Kirby b Simpson 6, R Scales not out 5, Extras 22, Total (3wkts) 272.

Bowling: J Varos 14-3-56-0, D Mather 14-3-67-0, N Judah 6-0-28-0, M Scattergood 7-1-29-0, M Wilkinson 5-0-36-0, A Simpson 9-0-37-3.

Hull: A Simpson c Inglis b Stanford 66, A Kirby lbw Pennett 11, A Newns run out 15, J Varos c&b Kippax 17, I Haller not out 61, M Wilkinson c Inglis b Kippax 0, R Kirby c Bryant b Kippax 1,N Judah lbw Kippax 9, C McFadyen c Taylor b Kippax 0, N Scattergood not out 3, Extras 24, Total (8 wkts) 207.

Bowling: D Pennett 12-0-53-1, J Bryant 8-3-28-0, C Kippax 19-7-56-5, N Stanford 16-1-55-1.

Harrogate (6pts) beat Hull (1pt) by 65 runs.

Umpires: K Smith & I Oakes.

Other results from Saturday

Barnsley 265-4 (A Kulbushan 101no, R Wilkinson 42; M Zaman 3-61) bt Driffield 211 (M Zaman 86; A Ivill 3042) by 54 runs. Barnsley 8pts, Driffield 0

Rotherham 112 (M Boocock 4-22, A Gray 3-38) lost to Sheffield Collegiate 113-1 (A Gray 72no). Sheffield Collegiate 8pts, Rotherham 0

Sheffield United 322-7 (C Watson 86) bt Appleby Frodingham

231-9 (J Parker 131) by 91 runs. Sheffield United 6pts, Appleby Frodingham 1pt.

Yesterday

York v Scarborough

Scarborough: C Heron, b Patel 48, D Harland b Broadbent 30; N Elvidge ct Durham b Broadbent 31, D Gormley run out 0; N Tubbs LBW, b Patel 24, N Fletcher LBW, b Patel 4; G Wilson, b Patel 1, R Barlow ct Patel, b Broadbent 4; W Mallory ct Wood, b Broadbent 2, R Gilbert not out 1, M Wells not out 1. Extras 8. Total 154 for 9 wickets.

Bowling G H G Bow 7-2-22-0, R Flack 7-2-21-0, J Patel 21-9-42-4, D Broadbent 20-2-64-4.

York: S Piercy, ct Elvidge b Gilbert 11, S Mason ct Wilson, b Wells 2; R Flack ct Wilson b Mallory 9, M Wood ct Fletcher b Mallory 14; M Davies, b Mallory 43; D Broadbent b Gilbert 37; J Patel b Mallory 5, W Warne lbw b Gilbert 10; T Pringle lbw b Mallory 0, G How not out 8, N Durham not out 2. Extras 15. Total 156 for 9 wickets.

Bowling: R Gilbert 13-2-26-3, M Wells 5-1-11-1, W Mallory 20-5-57-5, R Barlow 10-1-39-0, N Fletcher 3-1-3-0.

Other results from yesterday

*Doncaster 341-4 (T Aziz 198, P Ellis 104), Cleethorpes 162 (W Kirby 49; D Jones 5-50, R Dawson 5-71).

*Castleford 308-2 (A Bourke 106, J Sykes 75, J Randerson 59no, H Burrell 54no), Appleby-Frodingham 159 (N Daley 45; T Glover 4-34, J Randerson 3-18).

Scarborough 154-9 (C Heron 48, N Elvidge 31, D Harland 30; J Patel 4-42, D Broadbent 4-64), *York 156-9 (M Davies 43, D Broadbent 37; W Mallory 5-57, R Gilbert 3-36).

Driffield 197 (M Zaman 35, I Winterbottom 30, W Sygrove 38, C Guest 3-26, P Hepworth 3-41), *Harrogate 201-4 (J Inglis 77, M Stanford 64).

Hull 275-5 ( A Simpson 49, J Dows 45, J Varos 63, I Haller 65no), *Rotherham 152-8 (J Dows 4-38).

*Yorkshire Academy 145 (C Batchelor 56; D Yarnley 3-21, T Fletcher 3-50), Sheffield United 146-5 (M Barlow 41).

*Sheffield Collegiate 235-8 (E McKenna 75, C Wall 60, R Kettleborough 41; M Broadhurst 4-78), Barnsley 176-9 (B Hunsley 47; A Wylie 44-45).

Updated: 10:27 Monday, June 23, 2003