Yorkshire fans witnessed one of the best innings they have ever seen from Greg Blewett at Headingley yesterday - but this time the Australian was on the wrong side.
Blewett hit a stylish 84 for Nottinghamshire who gained a comfortable six-wicket win in the Benson and Hedges Cup to put an end to Yorkshire's unblemished record this season.
When Blewett was with Yorkshire in 1999 while Darren Lehmann was playing for Australia in the World Cup, he could do nothing right and it was a mystery to many watchers how he had scored so many runs at Test level.
But yesterday he proved it had only been a mere blip in his career by continuing the phenomenal form he has shown since joining Notts at the start of the season.
He began with 133 against Durham in the Championship last week and followed that up with 59 not out in the B&H win over Leicestershire on Monday.
This latest effort was a bigger innings by Blewett than any he managed for Yorkshire in any competition at Headingley during his disastrous year and it helped Notts canter to their victory target of 195 with 10.4 overs to spare.
He was greatly assisted by Nottinghamshire's old hand, Paul Johnson, who joined him when Notts were struggling on 39 for three on a pitch which had become increasingly difficult during the Yorkshire innings after they had been put in to bat.
Johnson remained unbeaten on 71 and he and Blewett methodically destroyed Yorkshire with a fourth-wicket stand of 150 in 24 overs, Notts having 10.4 overs in hand when the winning runs were hit.
Blewett also looked certain to preserve his wicket but shortly before the end he got a leading edge against Chris Silverwood and was caught at mid-on after facing 102 balls and striking ten handsome fours.
On a fine morning in front of a large crowd, Yorkshire were given a sound start by Gavin Hamilton and Michael Vaughan before both fell to Paul Franks who was a big threat.
Yorkshire never really got into top gear and they suffered their biggest blow when Richard Logan had Darren Lehmann caught down the legside for 41 by wicketkeeper Chris Read who had a good day behind the stumps.
The steady fall of wickets left Yorkshire tottering on 158 for seven in the 44th over and it was only an unbeaten eighth wicket stand of 36 between Richard Blakey and Chris Silverwood which guided them to a respectable total.
Nobody bowled better for Notts than former Yorkshire second teamer Gareth Clough who gave away only 32 runs in ten overs while picking up Anthony McGrath's wicket.
Updated: 12:43 Thursday, May 03, 2001
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