Player of the Match
Player of the Match

Yorkshire celebrate, T&T are distraught.

Tim Bresnan tweets: "Unbelievable partnership between @AdilRashid03 and Gaz very well played lads look forward to watching and supporting. Take a bow son."

T&T really had no depth in their bowling, Rampaul and Badree were terrific at the top but the likes on Emrit, Mohammed, Simmons and Cooper were just not enough of a threat. Of course, with Dwayne Bravo, Pollard and Narine missing, you can't be too harsh on them.

Sujan: "Its such a IRONY that two teams from the world T20 finalist countries wont be participating in the main tournament."

Yorkshire and Auckland's wins means we will have two dead rubbers tomorrow, matches which will be up there in the list of meaningless matches.

Ravi B: "So, what is the point of the 2 matches tomorrow? It's better they call off these matches." I'm with you.

Post-match presentation:

Denesh Ramdin: "I think it was a good target, we were three down early, they bowled quite well. 150-160 was probably a good target, we didn't get the target we wanted. In the middle overs, Adil and the other guy batted very well. We are here to put on a good show, we'd like to win tomorrow."

Andrew Gale: "We are over the moon to get through the qualifying phase. We felt we could have bowled them out, it was a little bit below par, we need we had to play well. Me and Jaques didn't get many runs, we needed something special, Ballance and Adi provided it. Ballance has played some special knocks for us in the domestic competitions for us. Adil has batted twice in pressure situations, he has played phenomenally well, I take my hat off to him."

Man of the Match is Gary Ballance: "Absolutely delighted, we have worked hard all season. Basically, we just wanted to keep going, score a boundary an over, and take it deep."

Arthur: "The tourney already has concerns regarding spectator attendance. To spice things up, we have two dead rubbers tomorrow. Awesome!"

Righto, we are done with today's games. Join us, if you have absolutely nothing better to do, for tomorrow's totally pointless matches. G'night!

18.5
6
Cooper to Ballance, SIX, Yorkshire are through! T&T are out, as are Uva Next, Ballance confirms the result with a six over midwicket, Bravo there seemed to have a chance for a moment, but it clears the rope, great hitting from Ballance towards the end of the innings to kncok ut T&T
18.4
0
Cooper to Ballance, no run, short of length ball outside off, Ballance wafts at it and misses
18.3
1
Cooper to Rashid, 1 run, shortish and outside off, guided down towards third man for a single to tie the scores
18.2
1
Cooper to Ballance, 1 run, a single to long-off now
18.1
6
Cooper to Ballance, SIX, Cooper sends a length ball outside off, Ballance gets down on one knee and launches that over the sweeper cover boundary for six, Yorkshire need just three now

Rampaul can't work the magic.

END OF OVER:
18 | 8 Runs | YOR: 140/4 (9 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 7.77, RRR: 4.50)

  • Gary Ballance51 (33b)
  • Adil Rashid32 (26b)
  • Ravi Rampaul4-0-22-1
  • Rayad Emrit3-0-29-1
17.6
1
Rampaul to Ballance, 1 run, another muscular hit towards long-off for a single, just nine away now Yorkshire
17.5
4
Rampaul to Ballance, FOUR, length ball is crunched to the sweeper cover boundary, terrific stroke to bring up his half-century
17.4
1
Rampaul to Rashid, 1 run, eased towards mid-on for a single

Simon: "If we're going to change the format, how about an equal number of sides from each country and no pre-tournament mini-tournament." Don't expect it any time soon Simon.

17.3
1
Rampaul to Ballance, 1 run, full ball just outside off, powerfully hit towards deep point for a single

T&T can afford to play out this over with a few singles.

17.2
1
Rampaul to Rashid, 1 run, back of a length ball on middle, a single towards point
17.1
0
Rampaul to Rashid, no run, a yorker to start, Rashid can't do much about that

END OF OVER:
17 | 14 Runs | YOR: 132/4 (17 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 7.76, RRR: 5.66)

  • Adil Rashid30 (23b)
  • Gary Ballance45 (30b)
  • Rayad Emrit3-0-29-1
  • Lendl Simmons2-0-20-0

30 runs in the last two overs has turned this game. It also means Rampaul has to be brought back earlier than T&T wanted.

16.6
1
Emrit to Rashid, 1 run, low full toss outside off, squeezed towards point for a single
16.5
1
Emrit to Ballance, 1 run, a low full toss on off stump, Ballance making room and stabbing that towards sweeper cover
16.4
1
Emrit to Rashid, 1 run, length ball is coolly driven towards sweeper cover for a single
16.3
1
Emrit to Ballance, 1 run, pitched up and that is thumped back towards the bowler, Emrit sticks out his right hand to slow that down
16.2
4
Emrit to Ballance, FOUR, short of length ball, Ballance moves towards leg stump, the ball follows him, top edge towards third man, Rampaul makes a hash of fielding that, lets it through for four
16.1
6
Emrit to Ballance, SIX, Emrit's first ball is slammed over long-on for six by Ballance, lovely taken by a kid in a Juventus shirt, the kid is jubilant after that

END OF OVER:
16 | 16 Runs | YOR: 118/4 (31 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 7.37, RRR: 7.75)

  • Gary Ballance33 (26b)
  • Adil Rashid28 (21b)
  • Lendl Simmons2-0-20-0
  • Kevon Cooper2-0-14-0
15.6
1
Simmons to Ballance, 1 run, full ball is pushed towards long-on for a single
15.6
7nb
Simmons to Ballance, (no ball) SIX, high full toss and Ballance slices that over third man for six, just cleared the rope there, and that is deemed a no-ball as well, this is the sort of over Yorkshire needed
15.5
1
Simmons to Rashid, 1 run, length ball is punched by Rashid towards long-off, one bounce to the fielder
15.4
1
Simmons to Ballance, 1 run, full again, punched towards long-off

Yorkshire 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st12PA JaquesAW Gale
2nd4AW GaleJE Root
3rd28A LythJE Root
4th7GS BallanceJE Root
5th103GS BallanceAU Rashid

Champions League Twenty20

Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
DC420121.44
TITNS42110-0.017
KKR41260.488
PS4126-0.474
AUCK4126-0.963
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
SS440161.656
LIONS431120.14
CSK4228-0.049
MI4032-0.471
YOR4032-1.791
Qualifying Pool 1
TeamMWLPTNRR
AUCK22081.904
Sia2114-0.511
HAM2020-1.331
Qualifying Pool 2
TeamMWLPTNRR
YOR22080.507
UvNxt2012-0.244
T&T2012-0.777