Yorkshire Vikings 191 for 5
beat
Worcestershire Rapids 179 for 5
by 12 runs
Blast T20 North Group
Wednesday 23 June 2021
Played at Headingley
I don't know if that game proves T20 is the best cricket format in the world. Or the worst. There's always a nagging doubt that it's a bit of a lottery. If one or two of your players come off. And not necessarily your Big Guns. You can get out of situations. And win.
The Pears Dillon Pennington made his bid to be the One Man Show in the third over, his first. Lyth & Tattersall went to his first two balls. And, Gary Ballance for a Duck off the fifth of the over. Leaving Yorkshire on 13 for 3. Joe Root scored just one off four balls faced. And, Pennington had now taken FOUR wickets in 8 balls.
After 7 overs, Yorkshire were just 22 for 4. Pennington was 3 overs, 2 maidens, four wickets for 3 runs. Harry Brook & George Hill scrabbled around until Hill went at 50 for 5 before the end of the 11th over.
And then. It all fucking changed. All told, 173 runs after the Powerplay, 158 from the last 11 overs. An unbroken stand between Brook & Jordan Thompson of 141 from 56 balls. That's an English T20 record sixth wicket stand. And only bettered once anywhere in the world. (Kennar Lewis and 'dre Russell, 161 for Jamaica Tallawahs against Trinbago Knight Riders at Port-of-Spain in the 2018 Caribbean Premier League).
Harry (83 from 54 with six sixes) & Jordan (66 from 28 with five sixes) both had career bests. 18 runs off the 18th over. 17 runs off the 19th. 2-6-1-6 2-wides 6 1-wide 4 in a 28 run final over from Charlie Morris.
Shell Shocked doesn't cover it. FFS, you've got ten minutes for a piss & to get padded up & make sense of the senseless. Chase 192 to win. Riki Wessels to open. Yes. That Riki Wessels. The one who dropped Brook off Pennington when he'd scored just two. Fair Fucking Play. Riki stood right up. Fourth gone, for 77 off just 45.
But, it looked a tough ask from there - 74 off 33. Yorkshire really controlled it. Fisher, Root, Ferguson, Waite & Bess all went for eight and half (ish) an over or less. The Fish closing it out with a ten run final over. On the night, T20 was the best of formats.
I always get seduced in Tapped Leeds by those bloody beer tanks. Pushes all my buttons. The kettles & tuns & fermentation vessels are all over there, on one side of the room. And the great looking beer tanks are over there, behind the bar. Theoretically, the beer is brewed, put into the tanks & served "directly" into your pint pot. Thing is. Whisper it. Small kit. The beers are always a bit metallic & uninspiring.
Tapped Leeds, Chief, American Pale Ale from the Tank at 4.7%
As predicted. Fairly safe. The sweetness was OK. But it never really went much further.
Unlike. Redemption Brewing Co, Trinity, Golden Ale on Cask at just 3%
Just glorious. Absolutely excellent at 3%. Served in great condition. The head stayed forever, lacing down the glass. Just a hint of "English Bitter" malt throughout. But the floral hops kept it honest. Great beer.
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