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Yorkshire sing thanks to Bresnan’s swing
- Updated: June 1, 2016
Yorkshire 308 (Rashid 88, Bresnan 69, Jarvis 4-74, Wagner 4-75) and 236 (Plunkett 57, Wagner 4-71) beat Lancashire 196 (Livingstone 60*) and 173 (Brown 51, Rashid 4-17, Bresnan 4-36) by 175 runsScorecard
It did not matter that June was not so much bustin’ out all over as peering out reluctantly on a grey Leeds sky. The gates opened at Headingley at 9.30am and a minute or so later the first supporters were establishing their base camps at the Kirkstall Lane: coffee, woollies and, who knows, even Kendal mint cake. Such folk probably accompanied Scott or Shackleton. They probably thought the weather a trifle nippy; everyone else thought it was bloody cold.
And just over seven hours later those hardy partisans were applauding Andrew Gale and his players after they had completed what was only Yorkshire’s second home victory in a Roses match since 1992. The fair-minded Lancastrians in the crowd will have applauded, too, for no one could seriously doubt the merit of this victory. When Gale’s men needed to take wickets on the final day, they did so; when Lancashire needed their leading batsmen, Alviro Petersen for example, to play major innings they fell to soft dismissals, albeit that the conditions remained as tricky for batting as they had been for virtually the entire match.
For no one was the victory sweeter than Tim Bresnan, who scored 98 important runs in the game and also took six wickets, all of which is a useful way to mark your first Championship appearance of the season. Yorkshire have missed the allrounder’s accuracy with the ball and his uncomplicated style with the bat during the past six weeks. Bresnan’s return from injury, added to the fact that Yorkshire are now joint top of the Division One table on points without having played particularly well, are warning signs for the rest to ponder as the season gets into its fullest swing.
“Our form doesn’t warrant us being top of the league,” Gale admitted. “But we’re finding a way to win games, and …
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