Cricket stumps: Yorkshire squander chance against Bears Jeetan Patel took a hat-trick to help Birmingham Bears claim an exciting five-wicket victory over Yorkshire Vikings in the NatWest t20 Blast North Division match at Headingley. The veteran spinner dismissed Kane Williamson, Andrew Gale and Adam Lyth off successive balls in the ninth over to help reduce Yorkshire to 62 for five, and although the hosts recovered to post 147 for six, it was not enough to deny Birmingham. Led by Laurie Evans’ 69 not out off 43 balls, which included nine fours and two sixes, the Bears – who looked in trouble at 40 for four – squeezed home with two balls to spare in front of a 6,251 crowd. Victory for the home side would have ensured them of a place in the last eight of the competition but now they will most probably have to beat Nottinghamshire at the same venue in a week’s time to make the cut. The win for Bears also kept them in the frame. Patel, the 34-year-old former New Zealand off-spinner, had already had Alex Lees stumped by Tim Ambrose before capturing his hat-trick. He trapped fellow Kiwi Williamson lbw for 15 off 19 balls and then comprehensively bowled skipper Gale [...] leedsinnews/cricket-stumps-yorkshire-squander-chance-against-bears/
Posted on: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 23:45:18 +0000
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