Seconds Suffer Trouncing

Only a commendable last wicket partnership granted a measure of respectability to Yorkshire's puny reply, but the damage had long since been inflicted by high-flying Leicestershire seconds in their Second XI Trophy encounter. In mitigation, the hosts were denied the services of the talented quintet of Fisher, Hodd, Rhodes, Shaw, and Tattersall.

Of those that were required to soldier on, young Carver had a stinker, conceding seventy-two runs from his ten overs, while Callis proved equally inept when it was our turn to bat. What was especially unacceptable was that the visitors were afforded no fewer than seven maiden overs, which is no way to chase a fifty-overs target in excess of 250. Hopefully, the home team will buck up their ideas when they do battle in their three-day contest, albeit with a depleted squad.

YORKSHIRE SECOND ELEVEN versus Leicestershire Second Eleven; at Barnsley; Monday 4th August 2014. Leicestershire Second Eleven won the toss.

Leicestershire Second Eleven: 258 off 48.4 overs (Taylor 90, Ali 51; Coad 3-32)

YORKSHIRE SECOND ELEVEN: 156 off 41.5 overs (Taylor 3-38, Wyatt 3-49)

Leicestershire Second Eleven won by 102 runs. YORKSHIRE SECOND ELEVEN 0 points, Leicestershire Second Eleven 2 points.