Dastardly Durham Foil The Vikings

It was just Yorkshire's misfortune to be pitted against high-flying Durham Jets 24 hours after they had suffered an unexpected defeat at the hands of Leicestershire. Chastened by this reverse, Durham returned to winning ways as they maintained their good run of form against the Tykes in limited overs tussles between the two northern neighbours. Andrew Gale who had another fine Twenty20 outing with the bat also managed to win the toss, but his decision to bowl first was definitely not vindicated. The usually trusty Tim Bresnan was spanked for a shocking fifty-one runs from his four-overs allocation. In the event, the hosts were able to amass a daunting target.

Regrettably, neither the misfiring duo of Hodd nor Lees rose to the considerable challenge. Glenn Maxwell also has failed conspicuously to live up to his top billing thus far. Bairstow and Bresnan chipped in with useful runs, but it was all to no avail, as the Vikings came up just short. In a high-scoring match, nobody surprisingly managed to get a half century, so perhaps the stand-out performance was a haul of four wickets for Keaton Jennings. This defeat is not the end of the world for the Vikings, but with every setback, there is less subsequent margin for error. 

Durham Jets versus YORKSHIRE VIKINGS; at Durham; Friday the 29th of May. YORKSHIRE VIKINGS won the toss.

Durham Jets: 182 for four (off twenty overs) 

Stoneman c Lees b Plunkett 20 (30-1)

Mustard c Rashid b Maxwell 39 (75-3)

MacLeod c Bresnan b Rashid 8 (72-2)

Collingwood b Plunkett 31 (123-4)

Muchall not out 34

Hastings not out 37

Extras: 13

YORKSHIRE VIKINGS: 176 for eight (off twenty overs) 

Hodd lbw b Coughlin 2 (7-1)

Gale hit wicket b Collingwood 41 (97-5)

Lees c MacLeod b Arshad 9 (25-2)

Bairstow b Jennings 27 (75-3)

Maxwell lbw b Jennings 8 (93-4)

Leaning c Pringle b Jennings 16 (124-7)

Pyrah c Pringle b Jennings 5 (104-6)

Bresnan not out 30

Plunkett b Arshad 17 (154-8)

Rashid not out 8

Extras: 13

Jennings: 4-0-37-4

Durham Jets won by six runs. Durham Jets two points, YORKSHIRE VIKINGS no points.

CURRENT TABLE:

Durham - Six points from four matches

YORKSHIRE - Four points from three matches

Leicestershire - Four points from four matches

Warwickshire - Four points from three matches

Nottinghamshire - Two points from two matches

Worcestershire - Two points from two matches

Derbyshire - Two points from three matches

Lancashire - Two points from three matches

Northamptonshire - No points from two matches