Joe Hawkins, with an excellent 62, steered Derbyshire to 273, after the overnight retirement of Anuj Dal. It left Yorkshire chasing 215 to win.
At one point they looked like getting there, but an excellent spell by Rory Haydon, who took 4-23, was backed up by Jack Morley (3-82) and Nick Potts (2-25), while Mitch Wagstaff took the key wicket of the talented Noah Kelly.
This was an excellent win, from a side that finished the game looking quite different to the one that began it.
As a side they have been playing excellent cricket all summer and the young players coming through give genuine reasons for excitement.
Hawkins looks a player and I think we'll see him play for the first team sooner rather than later.
ReplyDeleteI'd also like to see us take a punt on Haydon, our seam bowling has been average once you look past Reece and giving Haydon a rookie contract till the end of the season could be a welcome injection of new blood both enabling more rotation and providing some healthy competition.