Back to the cricket: Yorkshire were playing Warwickshire in their first t20 match of the season. Warwickshire had beaten Durham the previous evening and were in good form. The Warwickshire Bears (as they are called in this competition) won the toss and decided to put Yorkshire Carnegie in to bat.
Yorkshire started off at a whirlwind pace with captain Andrew Gale in fine form.
He and Jonny Bairstow put on 52 runs in 23 balls before Bairstow was out for 11
Gale was then run out for 54 - scored in 31 minutes from 25 balls with 9 fours and a six.
With the two openers gone, the run rate began to slow
Anthony McGrath and Adam Lyth put on 40 for the third wicket before Lyth was out for 33
McGrath made 28 but by now the run rate was down to around 8-9 an over
We were pleased to see Joe Root make his t20 debut. We had coached Joe at hockey a few years ago at Abbeydale, Sheffield - he dabbled with hockey when he wasn't playing cricket; he was a promising hockey player but clearly cricket was, and is, his main sport
Unfortunately Joe did not score many runs today
Yorkshire scored 161-8 in their 20 overs. We thought that was not going to be enough against Warwickshire and this proved to be the case. Despite an early wicket from Adil Rashid in the first over and a further two wickets in two balls from him later in the innings, Warwickshire won with more than 2 overs to spare.
Will Porterfield led the way with 64 before he fell LBW to Rashid. Darren Maddy was then out next ball to Rashid but Tim Ambrose and Rikki Clarke made sure of the victory.
Joe Root claimed his first t20 wicket when he trapped Jim Troughton (the second Dr Who's grandson) LBW
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