TWENTY20 CUP, NORTH, Chesterfield:
Yorkshire 134-2 beat Derbyshire 131-6 by eight wickets (Yorks 2pts, Derbys 0pts)

Andrew Gale struck eight fours and three sixes in his unbeaten 79

Yorkshire revived their Twenty20 Cup chances with a crushing eight-wicket victory over Derbyshire in front of a 4,000-plus crowd at Chesterfield.

After restricting the home side to 131-6, an unbeaten 79 off 59 balls from opener Andrew Gale sealed Yorkshire's second North Division victory.

Rana Naved and Deon Kruis both took two wickets for the visitors.

But thanks largely to Gale's best knock in Twenty20 cricket, Yorkshire cruised to 134-2 with 23 balls to spare.

Derbyshire were kept in check on a slow pitch by disciplined bowling and a top-class fielding display by Yorkshire, who did not concede a wide or a no ball.

Only four overs went for double figures and, although Wavell Hinds and Stuart Law added 56 in six overs, they were never allowed to break free.

Defending such a small total, Derbyshire paceman Graham Wagg began the response well by claiming that rare Twenty20 luxury, a maiden. But it was soon rectified at the other end when fellow opening bowler Tom Lungley's first over went for 16.

Visiting skipper Anthony McGrath then drove low to mid-off after hitting 15 in 10 balls.

But former England captain Michael Vaughan came in play the supporting role in a stand of 78 in 10 overs with Gale.

Vaughan was eventually bowled for 17 trying to make room to cut former Yorkshire spinner Mark Lawson but, by then, the contest was all but over.

With still 32 needed to win, Rana Naved-Ul-Hasan launched his first ball over the pavilion. And he then completed victory in style with another six that condemned the previously unbeaten Phantoms to a second consecutive defeat.

They now head to Old Trafford to face unbeaten Lancashire on Tuesday (1730 BST), while Yorkshire host Durham at Headingley the same night.

Derbyshire head of cricket told BBC Radio Derby:
"It was a poor defeat.

"We didn't get enough runs and we didn't bowl well enough. We just didn't get going.

"They bowled brilliantly at the death and were never in a position where we could attack them. A total of 130 was never enough."

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