Worcestershire beat Yorkshire by 5 wickets in Headingley, Leeds. A superb and powerful innings from the opener Riki Wessels powered Worcestershire Rapids to 5-wickets win over Yorkshire Vikings on Friday’s Vitality T20 Blast 2019‘s encounter at Headingley, Leeds. Wessels posted massive 91 runs in just 51 balls and helped Rapids to earn the third successive win in Northerner’s group with 15 balls to spare. This triumph means Rapids are now at the second position who are just one point behind team leader Lancashire who also beat Durham by 5 wickets on Friday.

Here is the match report of the game.

Riki Wessels powerful innings gives an easy victory to Worcestershire: YOR vs WOR NG Vitality Blast T20 2019

Worcestershire won by 5 wickets

Yorkshire Vikings Innings (177-7-20)
BATSMAN OUT / NOT OUT
R
B
4s
6s
 SR
Adam Lyth c Mitchell b George Rhodes 68 48 5 4 141.67
Tom Kohler-Cadmore c Barnard b George Rhodes 40 27 4 2 148.15
Harry Brook b Dillon Pennington 17 11 1 1 154.55
David Willey
c Riki Wessels b Dillon Pennington
 3 7 0 0 42.86
Tim Bresnan c Barnard b Patrick Brown 18 13 1 1 138.46
Gary Ballance c Barnard b Patrick Brown 4 4 0 0 100.00
Jordan Thompson b Parnell 0 2 0 0 0.00
Jonathan Tattersall (wk) not out 14 6 1 1 233.33
Dominic Bess not out 5 2 1 0 250.00

Extras: 8(b 0, lb 2, w 6, nb 0, p 0)

Total: 177(7 wkts, 20 Ov)

Did not Bat: Steven Patterson, Duanne Olivier

Fall of Wickets: 104-1 (Tom Kohler-Cadmore, 11.2), 114-2 (Adam Lyth, 13.1), 133-3 (Harry Brook, 15.2), 140-4 (David Willey, 15.5), 157-5 (Gary Ballance, 17.6), 157-6 (Jordan Thompson, 18.2), 161-7 (Tim Bresnan, 19.1)

BOWLER O M R W NB WD ECO
Dillon Pennington  4  0 34   2   0   3 8.50
Wayne Parnell  4  0 36   1   0   0 9.00
Patrick Brown  4  0 41   2   0   0 10.25
Ed Barnard  4  0 36   0   0   3 9.00
Daryl Mitchell  2  0 16   0   0   0 8.00
George Rhodes  2  0 12  2   0   0 6.00
POWERPLAY Overs Runs
Mandatory 0.1-6 57

Yorkshire Squad: 

Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Adam Lyth, David Willey, Harry Brook, Gary Ballance, Jonathan Tattersall (wk), Jordan Thompson, Dominic Bess, Tim Bresnan, Steven Patterson (c), Duanne Olivier, Mathew Pillans, Jack Shutt, Matthew Fisher

Playing XI:

Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Adam Lyth, David Willey, Harry Brook, Gary Ballance, Jonathan Tattersall (wk), Jordan Thompson, Dominic Bess, Tim Bresnan, Steven Patterson (c), Duanne Olivier

Bench:

Mathew Pillans, Jack Shutt, Matthew Fisher

Worcestershire Rapids Innings (179-5-17.3)
BATSMAN OUT / NOT OUT
R
B
4s
6s
 SR
Martin Guptill c A Lyth b Dominic Bess 5 8 1 0 150.00
Riki Wessels c S Patterson b Olivier 91 51 10 5 178.43
Callum Ferguson c Ballance b A Lyth 27 19 2 1 142.11
Wayne Parnell c Harry Brook b Olivier 27 18 3 1 150.00
Ben Cox (wk) not out 9 7 1 2 128.57
Ross Whiteley b Willey 0 1 0 0 0.00
Ed Barnard not out 4 1 1 0 400.00

Extras: 16(b 0, lb 4, w 12, nb 0, p 0)

Total: 179(5 wkts, 17.3 Ov)

Did not Bat: Daryl Mitchell, George Rhodes, Dillon Pennington, Patrick Brown

Fall of Wickets: 28-1 (Martin Guptill, 3.4), 93-2 (Callum Ferguson, 9.4), 152-3 (Riki Wessels, 14.4), 174-4 (Wayne Parnell, 16.6), 175-5 (Ross Whiteley, 17.2)

BOWLER O M R W NB WD ECO
David Willey
3.3
  0 30  1   0   1 8.57
Dominic Bess   4  0 34  1   0   1 8.50
Duanne Olivier   3  0 29  2   0   6 9.67
Steven Patterson (c)   2  0 27  0   0   2 13.50
Jordan Thompson   3  0 37  0   0   0 12.33
Adam Lyth   2  0 18  1   0   2 9.00
POWERPLAY Overs Runs
Mandatory 0.1-6 47

Worcestershire Squad: 

Martin Guptill, Riki Wessels, Callum Ferguson (c), Wayne Parnell, Ben Cox (wk), Ross Whiteley, Ed Barnard, Daryl Mitchell, George Rhodes, Dillon Pennington, Patrick Brown, Brett DOliveira, Thomas Charles Fell, Olly Westbury, Jack Haynes, Ben Twohig

Playing XI:

Martin Guptill, Riki Wessels, Callum Ferguson (c), Wayne Parnell, Ben Cox (wk), Ross Whiteley, Ed Barnard, Daryl Mitchell, George Rhodes, Dillon Pennington, Patrick Brown

Bench:

Brett DOliveira, Thomas Charles Fell, Olly Westbury, Jack Haynes, Ben Twohig

Worcestershire is doing a great job and proves they set their sights on the trophy. Yorkshire really needs to increase their performance. They only won 1 match in this tournament so far currently sitting in 7th place in Northerner’s group. Rapids will play their next game vs Leicestershire on Sunday while Yorkshire gonna face Warwickshire on the same day.