Curtain call
Brian Sanderson on the final day at Scarborough
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I woke up this morning with the sun shining through my window, but the forecast promised another gusty day. I decided to drive to the ground, since parking restrictions don’t start until noon on Sundays.
As I walked through the main gate and made my way to my seat, the cold wind was hard to escape. Perhaps this is why the crowd was sparse, despite the free entry and the match likely finishing within an hour. As the time approached eleven o’clock, however, it began to fill up somewhat.
Adam Lyth and Dan Moriarty took to the field, needing another 103 runs to win with eight wickets in hand. It wasn’t long before the off-spinner Jack Carson, who had taken five-for in the first innings, was introduced, and soon he was among the wickets again, trapping Moriarty lbw with 34 runs still needed.
Next to go was Adam Lyth, for forty, with Yorkshire 27 short. Twelve minutes and nineteen runs later, James Wharton followed him. With Carson on fire, Jonny Bairstow walked in to great applause from the crowd, who expected him to hit the winning runs. But no, he was caught in the deep off Carson for a duck. So it was left to captain Jonathan Tattersall to secure the win. Carson finished with the impressive figures of four for 37.
Yorkshire are now eight points behind Sussex, with Middlesex in third, eighteen points behind but playing Northants today, who are struggling. Yorkshire face Middlesex on Thursday at Headingley, which may be decisive. Yorkshire always seem to make it hard for themselves.
The match having finished at noon, I walked down to Peasholm Park, the source of the fireworks on Thursday, and took a photograph:
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