Yorkshire’s profitable streak led to crushing 144-run defeat

Derbyshire 212 for 4 (Du Plooy 66*, Haider 59) beat Yorkshire 68 (Chappell 3-16) by 144 runs

Yorkshire Vikings profitable run got here to a shuddering halt when Derbyshire Falcons thrashed them by 144 runs within the Vitality Blast North Group match at Chesterfield.

The Vikings had been bidding for a club-record seven straight wins within the T20 however had been dismantled by a surprising Falcons batting show.

Du Plooy smashed 5 sixes in an unbeaten 66 off 32 balls whereas Guest cleared the ropes 3 times in his 39 not out from 18 deliveries.

Ben Mike bore the brunt of the Falcons onslaught, conceding 74 from 4 overs, the sixth most costly spell in world T20 cricket and the third worst on this nation.

The guests slim probabilities of chasing down 213 vanished once they slumped to 29 for 5 within the powerplay they usually had been skittled for 68 within the twelfth over because the Falcons celebrated their biggest-ever T20 victory and a sixth consecutive win over the Vikings at Chesterfield.

There was little signal of the mayhem that unfolded in entrance of a sellout 5000 crowd when the Vikings received the toss and restricted the Falcons to 70 for 3 on the midway level of their innings.

Dom Bess struck in his second over when Luis Reece skied a pull to cowl however Harry Came responded by driving Jordan Thompson for six earlier than pulling and steering Mike for boundaries.

Mike had his solely success of a chastening day when Came went for an additional massive shot off the final and was caught at mid off to depart the Falcons on 48 for two on the finish of the powerplay.

The Vikings acquired the massive wicket of Wayne Madsen within the subsequent over when he known as for a pointy single to midwicket and was run out by Thompson’s direct hit.

But the sport started to unravel for the guests with Ali slicing a brief ball from Mike over backward level for six earlier than smashing Revis over the lengthy off boundary within the thirteenth ove.

He whipped Thompson into the group over sq. leg however was brilliantly caught by Jafer Chohan making an attempt to repeat the shot.

But from then on the stream of runs become a torrent with du Plooy driving Mike over further cowl for a massive six as 22 got here off the sixteenth over.

Another 22 got here from the subsequent two overs with Guest pulling a Thompson no ball for six earlier than du Plooy and Guest dispatched Mike to all components of Queen’s Park.

Du Plooy pulled and drove the medium pacer for 3 sixes and Guest signed off with two extra maximums with 31 coming from the final over.

It added as much as carnage with the Falcons plundering 91 off the ultimate 5 overs and the sport was over as a contest when the Vikings misplaced 4 wickets within the first 4 overs.

Adam Lyth skied Alex Thomson to mid off, James Wharton chipped again a return catch to Zak Chappell earlier than Dawid Malan was bowled coming down the pitch to Thomson.

When Johnny Tattersall miscued Chappell to mid on, the Vikings had been 7 for 4 and former Derbyshire favorite Shan Masood joined the procession when he turned Chappell’s third sufferer.

The Vikings had been 68 for 9 when rain delayed the inevitable for 50 minutes however 5 balls after the restart Chappell took the profitable catch to consign Yorkshire to their lowest rating in T20 cricket.