Yorkshire 156 for 7 (Wiese 50*, Rehan 3-21) beat Leicestershire 126 (Mulder 46, Thompson 5-21) by 30 runs

Beaten of their opening three North Group fixtures, Yorkshire Vikings prolonged the turnaround of their Vitality Blast marketing campaign to 4 wins from 4, defeating Leicestershire Foxes by 30 runs after the house facet had been bowled out for 126 at a cold Uptonsteel County Ground.

Wiaan Mulder - taking part in solely as a batter after lacking the final two video games with a hamstring harm - top-scored for the Foxes with 46 however though Rishi Patel, with 36 from 25 balls, proved efficient within the powerplay, the house facet couldn't construct sustained partnerships, dismissed with three balls left of the twentieth over.

England's younger legspinner Rehan Ahmed took 3 for 21 and left-arm seamer Josh Hull took 2 for 30 - each simply 18 years outdated - as the very best of the Foxes bowlers, however strike bowlers Mikey Finan and Naveen-ul-Haq took some punishment as the house assault leaked 69 runs within the final 5 overs.

Dawid Malan's sizzling streak ended within the second over as a forefront to a ball from left-arm spinner Callum Parkinson noticed him caught at brief third man for two following his run of 95 not out, 83 and 81 not out in three innings. James Wharton cashed in on a few balls large of off stump by Hull however there was one other success for the Foxes as Naveen beat Adam Lyth's swinging bat and the Vikings had been 42 for two from their batting powerplay.

Wharton and Shan Masood added 36 in 29 balls however three extra wickets earlier than the midway level had the guests on the again foot at 65 for five.

Rehan, among the many contenders for an England Ashes spot following the harm to Jack Leach, did his prospects no hurt by bowling Wharton with one which skidded by earlier than holding a simple return catch subsequent ball as Jonathan Tattersall chipped one again.

The Vikings had been in additional bother as Masood under-edged a catch behind off the tall Hull earlier than Rehan claimed his third scalp by way of a catch within the deep on the leg facet, properly taken by Finan.

Yorkshire had no momentum in any respect at this level and had been six overs and not using a boundary at 75 for six when Rehan completed his spell within the thirteenth over, struggling an extra setback within the subsequent over as Matthew Revis nicked one off Hull.

But a free over from Finan gave Wiese a serving to hand as he lofted a free hit over long-off for the primary six of the Vikings innings and hammered a full toss for 4, setting off a powerful end for Yorkshire facet and a poor one for Leicestershire, who as much as that time had given little away.

Wiese and Mike hit eight fours and three sixes from 38 balls after the autumn of the seventh wicket, Mike clearing the rope off former team-mates Naveen and Finan to provide his outdated county a harder chase than that they had anticipated.

On a roll, Wiese started the house facet's batting powerplay with a maiden and when Nick Welch was grabbed behind the stumps on the second try off spinner Dom Bess, the Foxes had been 1 for 1. They recovered to place 44 on the board within the opening six but additionally misplaced Lewis Hill, who skewed Thompson to 3rd man.

At the midway level, the result regarded within the steadiness after a few tight overs from Chohan, with 93 wanted from 60 balls at 64 for two. When Patel - hit on the helmet by Revis on 31 - was leg earlier than to Thompson for 36 from 24 balls, and Louis Kimber was bowled by Chohan sweeping, the Vikings regarded favourites, an evaluation shortly confirmed as Rehan thumped a brief supply from Revis within the air to Wharton at mid-off.

Mike held a steepling return catch to take away Arron Lilley, after which a flurry of boundaries by Mulder raised hopes that the Foxes might nonetheless make a recreation of it till Thompson dismissed him and Naveen with consecutive deliveries, each by way of catches within the deep. Parkinson departed in comparable trend off Mike and Thompson stored regular below one other hovering return catch put up by Finan to finish his maiden five-for.