Shreck shines, but Tykes hold on for a draw
Sunday 8th April 2012
Yorkshire held on to claim a draw against
Shreck claimed four for six in 18 balls to dismiss the tail and force the hosts to follow on 173 runs in arrears with 79 overs remaining on the final day.
But Joe Root and Joe Sayers went a long way towards helping
Yorkshire had their work cut out in the morning when they resumed their first innings on 316 for six, needing a further 72 to make
Adil Rashid, 40 overnight, and Ajmal Shahzad, began the day against Mark Davies and Shreck and Rashid's extra cover drive off Shreck moved him to his half-century off 93 balls with eight fours.
Shreck dropped a return catch from Shahzad but soon made amends by trapping him lbw for 25 to end a stand of 57 and leave
Ryan Sidebottom did not last long after being caught in the slips in Shreck's next over and Rashid also departed to the seamer when he had a rush of blood and lost his off-stump.
That left Yorkshire on 356 for nine and it was decided to send in Pyrah to see if he could survive long enough to help Iain Wardlaw add the 32 still needed to avoid batting again.
Wardlaw, in his first Championship innings, soon showed he was no batting novice by driving off-spinner Adam Riley for two boundaries, but there were to be no heroics from Pyrah who was out to his first delivery, bowled off stump by Shreck whose late surge gave him Kent's best figures of four for 90.
The openers took
Root generally scored twice as quickly as his partner but when he had made 76 to Sayers' 38 he got an inside edge against Riley and was bowled.
Anthony McGrath managed to avoid a king pair and was soon off the mark, but
First, Sayers missed a full toss from Riley and was lbw for a patient 43 and in the next over from Shreck a tickle down the legside ended captain Andrew Gale's brief stay before he had scored.
At tea, Yorkshire were 135 for three and trailing by 38 and only 10 runs had been added when Jonny Bairstow drove Shreck low to Scott Newman at cover in fading light. One run later the players came off and did not return, 76 overs having been taken from the game by bad weather. Yorkshire received nine points and
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