Yorkshire v Lancashire Lightning, Vitality Blast

Yorkshire 4 points, Lancashire 0 points

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Captain Jonny Bairstow’s superb 73 and then a devastating powerplay with the ball helped high-flying Yorkshire consign Lancashire Lightning to a record 106-run Vitality Blast defeat at Headingley.

Yorkshire strengthened their position at the top of the North Group with a fourth win in five, this having posted 213 for seven thanks largely to opener Bairstow’s four sixes in 44 balls. He shared a second-wicket 105 with Will Luxton.

Pakistani overseas pair Hassan Ali and Faheem Ashraf, alongside Moeen Ali, then struck inside the first four overs of a Lightning chase which slumped to 27 for three and finished with them bowled out for 107 inside 15 overs. This was their heaviest ever runs defeat in T20.

Moeen’s off-spin returned a superb three for 16 from his four overs, while Jafer Chohan was excellent with his leg-spin for four for 17. Liam Livingstone top-scored with a consolatory 44 off 30 for Lancashire. They have now lost three from four.

Lancashire captain Keaton Jennings said

“Ultimately, it’s a game of risk, and some of the risks we took tonight didn’t come off.

“It’s a tough night. You want to come to venues and events like this and make sure you play really good cricket, which we haven’t done tonight.

“The games come thick and fast. We’re on the bus tonight. We’ll regroup and make sure we come back on Sunday (Glamorgan at Blackpool) and play some good cricket.

“We haven’t quite been able to put together the full package of 40 overs, so we need to try and make sure we do that.

“Chris Green’s (injured) a big part of what we have and what we’ve done over the last few years. He’s a massive loss. But I don’t think that’s any excuse for the way we weren’t able to execute tonight.”