Luke Fletcher to George Hill, out Bowled!! That's 5-fer for Fletcher. He cannot believe it as he goes on his haunches holding his head inside the jersey. The entire team run up to congratulate him on career-best figures. It was the yorker and Hill tried to be cheeky, went for the reverse scoop and misses it, right into the base of off-stump. George Hill b Luke Fletcher 1(2)
19.5
W
Luke Fletcher to Pillans, out Caught by Hales!! Fourth for Fletcher. Fourth for Hales. The slower delivery and Pillans cannot generate enough power to get it over Hales at long-on, the opener runs across to his right and takes it comfortably. Pillans c Hales b Luke Fletcher 5(3) [4s-1]
19.4
4
Luke Fletcher to Pillans, FOUR, a much needed boundary for Yorkshire. A full toss and Pillans heaves it with all his might, got it right in the gap between deep mid-wicket and long-on
19.1
W
Luke Fletcher to Root, out Caught by Hales!! Brilliant catch! That's his third of the innings and by far the best. Full delivery right in the slot, Root powers it towards long-on and thought he had cleared the field, but a leaping Hales ensured it wasn't to be, he took it over his head and landed just within the boundary rope. The best part was how he timed the jump and also kept his balance. Nonetheless, a fine innings comes to an end from Root. Root c Hales b Luke Fletcher 65(43) [4s-9]
19
W
J Ball to Tattersall, out Bowled!! And another.. Third wicket for Ball. It was a low full toss and Tattersall plays all over it, tries to whip it into the on-side but misses it altogether, the ball goes on to hit the base of off-stump. Tattersall b J Ball 0(1)
18.4
4
J Ball to Root, FOUR, he likes that backward square region and keeps peppering that on every chance. Slower delivery on the stumps and Root pulls it along the ground to collect another boundary
18.3
4
J Ball to Root, FOUR, that's sloppy from Mullaney. Ball almost nails the yorker but a deep sitting Root manages to squeeze the drive towards extra cover, where a fumble allows the ball to race away to the boundary
18.1
W
J Ball to Jordan Thompson, out Caught by Hales!! Yorkshire are falling apart here.. They are trying to hit every ball out of the park and perishing in the process. Slower full delivery and Thompson is deceived by the lack of pace, he miscues the loft straight up and the ball hung in the air for a long time, Hales circled under it near mid-on and takes it calmly. Jordan Thompson c Hales b J Ball 1(2)
18
4
Luke Fletcher to Root, FOUR, wrong line and Fletcher is made to pay. The cutter is on middle and leg, Root pulls it backward of square and gets it wide of the fielder in the deep
17.4
W
Luke Fletcher to Fisher, out Bowled!! Cleaned up! That's two in two for Fletcher and he's on a hat-trick. Not a great delivery and an even poorer shot. Length ball on leg-stump, Fisher clears his front leg and swings blindly, misses and the stump is uprooted. It might have been the slower ball as Fisher was through the shot early. Fisher b Luke Fletcher 0(1)
17.3
W
Luke Fletcher to Will Fraine, out Caught by Hales!! This too was in the arc but Fraine took on the longest part of the ground and came second. Full delivery around off, Fraine makes a decent connection with his loft but the long straight boundaries don't help him, right down Hales' throat at long-on. Will Fraine c Hales b Luke Fletcher 16(8) [4s-1 6s-1]
17.2
6
Luke Fletcher to Will Fraine, SIX, mighty! That's gone a good 20-25 rows back. Length delivery right in the slot, Fraine had the base set and the baseball like connection is more than enough to get him half a dozen over deep mid-wicket
16.4
F
Christian to Root, 1 run, fifty for Root. That's two in two games now.. Overlooked earlier today from England's T20I squad for the Australia series, the Test captain is making a statement. Dipping slower ball and Root squeezes it out to deep square leg
15.5
4
J Ball to Will Fraine, FOUR, ufff! That's some way to open your account. Full delivery outside off, Fraine bends his back knee and lofts it handsomely over extra cover, one bounce and over the ropes
15.2
W
J Ball to Harry Brook, out Caught by Duckett!! The plan of bowling from round the wicket has worked for Ball. He angled it across the right hander, had two men square in the deep and Brook has picked one of them, he slices the loft and offers a simple catch to Duckett near deep extra cover. Harry Brook c Duckett b J Ball 39(26) [4s-3 6s-1]
15.1
4
J Ball to Harry Brook, FOUR, overpitched and dealt severly by Brook. He clears that front leg and smashes it straight past Root, not a fielder moved to stop that
15
4
Matthew Carter to Root, FOUR, errs in length and lands right in the slot, Root kneels and gets under it, nails the slog sweep to the right of deep mid-wicket
13.5
Christian to Root, 1 run, fraction short and outside off, Root cracks it past point and Duckett does well to keep it to a single, covered lots of ground and released the ball quickly
12.5
4
Mullaney to Harry Brook, FOUR, lofts it over now. It's more in the slot and he doesn't bother keeping his flick to ground, into cow corner
12.3
4
Mullaney to Harry Brook, FOUR, big hack across the line, and never mind the miscue coming off the inside half only, there's enough in this to split deep square leg and deep mid-wicket
11.1
6
Matthew Carter to Harry Brook, SIX, some rubbish down leg from round the wicket. Brook slogs, sweeping it into the backward square leg stands
11
4
Mullaney to Root, FOUR, crunchy square drive. Mullaney - who's been rather accurate today - dishes out rare width, and Root's a little too good to not be punishing these. So he kneels, stretches out and slices to precision, behind point
9.2
4
Samit Patel to Root, FOUR, too short. Root has enough time to open out his front leg, go way back in his crease and then swat this away into the gap past short fine leg
8.2
W
Mullaney to Lyth, out Caught by Christian!! He surely wasn't going to hold back, and so what if this one was wide outside off? Lyth cimmts to his one-kneed slog, dragging it from there and top-edging rather badly to pick out deep square leg by the boundary. Lyth c Christian b Mullaney 53(29) [4s-7 6s-2]
7.4
F
Samit Patel to Lyth, FOUR, and the reverse. It's a show he's putting up here, and this one has him his fifty -- intercepting a middle-stump line to nail it through third man
7.3
6
Samit Patel to Lyth, SIX, a slog now. Makes room, sits, gets under Patel's rather juicy toss ups easily and clears deep mid-wicket rather comfortably
7.2
4
Samit Patel to Lyth, FOUR, brings out the sweep, getting a fullish length for help and nailing it firmly behind square
6.5
4
Christian to Root, FOUR, short, losing direction down leg. Root swivels, pulls, and gets it really fine where no one is
6.2
4
Christian to Root, FOUR, just sheer elegance. Root steps out and instead of looking to muscle it over, he threads into a full-faced cover drive, perfectly bisecting cover and long-off
5.5
6
Luke Fletcher to Lyth, SIX, pulls, top-edges it slightly and there's Mullaney right at the edge of the backward square leg fence - who tries to reverse-cup lazily, and ends up parrying it over
4.4
4
J Ball to Lyth, FOUR, wow, neat. Lyth spots the slightest of width outside off and opens up his square drive to steer it backward of point
3.5
4
Matthew Carter to Root, FOUR, well, well. An early reverse sweep, nailing it against the spin, and neatly fine of backward point
3.3
W
Matthew Carter to Kohler-Cadmore, out Stumped!! An ambitious premeditated step out of his crease, but then realizes he's been done in by Carter's dip and looks to defend. But no, that's no good either, with the ball sneaking past his outside edge with him stranded way down and not even trying to get back in. Kohler-Cadmore st Tom Moores b Matthew Carter 6(6)
2.5
4
Luke Fletcher to Lyth, FOUR, steps away now, frees up his hands and carves it uppishly over backward point
2.2
4
Luke Fletcher to Lyth, FOUR, another heave away, not quite as well as the earlier delivery, but still, meaty enough to beat deep mid-wicket
2.1
4
Luke Fletcher to Lyth, FOUR, steps out, and gets under this length that's already in his arc. Yep, into the park. Full arm swing, neatest of connections, cow corner
0.2
4
Matthew Carter to Lyth, FOUR, it gets shorter, into the long hop territory, with width as well for Lyth to rock behind and cut away power it through point