Rampant Yorkshire inflict record low on Warwickshire

Yorkshire Phoenix demolished Warwickshire Bears for 59 in 15.2 overs to win their Norwich Union Division One day-night match at Headingley by the substantial margin of 175 runs.

It was Warwickshire's worst ever effort in one-day league cricket, dipping below the 65 they scraped together against Kent at Maidstone in 1979.

But Warwickshire did well even to reach 59 after slumping to 12 for six in the first half-dozen torrid overs from Chris Silverwood and Steven Kirby.

Silverwood, who finished with four for 21, began the slaughter by having Neil Carter caught behind off the second ball of the innings and the next was a yorker which knocked back Mark Wagh's middle stump.

Kirby, not to be outdone, weighed in by finding the edge of Nick Knight's bat before having Dougie Brown pouched in the slips by David Byas.

The debacle continued as Silverwood bowled Mike Powell with another yorker and Kirby wrecked David Hemp's stumps.

Kirby suffered from bowling three no-balls, the resulting free hits being belted for a six and two fours but he still boasted career-best figures of three for 35 when withdrawn from the attack after five overs.

The running out of Trevor Penney ended a brief Warwickshire recovery and after Silverwood had bowled Ashley Giles, Ryan Sidebottom finished off the match in daylight by dismissing Keith Piper and Vasbert Drakes.

Earlier, Matthew Wood cracked a career-best 68 to guide Yorkshire to their formidable final total of 234 for six.

The opener put on 68 in 19 overs for the second wicket with Anthony McGrath, who was playing in his first game since recovering from a groin operation, and then 63 in ten overs for the third wicket with Australian Darren Lehmann.

Wood batted steadily for 38 overs before he was caught at mid-wicket by Knight off Drakes, having hit six fours off the 107 balls he received.

McGrath (30) and Lehmann (39) both played some good shots but the best knock came from Gary Fellows who plundered 40 from 24 balls with five fours and a six.

Fellows smacked Giles for a six and two fours off consecutive balls in an over which gave away 20 runs.

Carter, Drakes and Giles each picked up two wickets for the Bears but their most economical bowler was Mo Sheikh whose nine overs cost him only 28 runs.