YORKSHIRE ran themselves out of the Benson and Hedges Cup at Headingley yesterday when they lost their quarter-final match against Surrey by seven runs with one ball remaining.

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Benson and Hedges Cup Quarter final Yorkshire v Surrey

at Headingley

Surrey beat Yorkshire by 7 runs

Surrey Innings

Butcher b Hoggard 3

A Brown b Hoggard 2

Stewart not out 97

Thorpe lbw b Hoggard 0

A Hollioake c Byas b Hoggard 10

Ward c Byas b Hamilton 9

B Hollioake Craven b White 44

J Ratcliffe not out 0

Extras 18

Total 6 wkts (50 overs) 198

Fall: 1-5 2-19 3-20 4-39 5-716-167

Did not bat: Greenidge, Tudor, Bicknell.

Bowling: Gough 10-1-50-0, Hoggard 10-1-39-4, Sidebottom 10-4-24-0, Hamilton 8-1-17-1, White 9-0-50-1, Lehmann 3-0-10-0.

Yorkshire Innings

Byas lbw b Bicknell 0

White c B C Hollioake b Tudor 4

Blakey c B C Hollioake b Tudor 5

Lehmann c Stewart b A J Hollioake 50

Wood c Stewart b B C Hollioake 59

Craven c Ward b A J Hollioake 1

Fellows run out 28

Hamilton run out 8

Gough run out 4

Sidebottom b Ratcliffe 8

Hoggard not out 2

Extras lb2 w12 nb8 22

Total (49.5 overs) 191

Fall: 1-5 2-6 3-15 4-124 5-130 6-166 7-170 8-177 9-183

Bowling: Bicknell 10-2-22-1 Tudor 10-1-39-2 Greenidge 4-0-22-0 B C Hollioake 10-0-43-1 Ratcliffe 5.5-0-33-1 A J Hollioake 10-1-30-2

Umpires: A Clarkson and J H Harris

Chasing a 199 target, Yorkshire were reasonably placed on 170 for six with five overs still to go but their next three wickets all toppled to run-outs as the panic set in.

First of the run-out trio was Gary Fellows who seemed to have made his crease before Carl Greenidge's throw hit the stumps because umpire Tony Clarkson shook his head vigorously when Surrey appealed.But Yorkshire-born Clarkson then had a change of mind and signalled for an action replay which clearly showed that Fellows was stranded by at least a foot.

Darren Gough and Gavin Hamilton both fell attempting suicidal singles and the game ended whenyan Sidebottom was bowled by Jason Ratcliffe with eight wanted off the final two deliveries.

It was a bitterly disappointing result, particularly for Yorkshire strike bowler Matthew Hoggard who bowled magnificently in the morning, claiming three wickets with his first 19 deliveries and finishing with the outstanding figures of four for 39 from ten consecutive overs.

Even gold award winner Alec Stewart, who revived Surrey with a cleanly struck 97 not out, was full of admiration for Hoggard's effort.

"His first six overs were really brilliant and his bowling was outstanding in helpful conditions," said Stewart.

The one consolation for Yorkshire was that they did not have the rub of the green and it could have been a different story if David Byas had managed to cling on to what would have been a brilliant diving catch off Hoggard when Stewart was only 11.

Yorkshire were also certain that Ben Hollioake had made contact with a ball from Gavin Hamilton with Surrey on 75 for five but he was given not out and went on to add 96 in 21 overs with Stewart.

Neither did Yorkshire's luck change when they batted because after Darren Lehmann had scored a splendid 50 he was adjudged caught behind by Stewart down the legside when there was a suggestion the ball had hit the strap of his pad.

Byas was delighted to win the toss in overcast weather and Hoggard was soon bowling like a young man with an England future ahead of him. His first delivery knocked back Mark Butcher's stumps. After bowling Alistair Brown, he pinned Graham Thorpe lbw and had Adam Hollioake snapped up by Byas.

But Stewart's expertise revived Surrey's fortunes and he was denied his century by the overs running out when he had faced 142 balls and struck 11 boundaries.

Yorkshire could hardly have made a worse start as Craig White and Richard Blakey were both out to leaping catches at backward point by Ben Hollioake off Alex Tudor and Byas was lbw to Martin Bicknell.

Lehmann found a worthy partner in Matthew Wood, however, and they swung the game Yorkshire's way with a fluent stand of 109 in 25 overs which should have been enough to win the match.

Lehmann's unfortunate departure gave Surrey renewed hope but after Vic Craven had gone cheaply, Fellows and Wood accelerated the scoring until Wood got an inside edge off a slower ball from Ben Hollioake to be out for a plucky 59 from 109 balls with four boundaries.

Suddenly, Yorkshire were up against it and there was no way back when Fellows became the first of the run out victims.