Another superb knock from Andrew Gale steered Yorkshire to a five-wicket victory at Headingley as the Carnegie avenged their opening day defeat at the hands of Durham by beating the Dynamos soundly and taking a giant stride toward the Friends Provident Trophy semi-finals.
Gale plundered 68 runs from 60 balls as Yorkshire recovered from a slight wobble to romp home with just under 15 overs to spare.
"I enjoyed it - a nice big crowd and a nice day for cricket," he said.
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"I've tried to play aggressively throughout the campaign, I just wanted to go out and give the team a good start, I'm happy to be out there getting stuck in."
Darren Gough announced his return to full fitness with three big wickets and Gale is delighted to have his skipper back.
"He really came to the show," he said. "We needed him out there and he's put in a really good performance."
Earlier the Carnegie ranks won the toss and threw the Dyamos in to bat on an overcast morning. The home side were excellent in the field in restricting the current champions to 185 by bowling them out with five overs left.
South African Neil McKenzie did the lion's share of the damage when Yorkshire lost in the North East but the Tykes had learned from that and when he was caught by Jacques Rudolph in the slips for one, a low score looked on the cards.
Only Kyle Coetzer showed any real resistance with 61 before he was bowled by Richard Pyrah, the visitors collapsing from a relatively strong position at 134-4.
In reply, Gale was the hero, although Anthony McGrath deserves huge credit for his unbeaten 45 that dragged the game away from Durham after a mini-collapse saw the home side slip from 152-3 to 152-5, Steve Harmison taking two wickets in two balls.
In the end it was left to McGrath and Bresnan to bring home the win that sees the Carnegie move to within one point of top spot in the division.
They sit just below both Lancashire and Derbyshire, but with a crucial game in hand over both.
* Andrew Flintoff made just eight as Lancashire slumped to an embarrassing two-run defeat to Scotland.
Nice report, however please please please do us all a favour and ignore the ridiculous 'the Carnegie' nonsense.
Adding a sponsors name to the ground is sadly understandable in this day and age, but renaming the one day team frankly sounds ridiculous
Nice report, however please please please do us all a favour and ignore the ridiculous 'the Carnegie' nonsense.
Adding a sponsors name to the ground is sadly understandable in this day and age, but renaming the one day team frankly sounds ridiculous
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