YORK Cricket Club are better than their t20 loss to Driffield suggests – and they plan to show it this weekend, says vice-captain Nick Kay.

The Clifton Parkers fell in their opening match of finals day at the Solly Sports Yorkshire ECB t20 Tournament, making only 110 runs, but the long-time league leaders are intent on bouncing back in a weekend double-header.

They travel to Doncaster Town, who ended their reign as England’s club champions in a rain-interrupted match in the Kingfisher Beer Cup earlier this season, for premier league duties tomorrow before taking on Yorkshire Academy in the Yorkshire League Cup semi-final the following day.

For Kay, who returns to the first team squad after a week out for the league encounter, it is about bouncing back.

“The lads recognise that we didn’t necessarily do ourselves justice in the competition but it is not uncommon in Twenty20 matches for teams to falter in batting,” he said.

“The thing that was disappointing for us is that we are a better side than that. We didn’t perform to the best of our ability.

“That’s taking nothing away from Driffield, who were fantastic and ended up winning the tournament, but we are better than we proved to be last Sunday.

“We want to bounce back straight away. The games are coming round very quickly and it is important for us to put together two wins this weekend in the two remaining competitions we are still in.”

On Doncaster, Kay added: “They certainly enjoyed beating us in the regional final of the Kingfisher Beer Cup and I think they will relish the opportunity to cause an upset in the league.

“That is the nature of playing a competitive side.

“From our point of view, there is the opportunity to prove that despite their victory in that competition we were the better side and remain so.

“That’s the challenge we have got – the challenge to go there on a pitch that will suit their needs and get a result.”

Kay is joined tomorrow by Nigel Durham and Glen Richmond but Simon Lambert replaces the vice-captain for the Academy clash.

“I would like to think there is a mutual respect between the two sides,” Kay said looking ahead to the League Cup match.

“Yorkshire Academy always give us difficult games of cricket. They are never a push-over. These guys are Yorkshire’s future and they play that way. They are very gifted and skilled.

“They will make it very hard for us and Sunday will be very difficult. Their league position (second) doesn’t lie. They play some fabulous cricket and, playing them in the league in a week’s time, they could really spoil our summer.”