After a weekend of wild celebrations, Yorkshire played as if their heads had not quite cleared at Headingley yesterday when they lost by nine wickets to Glamorgan Dragons, who re-established themselves at the top of Division One of the Norwich Union League.

But the defeat was quickly put to the back of their minds as president Robin Smith handed over the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy, which the players showed off to the appreciative home fans on a lap of honour around the ground.

There will be a further opportunity to applaud Yorkshire's Trophy win on Sunday when the team will ride on an open top bus from the Crown Hotel at Scarborough to North Marine Road ahead of the match against Leicestershire Foxes.

In completing an easy double over Phoenix, Glamorgan required only 24.1 overs to reach a 168 target and it would have been an even easier task but for a record Yorkshire last-wicket partnership of 64 between captain Richard Blakey and Ryan Sidebottom.

Yorkshire had slumped to 103 for nine when Sidebottom came to the crease and his partnership with Blakey beat the previous best in county league matches of an unbroken 50 between Phil Carrick and Steve Oldham against Warwickshire at Scarborough in 1984.

The rally ended when Blakey attempted to hit a second consecutive six off Robert Croft and was caught at long on for a brave 47 off 76 balls with four other boundaries, leaving Sidebottom unbeaten on a career-best 30 from 61 deliveries with one four.

Although Yorkshire were given an excellent start of 35 in seven overs between Craig White and Matthew Wood, they were then routed by 21-year-old all-rounder David Harrison, who returned astonishing figures of 5-26, including four wickets in 15 balls.

These were Harrison's first wickets for Glamorgan against county opposition and the England Under 19s player went on to show his talents as a batsman by hitting a sparkling 37 not out off 35 balls during an unbroken second-wicket stand of 66 in ten overs with opener Ian Thomas.

Updated: 09:02 Wednesday, September 04, 2002