YORKSHIRE will need 242 to beat Northamptonshire at Emerald Headingley and advance to the knockout stages of the Royal London one-day Cup.
If the Vikings win a fourth North Group game in a row, they will advance beyond the group stages for the fifth year running and, most likely, finish second and host Kent here in a semi-final eliminator match next Thursday.
But Northants, who elected to bat, recovered from 101-6 to 241 all out as debutant Charlie Thurston top-scored with an eye-catching 53 and tail-enders Graeme White and Brett Hutton chipped in with 41 not out and 30. Earlier, Alex Wakely hit 42.
David Willey finished with 3-24 from 9.5 overs against his former county, while Matthew Fisher, Tim Bresnan and Adil Rashid all claimed two apiece.
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