Another Ul-Haq ton helps Yorkshire to cup Roses win

Metro Bank One-Day Cup, Group B, Clifton Park, York

Yorkshire 295-3 (46.5 overs): Ul-Haq 117, Luxton 77; Shetty 1-35

Lancashire 294-7 (50.0 overs): Jones 102, Balderson 70; White 2-66

Yorkshire hit Lancashire by 7 wickets

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Group B leaders Yorkshire maintained their 100% commencement to this season's One-Day Cup arsenic they confidently chased 295 to hit Lancashire by 7 wickets acknowledgment to a 2nd successive period for in-form overseas opener Imam-ul-Haq.

The White Rose won their 3rd successive game, beating nan antecedently unbeaten Red Rose, who had won 1 and had nan different washed out.

Lancashire posted 294-7 acknowledgment mostly to an entertaining opening 102 disconnected 88 balls from Michael Jones successful beforehand of a sell-out 4,500 crowd astatine Clifton Park successful York.

But Ul-Haq was nan cornerstone of Yorkshire's reply pinch 117 disconnected 124 balls and he shared a defining 153 for nan 2nd wicket pinch Will Luxton, who deed 77 disconnected 63, arsenic nan hosts won pinch 19 balls to spare.

Pakistani left-hander Ul-Haq, who deed 10 fours and 5 sixes during Tuesday's innings, is now nan starring run-scorer successful this season's One-Day Cup pinch 331.

He scored a career-best 159 successful triumph astatine Northamptonshire past Friday.

Earlier, Ormskirk-born ex-Red Rose Jones posted his first period since rejoining Lancashire from Durham complete nan winter. He reached a 33-ball 50 and helped them to 100-1 successful nan 18th over.

Either broadside of losing George Bell lbw playing to limb against two-wicket seamer Jack White, Jones hoisted 3 sixes complete long-on and long-off and deed 1 arrow consecutive disconnected Ben Coad's seam.

He later pulled successive sixes disconnected Matthew Revis towards nan second stages of a 92-run guidelines pinch his skipper Marcus Harris, who was nan first of 2 wickets to autumn successful arsenic galore overs arsenic nan people fell to 136-3 successful nan 24th.

Harris was caught down driving astatine Revis for 32 earlier Coad trapped Josh Bohannon lbw without scoring.

Jones reached his period disconnected 79 balls and deed 7 sixes successful all. But nan visitors were checked impressively done nan mediate of their innings.

They were constricted to 40 runs from nan extremity of nan 25th complete - 143-3 - to nan extremity of nan 35th, wherever they reached 183-4 having mislaid Jones slicing White retired to heavy cover.

Replays propose George Balderson was reprieved connected 18 arsenic he pulled Dan Moriarty for four. Him stepping connected off-stump successful nan process went unnoticed by nan umpires.

Balderson made a move 70 disconnected 48 balls arsenic Lancashire fell conscionable short of 300 successful fantabulous batting conditions.

Tom Bailey had Adam Lyth caught down driving early successful Yorkshire's chase, which fell to 16-1.

But Luxton kicked things into life by taking 3 fours and six - each done limb - disconnected Will Williams' first 4 balls, successful nan 11th over, arsenic nan people moved to 57-1.

From there, Luxton and Imam cruised on against a Lancashire onslaught lacking depth, understandable pinch half a twelve bowlers connected Hundred duty.

By nan clip Luxton reached his 50 disconnected 42 balls, Yorkshire were 107-1 aft 20 overs. Imam's 3rd successful arsenic galore matches - this disconnected 72 balls - followed soon afterwards.

When Luxton miscued Charlie Barnard's left-arm rotation to long-on, Yorkshire were still a agelong measurement up astatine 169-2 successful nan 30th over.

Imam reached his latest 100 disconnected 118 balls by pulling Bailey for his 3rd six earlier falling caught astatine midwicket connected nan propulsion against Arav Shetty's rotation - 220-3 successful nan 37th.

James Wharton and Revis wrapped things up pinch 41 apiece successful an unbroken fourth-wicket guidelines of 75.

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