Surrey slip up

Adil Rashid helps Yorkshire add 36 off the last three overs to set up victory

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Surrey Brown Caps endured a miserable start as Yorkshire Carnegie beat them by 11 runs in front of a packed house of 4,857 in their opening game of the NatWest Pro40.

A fine all-round performance from Chris Schofield kept Surrey in the game, but the Yorkshire victory came courtesy of a solid performance with bat and ball.

Yorkshire won the toss, batted and posted a par score of 230 for seven on a decent pitch with short boundaries.

Surrey were in trouble from the start as Anthony McGrath took an excellent reflex right-handed catch above his head at second slip off Tim Bresnan to remove Scott Newman in the second over.

Mark Ramprakash's dismal run continued when David Millns, the umpire, gave him out leg before on the front foot, to Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, in the next over.

Bresnan was generating some pace and when James Benning spooned a mistimed pull back to him, Surrey were 25 for three in the eighth over.

They recovered but every batsman struggled to scored quickly with pace off the ball and David Wainwight, the 23-year-old left arm spinner, pinned down Usman Afzaal and Chris Jordan.

Wainwright's first four overs went for only three runs and, with Adil Rashid operating at the other end, Surrey had just 82 off 21 overs. Schofield drove powerfully in his 58 off 44 balls, the best innings of the match.

But with 41 needed off the last three overs he skied Darren Gough and Rashid took an excellent catch over his shoulder, running back from midwicket.

Chris Schofield sweeps in his innings of 58 off just 44 balls, but Surrey fell short in their run-chase

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Earlier, Yorkshire's innings began briskly. Jacques Rudolph was hit, ducking into a Jade Dernbach slower ball and Andrew Gale flashed outside off stump, but Dernbach was hit out of the attack.

Pedro Collins began shaping the ball away from the left-handers and Rudolph edged a back-foot forcing shot behind to make it 57 for one in the ninth over.

From there Yorkshire lost their way as Ramprakash's juggling of the bowling attack turned to gold.

He brought Dernbach back from the pavilion end and with his first ball he removed Gale's middle stump.

The first ball of Dernbach's over provided a collector's item as Rana, after some unsuccessful swiping, was brilliantly caught by Afzaal diving full length to his left at leg slip.

McGrath and Adam Lyth rebuilt but became unnecessarily frustrated. A second collapse followed as Yorkshire lost three wickets to headless drives at Afzaal.

Bresnan drove to long-on and Yorkshire, 171 for seven in the 31st over, looked like they might fail to reach 200.

But Rashid, who has struggled with the bat this season, made 33 off 34 balls, his highest score for 15 innings in all cricket.

Both he and Richard Pyrah (26 off 25 balls) hit powerfully to leg and smashed what was to be a decisive 36 off the last three overs.