A SEASON that started with a large successful run-chase at Headingley ended with a large successful run-chase at Headingley, the only difference being that Yorkshire this time came out on the right side of it.
, whose promotion back to Division One was confirmed earlier in the match, defeat was an irritation but neither here nor there in the grand scheme of things; it was to their credit, in fact, that they agreed with Yorkshire to set up a game as opposed to letting things drift on the season’s last day.
That some fun and games might be in the offing became clear when – after Worcestershire had added five runs in four overs to move to 23-2, a lead of 150 – the batsmen and fielders came together for a bit of a chinwag early on day four. “Right, chaps, how are we going to go about this?” they seemed to be saying, the upshot being that Yorkshire brought on Wharton and Fin Bean to serve up declaration bowling, allowing the visitors to set up a target.
Bean, who purveyed an interesting mix of right-arm slows, had gone into the day also hoping to complete 1,000 runs for the season, not to concede them in one day, the impish thought that crossed the mind as a procession of pies was deliberately doled out – and not of the steak-and-kidney variety.
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