00:00So the overseas star Abdullah Shafiq replaces Will Luxton.
00:13And he and his captain have got a job to do with Yorkshire 24 for 2.
00:30In places.
00:35For Wood who runs in again with swing.
00:43Well that's it with real authority and style.
00:46Little bit of width on offer just on the angle.
00:51And Abdullah Shafiq has leapt into that.
00:55Right in the slot.
00:58Get your hands through it.
01:01Get it into the gap and help yourself.
01:17Short ball pulled away into the gap.
01:19Doesn't go away for four.
01:22Well he hesitated.
01:27It's a direct hit.
01:29Tries a scoop and it just evades Butler.
01:32I think read it but just couldn't move far enough to intercept.
01:35Good end to the fifth over for Yorkshire.
01:37Gets down and just gets more of a glove.
01:42Or maybe the top of the bat.
01:44And Butler tries to get that left hand.
01:48Just gets past him and runs away for a boundary.
01:52Sure I should say it Trent Bridge.
01:59Width and hammered up the hill.
02:01That'll take some chasing but actually making good progress.
02:05So it'll be a couple despite Jennings slipping.
02:09You know you have great home support 14 games.
02:16Shot.
02:18That is high class.
02:22Saw Phil Salt play.
02:24Shot like that first ball of the game.
02:26This one more of a length delivery.
02:28Abdullah Shafiq.
02:30Nice face of the bat.
02:32And pose and hold.
02:45Look for two as he hits it into the pocket.
02:48Slight fumble from Luke Wood.
02:50Will allow them to come back for the second.
02:52Think is the key.
02:53Just right there.
02:56Tries to maintain that.
02:58Slatherwick.
02:59Sounds like Livingston might get.
03:03I think Langs were home at about.
03:08Well straight pull down the ground.
03:20From Abdullah Shafiq.
03:21You mentioned earlier Luke.
03:22He can't really go wrong.
03:23Wow.
03:24What a shot that is.
03:25Down the wicket and timed.
03:26To perfection from Abdullah Shafiq.
03:28Played a number of classy shots hasn't he.
03:30Abdullah Shafiq.
03:31He hit.
03:32One down the ground.
03:33A few overs ago.
03:34With a straight bat.
03:35This one off the spinner.
03:36The moment it left it.
03:37You knew that had gone for six.
03:41Element of premeditation.
03:42Just trying to assert.
03:43An element of pressure.
03:44On Lancashire.
03:46Required 84 runs with six wickets remaining.
03:53Classical again from Abdullah Shafiq.
03:54How often do we see it.
03:55A drop catch.
03:56Followed by a boundary.
03:58Three high class boundaries down the ground now from Abdullah Shafiq.
03:59How often do we see it.
04:00A drop catch.
04:01Followed by a boundary.
04:02Three high class boundaries down the ground now from Abdullah Shafiq.
04:15This is a beautiful shot.
04:17And now.
04:18What a three high class boundaries down the ground now from Abdullah Shafiq.
04:21This is a beautiful shot.
04:26down the ground now from Abdullah Shafiq. This is a beautiful shot.
04:33Blade so far. Yeah, he stays. Offside and an element of luck with that for Abdullah Shafiq
05:02and Yorkshire another boundary. It's a different class as Abdullah Shafiq. This was not necessarily
05:10where he intended that to go but he's played some beautiful shots down the ground today
05:15and if he is there, Yorkshire, very much strong favourites.
05:23Wanted it but sent...
05:33Well, he has done this throughout the course of his innings, Abdullah Shafiq.
05:41What a shot to bring up his 50th. His 14th, 15th. To go alongside his 1-T20-100. Brilliant.
05:55Super innings, Abdullah Shafiq particularly down the ground although the earlier ones with a straight back this was...
06:03almost hit with a cross back really. It's a shot that batters have started to perfect over the last four or five years.
06:13Short ball that they hit down the ground. It leaves the bowlers with nowhere to go.
06:19He's got one over left. You never know. Other than that, perfect. Oh, one up in the air. One up in the air. This could be the breakthrough they need. It evades him.
06:35But thankfully for Abdullah Shafiq straight into no man's land.
06:42There I was praising how in control of his game he was. And he nearly gifted Anderson and Lancashire a lifeline.
06:53Pulled high and this should be out. Yes, Anderson does it. Brought back to try and pick up the key wicket. And once again, Anderson delivers.
07:04Well, it had to happen for Lancashire to have a sniff in this game. It has happened. Now they've got to run through it somehow.
07:13He had played so, so beautifully. Say in such control. And that short one from Anderson has just rushed him a little.
07:21In the end, it's a simple catch out to Turner in front of the Western Terrace. Anderson has three and he's put his side back in with a sniff.
07:29An excellent innings, though, from Abdullah Shafiq. Some lovely shots, but he has not seen it through. 54 from 34, 1.32 for six.
07:38Lovely innings from Abdullah Shafiq. 54 from 34, but still a bit to do.
07:48Yorkshire, remember they've lost six wickets.
07:51Will Sutherland's looked excellent in making 21, but he's just going to have to steer them home now.
07:57Anderson, he's only got two balls left and he's done. So Lancashire have front-loaded their seamers. Anderson, Wood and Aspinwall.
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