Bears Blast Best v Yorkshire Vikings

Best Innings - 69*

Laurie Evans (Headingley, 2014)

Thanks to the skills of Jeetan Patel (four for 19), Rikki Clarke (one for 18) and Ateeq Javid (one for 19), the Vikings were restricted to 147 for six, but when the Bears' reply stuttered to 40 for four, the home fans were in full voice.

Enter Laurie Evans...and soon it was the travelling Bears fans in full voice.

Fluent from his first ball, Evans first added 43 in 29 balls with Clarke to keep the Bears in the match. Then he was joined by Javid for a match-winning unbroken stand of 65 in 71 balls.

Evans worked the ball around beautifully for an unbeaten 69 from 43 balls with nine fours and two sixes. With superb, ice-nerved support from Javid, he asw the Bears home with two balls to spare for a victory without which they would not have qualified from the group...and gone on to lift the trophy!

Best Bowling - 4/19

Jeetan Patel (Headingley 2014)

Jeets the genius silenced a big Leeds crowd by tying up a powerhouse Vikings top order which included Aaron Finch, Kane Williamson, and Jonny Bairstow.

The home side was looking dangerous at 47 for one in the seventh over but then Jeets had Alex Lees smartly stumped by Tim Ambrose and the whole game changed...suddenly the Bears were on the victory path.

Jeets trapped his countryman Williamson lbw, then bowled both Andrew Gale and Adam Lyth to send the Vikings spinning to 79 for six. Only a skilful unbeaten 45 from future Bears all-rounder Tim Bresnan saved the Vikings from complete embarrassment as they ended with 147 for six. But Jeets had added another to his vast catalogue of match-turning spells for the Bears.