Hales out for golden duck as Yorkshire overcome Nottinghamshire in Blast

Yorkshire secured a rare win over Nottinghamshire as the 2020 champions continued their unusually sluggish start to this season's Vitality Blast, failing to chase 203 at Headingley.

Unbeaten wicketkeeper-batter Jonny Tattersall top-scored with 48 off 30 balls from number six as the Vikings made 202 for five on a true, pacy pitch.

David Willey bowled Alex Hales for a golden duck two balls into the chase before Dominic Drakes struck twice in as many balls in the second over as the score crumbled to 14 for three.

Steven Mullaney's thunderous career-best 79 off 46 - the innings of the night - gave them a glimmer of hope. But they finished on 179 for seven, losing by 23 runs. Left-arm quick Drakes finished with three for 31.

Yorkshire posted their second successive 200-plus total after chasing 208 to beat Durham here on Friday. Harry Brook's 25-ball 40 backed up Tattersall's highest T20 score since 2018.

Both sides came into this with two wins, two defeats and five points, separated in fifth and sixth by Yorkshire's better net run-rate.

The visitors had won the last six completed fixtures against Yorkshire since the Vikings' last win - here in 2017.

The Outlaws, winners of the North Group in two of the last three seasons, got off to a mixed start.

Seamer Jake Ball conceded 21 off the third over. But Finn Allen was trapped lbw at the end of it for 16 as the score slipped to 34 for one.

Ball (three for 29 from three overs) recovered impressively, also uprooting Adam Lyth's off-stump for 20 as the score fell to 43 for two in the fifth.

Yorkshire reached 54 for two after six before Brook and captain Willey more than doubled that total in the next four overs - 117 for two after 10. Brook pulled or slog-swept three sixes.

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