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Yorkshire left in shadows after Michael Vaughan retirement rumours
Yorkshire Carnegie failed to overcome the upheaval caused by the breaking news of Michael Vaughan's impending retirement and went down to Derbyshire Phantoms by 37 runs at Headingley.
It was a fourth consecutive defeat in the Twenty20 Cup for dispirited Yorkshire and as well as missing out on the quarter-final draw, the Tykes have also been unable to secure a place in Division One of the new P20 tournament which kicks off next season.
With the furore surrounding Vaughan's future, Yorkshire decided it would be in the best interests of both the club and the player if he stood down from the match and he was replaced by skipper Anthony McGrath, who had missed the three previous games with a whiplash injury caused when he was in a car accident a week ago.
Collapse
McGrath, however, was unable to change Yorkshire's flagging fortunes though there was little evidence of the collapse to come as openers Andrew Gale and Jacques Rudolph tore into the bowling with a salvo of boundary shots, Gale helping himself to five fours in the first two overs from Graham Wagg and Nantie Hayward.
The breakthrough for Derbyshire came at 42 in the fifth over when Gale drove Tim Groenewald gently to Chris Rogers at cover to end an innings of 26 from 14 balls with six fours.
But it was when Jake Needham came on to have Rudolph stumped for 24 that the rot set in as six wickets toppled for 26.
The departure of McGrath to a beautifully judged boundary catch by Needham effectively spelled the end for Yorkshire but after Stuart Law had dismissed Deon Kruis and Steve Patterson with consecutive deliveries he was denied the chance of a possible hat-trick because Gerard Brophy was unable to bat due to aggravating a hand injury while keeping wicket.
Rogers launched an early assault on Shahzad, striking consecutive balls for four, six and four after Derbyshire had been put in to bat, but with 23 scored in under three overs he lost Wagg who hit Kruis straight into the air and was caught by Gale.
Rogers hit out freely with four fours and a six but, like Law, he was short of his crease when Sayers threw into the gloves of wicketkeeper Jonathan Bairstow.
Wavell Hinds and Garry Park ensured Derbyshire a respectable total, Hinds ending unbeaten on 49 from 44 balls with two fours and a six while Park hit 42 from 23 deliveries with four fours and two sixes.
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