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09-23-2016, 09:50 PM
LONDON: Toby Roland-Jones took a hat-trick to lead Middle*** to the English County Championship title with a dramatic 61-run victory over Yorkshire at Lord´s on Friday.
Yorkshire, chasing 240 for a win that would have secured the trophy for the third year in a row, collapsed to 178 all out, Roland-Jones claiming the final two wickets in successive deliveries to clinch victory with less than five overs to spare.
The right-arm seamer also claimed a wicket with the last ball of his previous over.
Somerset, who beat **ttinghamshire on Thursday, would have won the title for the first time if the game at Lord´s had ended in a draw.
That looked the likely outcome when Yorkshire laboured to 153 for five but Roland-Jones completed figures of six for 54 as the visitors lost their last five wickets for 18 runs to give Middle*** the trophy for the first time since 1993."The way the day went, it was a bit up and down," Roland-Jones told Sky Sports.
"I think we set them a pretty good chase.
"At different stages they looked like they were going well. For it to finish like that is an unbelievable feeling.
"Roland-Jones, called into the England test squad this year, bowled Andrew Hodd and Ryan Sidebottom with the first two balls of his 13th over to seal victory.
"There´s been so much hard work over the past five years," the 28-year-old said.
"We´ve been on an upward curve and to finish it off like this and finally manage to get there - I´m sure we´ll enjoy it tonight."
Middle***, unbeaten in the championship all season, finished four points ahead of Somerset with Yorkshire 15 points further back in third.
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Yorkshire, chasing 240 for a win that would have secured the trophy for the third year in a row, collapsed to 178 all out, Roland-Jones claiming the final two wickets in successive deliveries to clinch victory with less than five overs to spare.
The right-arm seamer also claimed a wicket with the last ball of his previous over.
Somerset, who beat **ttinghamshire on Thursday, would have won the title for the first time if the game at Lord´s had ended in a draw.
That looked the likely outcome when Yorkshire laboured to 153 for five but Roland-Jones completed figures of six for 54 as the visitors lost their last five wickets for 18 runs to give Middle*** the trophy for the first time since 1993."The way the day went, it was a bit up and down," Roland-Jones told Sky Sports.
"I think we set them a pretty good chase.
"At different stages they looked like they were going well. For it to finish like that is an unbelievable feeling.
"Roland-Jones, called into the England test squad this year, bowled Andrew Hodd and Ryan Sidebottom with the first two balls of his 13th over to seal victory.
"There´s been so much hard work over the past five years," the 28-year-old said.
"We´ve been on an upward curve and to finish it off like this and finally manage to get there - I´m sure we´ll enjoy it tonight."
Middle***, unbeaten in the championship all season, finished four points ahead of Somerset with Yorkshire 15 points further back in third.
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