Bradford & Bingley gained some consolation for their disappointing season when they beat Bradford League Division One rivals Undercliffe in yesterday's Yorkshire Champions Trophy final at Liversedge.

The winning margin was 28 runs, but for most of the match it was a closely fought affair that wasn't settled until Undercliffe collapsed from a promising 134 for two with 11 overs left to 187 all out.

Yorkshire batsman Bradley Parker and Jeremy Batty put on 67 for the third wicket as they built on a solid opening stand of 71 between Mark Gilliver and Toby Drummond, but both were dismissed in the space of three runs.

Parker was bowled by Richard McCarthy for 23 and Batty run out for 39 after a good throw from Matthew Cockshott.

The loss of these experienced batsmen was a bad blow for Undercliffe and despite some lusty blows from wicketkeeper Chris Burns they never recovered as they lost their last six wickets for 34 runs .

Earlier, Bingley were indebted to a fine opening partnership of 126 between skipper Pat Fordham (72) and Martin South (58).

When they were together Bingley looked set for a score in excess of 250, but the other batsmen failed to make the most of that splendid start as they slipped from 177 for two to 215 for eight.

Bingley were in a particularly strong position at 164 for two with ten overs left, but Fordham was out 13 runs later and spinners Batty and skipper Russell Heritage each took three wickets as Undercliffe hit back well.

Fordham, who won the man-of-the-match award for being top scorer in the match and taking an important catch behind the stumps to dismiss Drummond off teenage left-arm pace bowler Graham Smith, said: "It was difficult to score runs on a low, slow wicket and I was happy with 215.

"Undercliffe got off to a pretty good start because we did not bowl very well early on and Jeremy Batty and Bradley Parker got them into a good position, but we managed to peg them back after a super piece of fielding by Matthew Cockshott to run out Batty."

A disappointed Heritage said: "At 70 for none with 30 overs left we just had our noses in front, but we lost both openers together and after that we had a lean seven overs."

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