Alex Lees walks out to bat for Yorkshire at sunny Headingley
YORKSHIRE were thankful to an entertaining sixth-wicket stand of 116 between Rich Pyrah (84) and Andrew Hodd (54) as they recovered from 148-5 during the opening day of their friendly against Leeds/Bradford MCC Universities at Headingley today.
Alex Lees also hit 63 and Steve Patterson (41), but Hodd and Pyrah took 51 off three overs at one point during the afternoon on the way to 329-9 declared, including 29 off the 60th over of the innings bowled by George Scott.
The students closed on 46-0 from 16 overs.
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