Lancs left stunned in Roses battle

ENGLAND white ball captain Jos Buttler made just one off two balls in his first appearance of the summer as Lancashire were stunned by Yorkshire in the Vitality Blast Roses clash at Headingley, the Vikings winning by 15 runs

- GRAHAM HARDCASTLE

After international colleague Dawid Malan celebrated his 300th T20 career appearance with a superb 83 off 50 balls in Yorkshire’s 195 for six, Buttler was caught at mid-off against the off-spin of Dom Bess seven balls into Lancashire’s pursuit.

A sellout 16,000 crowd saw Yorkshire win only their second game of the season and their second Roses game since the start of 2018. The Lightning finished on 180 for eight, with Ben Mike and Dawid Wiese each claiming two for 31.

Buttler, on the back of three successive IPL ducks last month, has now lost four of his last five Lancashire appearances.