Malan hits third century on the spin as Yorkshire shackle the Outlaws

Dawid Malan hit his third consecutive Vitality Blast half-century as Yorkshire, having lost their first three North Group matches, defeated Notts Outlaws by nine runs at Trent Bridge, seamer Jack White taking four for 33 on debut.

- by Harriet Sutton

With Adam Lyth making 29 from 21 and Matt Revis 27 not out from 22, Malan’s 58 from 29 balls helped Yorkshire post 175-8. After Malan and Lyth had put on 83 in 45 balls for the first wicket, left-arm spinner Liam Patterson-White (2-24 from four) and pace duo Dillon Pennington (2-29) and Daniel Sams (2-31) limited the damage thereafter.

Yet the target still proved beyond the Outlaws in the face of a tidy performance across the board by Yorkshire’s bowlers, led by 33-year-old former Northamptonshire man White, home skipper Joe Clarke making 50 and Freddie McCann 31 but no other batter passing 20.