Bears get off the mark with Yorkshire win

WARWICKSHIRE Bears condemned Yorkshire to a third successive Vitality Blast defeat as they handed them a six-wicket beating at Edgbaston.

- BRIAN HALFORD

The Bears registered their first win of the campaign on Friday after Yorkshire, put in, totalled 164 for seven, having lurched from 139 for two to 146 for seven in 17 balls.

Dawid Malan (69 not out, 48 balls) and James Wharton (39, 23) set a solid foundation, but the middle and lower orders were scalped by the spinners as Danny Briggs, Jake Lintott and Moeen Ali each took two wickets.

Alex Davies (65, 45) and Tom Latham (44, 35) then added 103 for the first wicket and though Matt Milnes (three for 23) induced a wobble, the Bears reached 168 for four with six balls to spare.