Yorkshire demolish Hobart at Abu Dhabi T20

Tom Kohler-Cadmore crashed an unbeaten 72 from 42 balls to see his side to a nine-wicket victory with more than seven overs to spare at the Zayed Cricket Stadium

^{Yorkshire romped to victory in Abu Dhabi}

Yorkshire Vikings completed a resounding nine-wicket win with more than seven overs to spare against Hobart Hurricanes to end their Group A campaign on a winning note.

Neither side could qualify for tonight’s Abu Dhabi T20 final having lost their first games to Lahore, so this clash was purely for pride between the English and the Australians.

The Vikings, playing their last match of 2018 in any format, comfortably chased down a target of 141 as opener Tom Kohler-Cadmore hit an unbeaten 72 off 42 balls and 19-year-old Harry Brook chipped in with 42 not out off 22.

Hobart made 140 for seven and were hurt by losing four wickets for 24 runs as they slipped from a position of strength at 88 for two in the 12th over having opted to bat first.

Spin worked well for the disciplined Vikings, with left-armer Karl Carver claiming 2-29 from four overs in his first T20 appearance since July 2017.

^{Hurricanes seamer Jerome Taylor}

Carver’s last appearance, a T20 Blast game against Worcestershire at Emerald Headingley, had seen him hit for six sixes in an over by Ross Whiteley.

Carver had Caleb Jewell stumped for 38 and Sean Willis caught at deep backward square-leg sweeping for 35. 

The pair had shared 56 for the third wicket to give the Hurricanes a chance of a good score. Unfortunately, it did not materialise against a disciplined Yorkshire attack.

Carver’s fellow spinners Adam Lyth, captaining the side, and Josh Poysden claimed a cheap wicket apiece, as did miserly seamer Ben Coad (1-8 from three overs).

ABU DHABI T20 HUB: Squads, fixtures and the latest news

Yorkshire’s chase got off to a racing start at 45 without loss in the fifth over before Lyth, who had hit two successive sixes off Charlie Wakim’s part-time spin, later miscued Jordan Clark to cover.

Brook then hit seven of his first nine balls for four, taking a liking to seamers Nathan Ellis and Clark as Yorkshire reached 88 for one after eight overs.

From there, it was going to take something special for the Tasmanians to fight back - and they could not manage it.

Kohler-Cadmore and second-wicket partner Brook shared 99 unbroken in eight overs, with the former reaching his fifty off 32 balls.