Hostile Flintoff puts Yorkshire on rack

YORKSHIRE are on the rack in the Roses clash and Andrew Flintoff has set his sights on following up his best bowling performance since his injury with an equally adept batting display in Lancashire's LV County Championship clash at Headingley.

By The Newsroom

Published 10th Aug 2007, 07:27 BST

Updated 10th Aug 2007, 10:49 BST

Flintoff turned in 11.5 overs in the Division One Roses and closed with impressive figures of 3-38 – removing Darren Gough and Ajmal Shahzad with the last two deliveries of the Yorkshire innings.

Yorkshire – 22-5 at one stage – made just 144 after winning the toss, with Glen Chapple's devastating opening spell leaving them reeling at 1-3 before Flintoff returned for a hostile second spell to wrap up the innings.

Mark Chilton (24) and Brad Hodge (29) fell in the reply, but Lancashire resume two runs ahead on 146-2 and Flintoff is poised for a telling contribution with the bat.

Division Two, Derbyshire are struggling against Leicestershire after being reduced to 68-6 in reply to Leicestershire's 250 (Tom Lungley 4-110).

a top-of-the table clash, Notts saw Somerset overhaul their 350 (Stephen Fleming 145, Mark Wagh 51) and make 452 (Cameron White 124, Graeme Swann 4-125). Notts closed on 9-0.