Ottis Gibson: Yorkshire hope end of winless run will generate confidence heading into Roses clash

The Vikings defeated Notts Outlaws in the T20 Blast on Tuesday night to pick up their first win in 2023

Yorkshire are full of confidence heading Thursday's Roses clash against Lancashire at Headingley after breaking their winless streak.

Having not won a match since August 21, 2022 – against Derbyshire in the One-Day Cup – they finally got off the mark in 2023 with an eight-run win over Notts Outlaws at Trent Bridge.

A knock of 95 not out from Dawid Malan and 34 runs from captain Shan Masood helped Yorkshire to 182 for 7 before Jordan Thompson, the hero at the Kia Oval in last year's quarter-final against Surrey, defended 20 off the final over.

Head coach, Ottis Gibson, said after the match: "We have been struggling a bit for wins without playing as badly as the results might suggest and and we are hoping the confidence the players draw from that will set us up nicely for another big game, a Roses game."

^{Gibson heaped praise upon Dawid Malan [Stu Forster/Getty Images]}

Singling out Malan for praise, he added: "Malan is one of the best in England and played a really a good innings. We had spoken about needing one of the top four to bat through the innings and he took it upon himself  to do that tonight. In the last four overs we got about 50 and that really gave us momentum going into the second innings.

"We bowled nicely against [Alex] Hales and [Joe] Clarke and got out of the powerplay without too much damage and that put us in the position to manage the game. The captain handled his bowlers very well and we never allowed them to get away. If they had a big over at one end, somebody came and bowled a tight over at the other and that kept the game in the balance.

"There were a lot of nerves at the end but Jordan Thompson bowled a fantastic last over to get us over the line."

Jack Brooks, currently on loan at Notts from Somerset, urged teams not to underestimate his former side, adding: "As a former player I've been sad to see how Yorkshire have struggled because I still know quite a few of the lads there, but they have beaten us on our own patch tonight so there is still plenty of ability in the dressing room."

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