Yorkshire Phoenix survived a batting scare to charge into the quarter-finals of the Twenty20 Cup tonight with a four-wicket victory over Derbyshire Phantoms in front of an 8,500 Headingley Carnegie crowd.

It was their fourth consecutive victory in the competition after gaining only one point from their first four matches and it earned them a long trip to face Sussex at Hove on either July 17 or 18.

Man-of-the-match Anthony McGrath and Tim Bresnan saved Yorkshire's bacon with an unbroken seventh-wicket stand of 54 after the Tykes had slumped from 43 without loss to 68 for six when chasing a modest 120 target.

The innings was given a rousing start by Andrew Gale and Craig White, who both seemed intent on getting the game over in double quick time.

Gale's first three scoring shots were all boundaries in Tom Lungley's opening over and White got moving with consecutive fours off Kevin Dean.

In Dean's next over the pair hit a six apiece but Gale then drove high and straight and was caught by Graham Wagg on the boundary for 22 off 12 balls with four fours and a six.

White quickly followed, caught at point by former Yorkshire batsman Chris Taylor for 21 from 15 deliveries with three fours and a six.

Suddenly the innings began to unravel as Wagg struck twice in three balls by getting both Gerard Brophy and Jacques Rudolph to slash catches to Taylor.

Chris Gilbert fell to a leg-side stumping by Tom Poynton off Ant Botha and Richard Pyrah ran himself out going for an improbable second run in the 11th over.

Fortunately for Yorkshire, McGrath and Bresnan calmly worked the ball around the field before becoming more adventurous, Bresnan sweeping Jake Needham for six and McGrath rounding things off by lashing Jake Needham for six and four off consecutive balls in the penultimate over.

Derbyshire decided to bat on winning the toss, which meant Yorkshire had fielded first in all seven of their North Division matches.

Phoenix soon got on top through fine bowling from Jason Gillespie, who knocked back the stumps of Michael Dighton and Travis Birt.

The dependable David Wainwright caused Greg Smith to sweep a catch to Gillespie and Darren Gough bowled Simon Katich with his first ball and then had Botha spooning a second catch to Gillespie.

Richard Pyrah also claimed two wickets and Derbyshire found batting a constant struggle, closing on 119 for seven.

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