GARETH Andrew’s superb all-round display was not enough to prevent Worcestershire Royals falling to their second Friends Life t20 defeat of the season at Headingley.

The destructive 27-year-old hit a 26-ball 60, with five fours and four sixes, to add to his three wickets as Yorkshire Carnegie claimed their first success by just two runs.

Worcestershire will now need to pick themselves up tomorrow night when they face Northamptonshire Steelbacks at New Road (5.30pm).

Even with the return of former Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan and Australian all-rounder Damien Wright, the New Road outfit were unable to avenge last year’s 104-run defeat at Headingley.

But Worcestershire will now be worrying over the fitness of the 35-year-old Wright as he made his comeback from a calf injury and was only able to bowl two overs and spent most of the Yorkshire innings sat in the dug-out.

Yorkshire struggled to find the boundary as Shakib and Gareth Andrew kept them in check, while Shaaiq Choudhry also bowled well.

Despite a good opening stand from Andrew Gale and Jona-than Bairstow, Yorkshire only hit 16 fours.

They had Ryan Sidebottom to thank for getting them to 152-7 as the former England seamer blasted an eight-ball 16.

But Worcestershire also struggled on the slow Headingley pitch. Leg-spinner Adil Rashid bowled the opening over and the England man went for just one wide before Sidebottom conceded three in his first as the County were unable to get off to a flying start.

Rashid then made things even worse for the Royals as an outside edge from Moeen saw him caught at short third-man for a nine-ball one and then the spinner trapped Alexei Kervezee lbw for a first-ball duck to leave Worcestershire 12-2 after three.

Solanki looked to be repairing the early damage but he fell in the seventh over, pulling Richard Pyrah to Steven Patterson at mid-wicket before Shakib was bowled for three in the same over to leave Worcestershire reeling at 37-4.

James Cameron and Daryl Mitchell looked to shore up the collapse by rotating the strike and picking off the odd bad ball until Rashid bowled Mitchell.

Cameron, however, found a useful partner in Andrew and his unusual Mongoose bat.

The pair put on 59 for the sixth wicket before Cameron was caught on the boundary by Rashid.

The result came down to the final over with Worcestershire requiring 12 but, with four runs needed off the last ball, Choudhry failed to connect and Yorkshire completed a thrilling win.