By Jack Lacey-Hatton

High spirits: Harrogate CC

HARROGATE skipper Will Bates hailed his sides’ spirit after a nine-wicket win against York achieved survival.
Bates’ team were one of three in trouble at the start of last weekend, but pulled off a huge win to ensure they would play ECB Premier League cricket in 2022.
He said: “We just wanted to just focus on our own match and do what we had to do to be safe, thankfully we fought really well.
“It would be difficult to say we were always confident of staying up - it looked a bleak situation at one point - but ...