Yorkshire 177 for 5 (Leaning 64, Lees 59) beat Northants 163 for 7 (Wakely 64, Duckett 41, Bresnan 3-15) by 14 runsScorecardJack Leaning and Alex Lees led Yorkshire into the quarter-finals of the NatWest T20 Blast with a 14-run win over Northamptonshire at Wantage Road but the hosts did enough to earn a home tie in the last eight.Leaning and Lees shared a century stand in just 8.3 overs as Yorkshire accelerated well to post 177 for 5. Northants were always behind in the chase but Alex Wakelys career-best 64 in 42 balls steered his side past the 159 they needed to ensure their quarter-final will be back at Wantage Road.Chasing 178 to win and the potential to top the north group, Northants were quickly in trouble with David Willey striking first ball to remove Josh Cobb lbw. Adam Rossington then chunked a pull to mid-on as Tim Bresnan bowled a wicket maiden fourth over of the innings.But the form that Ben Duckett possess defies any conditions and he made his way beautifully to 41 from 25 balls chiefly with a lofted drive over extra-cover off Liam Plunkett and three sweeps - reverse and conventional - in an over from Azeem Rafiq. But Rafiq had the last laugh as Duckett top-edged the final ball of the Powerplay to short third man.Consolidation was necessary and Alex Wakely steadied with Rob Keogh - who made 28 from 24 balls - before pulling Plunkett over midwicket for six and driving four over mid-off. Another pull off Will Rhodes brought six more. Fifty was raised in 28 balls and a fifth six - hoisted over long-on - secured a home quarter-final.Yorkshire joined them in the last eight thanks to Leanings outstanding innings that resurrected the Yorkshire innings. He chanced his arm in Graeme Whites third over after the first two conceded only seven runs and claimed the wicket of Travis Head. Leaning skipped down the wicket to lift a six over long-on, a slog sweep cleared midwicket and Lees joined in with a straight-lofted drive for four.That 13th over was taken for 20 runs and sparked a stuttering innings into life. Rory Kleinveldt missed a yorker and was slapped into the bar behind midwicket - two more heaves followed as Kleinveldts final over went for 18.Leaning brought up a 22-ball fifty - scoring that was in stark contrast to that which had preceded him. His captain Alex Lees remained circumspect but also raised fifty - his first of the competition - in 45 balls.Their stand for the fourth wicket added exactly 100 in just 8.3 overs and from 66 for 3 after 11 overs, Yorkshire powered another 111 in the final nine. Mark Messier Jersey . 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I still want to take on the role in all three formats and do it to the best of my ability.Australia have lost four of their five international fixtures on tour so far, but Smith suggested his early departure had been considered since much earlier in the tour. Australias last match in Sri Lanka is a T20 international on September 9. Their tour of South Africa begins on September 27 with an ODI against Ireland in Benoni, after which they play five ODIs against South Africa.We spoke about it at the start of the Test series, Smith said. There is the South Africa series next, and a big summer with six Test matches and a few one-dayers against New Zealand in between, before we go to India. So it was talked about - to try and give me a little break at some point. We had a few discussions - myself, Darren Lehmann and Rod Marsh, who also consulted with the other selectors. It took a bit of convincing to get me over the line.Smith, who is Australias captain across all formats, said the role remained manageable despite the teams busy schedule. He has captained in 42 international matches -- including in 11 Tests - over the past year, in addition to playing in the IPL, most recently for Rising Pune Supergiants.dddddddddddd He did not rule out taking his break from cricket during the IPL, but was quick to suggest the tournament was a valuable experience.For me, Ive got a lot of time for the IPL, he said. I think its been a great learning curve for me. I think Ive learned a lot about the way I play, particularly white-ball cricket, from the IPL. Playing a lot of back-to-back games I think you learn a lot about yourself as a player. Ive certainly got a lot of time for the IPL in that respect. But captaining Australia is a lot of hard work and takes a lot of time. At some point, maybe it could give. For now, I want to continue trying to play everything that I can.Cricket Australias national selector Rod Marsh said in a statement: Steve has a large amount of cricket coming up in the next 12 months and we wanted to find a time for him to freshen up and these last five matches provide a good opportunity to do so.Regardless of the results of the first two matches our plan was always for Steve to take a break and refresh ahead of the ODI Series against South Africa next month.Smiths replacement Warner has not captained Australia in any format, and now takes charge in a tour in which he has been in indifferent form.This is a great leadership opportunity for David, he has really embraced his role as vice-captain and we are confident he will do a great job in Steves place, Marsh said. ' ' '