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Post by newby on Dec 12, 2023 23:11:33 GMT
Chris Waters in the Yorkshire Post today seems to have dealt Graves back in the mix as the saga goes on.
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Post by karma on Dec 13, 2023 14:29:01 GMT
Yorkshire's Matthew Fisher due to fly out to India in the New Year being named in the 15 man Lions Squad to play 3 x 4 day games against India A ( after a 2 day 'practice' against India A). Tour starts early in New Year.
Great news for Matthew, who if memory serves me well, had one of his better Yorkshire seasons, based upon injury-free days. It wouldn't be fisher though if he was totally injury free so I hope he is not over bowled on this Lions tour. I remember him returning from a previous Lions tour, having had a badly blistered toe and which went 'septic'.
Durham have 5 players in the squad being B Case, A Lees, C Parkinson, Matt Potts and Ollie Robinson.
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Post by davemorton on Dec 13, 2023 19:37:09 GMT
Case, Carson? CARSE...as in 'he bowled like my carse.' And he's not even English. I think Lees did enough to deserve at least a second chance, and Ollie Robinson might just be the next generation England w-keeper. He is 25.
Good news: Fisher stayed fit, by and large. Less good: he did it by bowling medium pace. But, small acorns..., as they say.
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Post by newby on Dec 13, 2023 20:42:03 GMT
A team of 'hot spares' to cover the England Test team.
Looking closer at the selections I was thinking that the twisted logic of England selecting Shoaib Bashir and Tom Hartley for the main team is with the thought that they are very unlikely to play.
Whereas Jack Carson and Callum Parkinson, who might well have had a better claim to be picked, will at least get the chance to play against India A.
While in the other corner Will Jacks and Liam Dawson, who also might have been picked, have better things to do than carry the drinks for the Test team and would perhaps have turned down a place in the A team.
That's my theory and I'm sticking to it.
On the question of Fisher, let's hope playing plenty of cricket rubs off on his accuracy and consistency, even if he has to rein the speed back a bit.
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Post by newby on Dec 14, 2023 17:12:31 GMT
Some stuff in the Mail on line about YCCC struggling to pay the wages and owing money to contractors such as G4S who do the stewarding. It does mention the ECB helping out with advance payments to get them through until the re-financing.
Not sure there's much in it, I'm sure the ECB help out most clubs during this time of year when there isn't much coming in. Still, it doesn't make good reading and the sooner the finances are on a firmer footing the better.
The trick then will be to earn more than they spend for the foreseeable future.
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Post by newby on Dec 15, 2023 18:16:26 GMT
Some good news for most of us I think.
'People living around Headingley Stadium have been told no parking restrictions will be brought in on match days, despite "overwhelming" support for the idea.
Residents in the area have long complained about anti-social parking on cricket and rugby match days at the Leeds venue.
England internationals, Yorkshire cricket matches and Leeds Rhinos games take place at the complex throughout the year.
But Leeds City Council said the criteria for a permit scheme had not been met.'
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Post by karma on Dec 15, 2023 19:36:04 GMT
As one who sometimes parks near Headingley, I have some sympathy with residents. If I'm going, I go and park early so that often I'm going into the stadium as it opens .
Never on pavements, never across drives ( typically there are not many of these near the ground. When I leave I can easily spot the late comers, cars dumped rather than parked.
I have discovered a legal, safe and 'in plain sight' parking space. I tend to leave a little early just before the day's play has finished , otherwise it's mayhem.
At Scarborough , I paid £36 this season to park for four days (in a proper carpark) At York cricket I used to park free at the park and ride and walk both ways but now park at the cricket club.
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Post by newby on Dec 15, 2023 21:01:55 GMT
The article did mention people parking close to junctions etc but I've never seen it too bad whether attending the Cricket or the Rugby. I can understand Residents only parking restrictions close to town and city centres but not just for occasional events.
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Post by karma on Dec 18, 2023 16:15:12 GMT
Very interesting and uplifting article on the OS (website to me) by Jasmine Nicholls who is part of YCCC grounds staff. In the article Jasmine opens up about her struggle with mental health, working with the crew and her race walking. Well done Jasmine
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Post by newby on Dec 19, 2023 12:48:04 GMT
There's piece on the Yorkshire website from Otis Gibson. It starts off promisingly talking about Joe Root's availability for April and May.
'Root, meanwhile, opted against returning to Rajasthan Royals for a second IPL campaign and has instead told Gibson that he intends to start his 2024 summer in Yorkshire colours. It is now about finding out from the ECB how many LV= Insurance County Championship fixtures he will be available for in April and May.'
It gets a bit cloudy after that talking about perhaps 4 appearances and then down to as few as 1 or 2.
As he isn't in the England T20 plans I can see no cricketing reasons for the ECB to object to Root playing in all the first 7 games. I don't think it's too harsh to say that any of those matches he doesn't play in is because he personally doesn't want to, or considers he has better things to do.
We will see what transpires but it certainly makes a difference to the batting line-up and possible overseas requirements if we could rely on him to plug the Malan gap.
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Post by tykemania on Dec 21, 2023 7:35:43 GMT
I suspect he'll play four in the end - the first two games will be sacrificed to an extended rest and he'll start his season hopefully bolstering the coffers at Lords.
It does put a new slant on our recruitment options, doesn't it. Masood should also be available, so even with Malan chickening out and Jonny and Harry in India we'd have a top order of:
Lyth Bean Masood Root Hill Tattersall
With Bess, Revis and Thommo amongst the possible bowling options, I think the only way we'd meaningfully strengthen would be a world class quick (I get that we could upgrade Tatts but I do think when we have two decent local keepers it would be churlish to recruit a third from outside) - now if only they were not as rare as rocking horse poop!
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Post by slowleftarmer on Dec 21, 2023 8:12:20 GMT
I would hope Matt Milnes is in the mix along with Ben Coad and Matt Fisher, probably the first 3 bowlers I would select
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Post by tykemania on Dec 21, 2023 8:58:50 GMT
I would hope Matt Milnes is in the mix along with Ben Coad and Matt Fisher, probably the first 3 bowlers I would select They are three I'd rotate through, given they all have injury histories.
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Post by slowleftarmer on Dec 21, 2023 9:28:08 GMT
true, but if all fit for the first game then we have to pick them surely!
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Post by tykemania on Dec 21, 2023 9:40:51 GMT
true, but if all fit for the first game then we have to pick them surely! Interesting dilemma to have - because Thommo is also near enough a cert, Hill is in the side as a batsman, and Revis hardly put a foot wrong last season. Plus we've got Dom Leech coming on all the time... Note - these are good problems to have!
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