Match Report
Ey up,
In the words of Del-Boy Trotter, “We’ve done it; we’ve only gone and done it!” ‘It’ being to qualify for this year’s CB40 semi-finals, rather than saddle the world with another feckless cockney wide-boy.
We had to work hard to get there, mind. Ten wins out of eleven group…
It’s with great relief that I’m back from our championship visit to Durham. I don’t mean this as a slight on that fair county, but, as hospitable as the folk up there invariably are, for me the trip was a pain in the arse. Quite literally in fact, as…
Ey up,
There are subtle differences between Derbyshire and Holland that the experienced traveller will soon pick up on. For a start you can still smoke in Dutch cafes and restaurants – a nod of the hat to a more civilised era that I happily took full advantage of over…
Ey up,
These are strange times at Yorkshire and no mistake.
Firstly, the Chief Exec’s announced he’s leaving us to return to his first love – running a financially stable company. He’s in his office now, excitedly firing off emails about how he’ll reinvigorate the Scottish game with the…
Lancashire v Yorkshire – Old Trafford, 9th July
Lancashire won by 5 wickets
Same old problems; Yorkshire struggle against spin, finding frugal bowlers for powerplay overs. In idiot corner: Allot calls Lyth ‘dour’.
Yorkshire v Warwickshire – Headingley, 4th July
Warwickshire won by 34 runs
Pyrah finds redemption, no one bar Lyth can find the boundary; once he goes we score at five an over!
Northants v Yorkshire – Northampton, 2nd July
Match tied
Gibbs blasts century. Match tied as final delivery no ball costs twelve. Congratulations, Rich Pyrah, you are Yorkshire’s Robert Green.
Yorkshire v Leicestershire – Headingley, 27th June
Leicestershire won by 6 runs
Has Adil worked out T20? Hoggard feasts on bitter tears of revenge (also one of each plus scraps from Bretts)
Yorkshire v Durham – Headingley, 10th June
Yorkshire won by 9 wickets
Shahzad, Patterson, Pyrah exploit helpful conditions. Rashid continues improvement. Durham twenty short. Gibbs, Gale canter home. Our campaign start here.
CB40: Yorkshire v Gloucestershire, Headingley, 11th August 2010
Ey up,
Had ill-fortune led their lives down a different path, Paul Allot and Nick Knight might well have found themselves living on the streets of Manchester and Birmingham, decked out in ill-fitting clothes, eyes betraying lost dignity as they disturb onlookers with garbled fragments of nonsensical conversation. Instead, a…