News Archive - June 2002

Craig White was the pick of the Yorkshire bowlers taking 4-49 as Sussex were eventually bowled out for 392 on day 2 at Arundel. Prior led the Sussex scoring with 85 and Davis not out on 70 ensured the home side go into day 3 137 runs ahead.
The other wickets were evenly spread with Sidebottom and Dawson claiming two a-piece and spinners Lehmann and Gray taking the wickets of Yardy and Ambrose respectively.
Yorkshire need a good day with the bat today to possibly have a chance on the final day.

YORKSHIRE have it all to do in their crunch championship clash with Sussex after being bowled out for 255 on the opening day.
Former Tyke Mark Robinson stepped out of retirement to bolster Susse'xs ailing attack and the ex-Yorkshire seamer made his old team-mates pay.
Robinson accounted for Anthony McGrath, Michael Lumb and the highly impressive Vic Craven as Yorkshire stumbled along.
It was an all-too familiar story for the Tykes after they were reduced to 41-4. Skipper Darren Lehmann again performed a rescue act, along with the gutsy Craven, and the duo shared a valuable stand of 96.
Lehmann top-scored with 71 while Craven made 37.
Even then Yorkshire lost a couple more quick wickets and Andy Gray and Richard Dawson were forced into making an innings' saving stand of 72 to hoist Yorkshire past the 250-mark.
Gray contributed 40 on his first championship start of the season while Dawson made 33.
In reply, Sussex closed on 23-0 and Yorkshire are now looking to their spin twins to bowl them back into the game.

2nd VI v Notts and Glamorgan, 10th - 14th June

Monday started with a one day game against Nott�s how pulled out what looked like a full first team but we had a young yet experienced team. We started the day by batting we started our innings well with the first wicket going with 71 on the board, Victor Craven out caught pulling. Michael Lumb and Matthew Wood dominated the bowling until Lumb was out caught on 44 the total was 155. We had two good partnerships early doors we then lost two quick wickets for just 35 runs. Our innings was cut short due to rain after 47.5 overs and our score was 252 for 5, after the rain had stopped and the scores had worked out the reductions Nott�s needed 217 in 41 overs. We struck early with the first wicket falling for 4 runs, Nott�s were 56 for 3 before there first real stand of the game came about a stand of 58 between Bicknell and Shafayat , but once these two wickets fell Nott�s went like a pack of cards ending up all out for 177 the pick of the bowling been Andy Gray with 5 for 28 off 9. Tuesday started with us down at Glamorgan we lost the toss as usual and were put in the field, we struck early with the bowling of Peter Swanepoel bowling D Cherry for 16. We had to wait another 124 runs until we got our next wicket which was gifted to us by I Thomas how was hitting the ball to all parts of the ground. There were small stands all the way down the order with non of the batters really missing out we finally bowled them all out for 362 the pick of the bowling being Peter Swanepoel taking 4 for 73 off 26. Our first innings started poorly with us losing 7 wickets for just 84 runs but then a great partnership between Peter Swanepoel and John Sadler putting on 152 John Sadler making 100 and Peter Swanepoel making 78, We finished our innings on 255. We took to the field and struck early again but the wicket was not looking any different from the first day and once again Thomas was hitting the ball to all parts of the ground but his wicket finally fell for 141 to the bowling of Swanepoel. Glamorgan were on 326 for 3 when the rain came and ended the day early, on the last day the weather intervened again and no play was possible ending the match on a draw.

YORKSHIRE finally re-discovered their winning formula at Northants yesterday to set up a C&G; Trophy showdown with old foes Essex.
The Tykes were simply awesome as they blasted 303 against their beleaguered hosts after turning in their best batting display of the season.
Matthew Wood laid the foundations, ending his run drought with a fine 91,but Chris Silverwood was the start of the show with his second limited overs half-century of the season.
Silverwood, who hit Tony Penberthy for a sweet straight six, shared a second-wicket stand of 125 with Wood as Yorkshire really put their hosts to
the sword.
Their double departure could have led to another Yorkshire collapse, but it only served to allow Michael Vaughan another opportunity to display is
class.
Vaughan turned in a masterclass with the bat and his 44-ball 50 was a joy to watch. Vaughan mixed class with arrogance as he destroyed the Northants
attack in the closing stages while Simon Katich (40) also signed off with his highest score for the county.
Yorkshire were expecting an early onslaught from the hosts in reply, but the outstanding Matthew Hoggard and the consistent Silverwood reduced the home side to 53-3.
Hoggard struck early while Silverwood bowled his 10 overs for just 35 and included the vital scalps of Mike Hussey and Russell Warren.
Northants did rally with Jeff Cook hitting 50, but they look a dispirited bunch and despite finally being bowled out for 254 they did put up a gallant effort.
Silverwood collected the man-of-the-match award for his efforts and he said:
"There were a lot of good performances out there and it was a great win. We have to build on that now."