News Archive - May 2002

DAY 1

Yorkshire made a sterling comeback on the opening day of the Frizzell County Championship clash with Hampshire.

The visitors made a positive start but after losing their 2nd wicket with the score on 181 Yorkshire stepped up a gear and Hampshire were reduced to 273-7 at the close of play.

It was the best Yorkshire have bowled all season with Matthew Hoggard, Chris Silverwood and Steve Kirby all claiming deserved wickets.

Hampshire�s total was largely thanks to a 145 run second wicket stand between Will Kendall and John Crawley but after Richard Dawson bowled out the latter for 79 Hampshire found the going much tougher.

Hoggard re-arranged Kendall�s stumps with an unplayable Yorker and Silverwood followed suit by removing Giles White with a similar delivery.

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England today named a 14-man squad for next week's 2nd npower Test Match v
Sri Lanka at Edgbaston from May 30-June 3.

The uncapped Glamorgan quick bowler Simon Jones, who attended the ECB's National Academy in Australia last winter, is added to the thirteen players called up for the 1st npower Test.

Jones, 23, is the son of former Glamorgan and England pace bowler, Jeff.
Excluding Glamorgan's current match against Sri Lanka, he has taken 13 wickets in First Class cricket this season at a cost of 21.38 including a
career-best 6-45 v Derbyshire.

Commenting on the selection, Chairman of Selectors, David Graveney, said:
"The Lord's Test showed that Sri Lanka have a very talented batting line-up
and if we continue to play on bland surfaces that favour the batsmen, we
need to have other options available in our bowling attack.

"The two quickest English bowlers in County cricket at present are Simon
Jones and Stephen Harmison of Durham. We did not consider Stephen for this
Test Match due to injury, but we feel that this is a good opportunity for
Simon Jones.

"Simon is young and raw, but he has an outstanding natural asset in his
speed. And we feel that we would like to have him at our disposal until we
have had a chance to look at the pitch and assess how it will play.

"We have decided to call-up 14 players for this Test Match as we need
additional cover due to Dominic Cork's groin injury. But with a full
Frizzell County Championship programme starting on Friday, there is a
likelihood that any players left out of the final eleven will have the
opportunity to play in the next round of Championship fixtures. "


The full squad is:

England Squad for 2nd npower Test
Players D.O.B


Nasser Hussain (captain) (Essex) 28.3.68
Mark Butcher (Surrey) 23.8.72

Andrew Caddick (Somerset) 21.11.68

Dominic Cork (Derbyshire) 7.8.71
John Crawley (Hampshire) 21.9.71

Andrew Flintoff (Lancashire) 6.12.77
Ashley Giles (Warwickshire) 19.3.73
Matthew Hoggard (Yorkshire) 31.12.76
Simon Jones (Glamorgan) 25.12.78
Alec Stewart (Surrey) 8.4.63
Graham Thorpe (Surrey) 1.8.69
Marcus Trescothick (Somerset) 25.12.75
Alex Tudor (Surrey) 23.10.77
Michael Vaughan (Yorkshire) 29.10.74

After the success of the Ladies Day at Headingley the Yorkshire County Cricket Club are putting on a Father�s Day special at the Cricket Ground. The Club are offering a special deal for the Norwich Union Match on Sunday 16th June, Yorkshire Phoenix v Warwickshire Bears which is Father�s Day.

The day will include refreshments on arrival at 12.30pm and a 3-course lunch during the interval plus viewing from the Premier Suite, which has a spectacular view of the Headingley Ground.

Phoenix Mascot Scorch will be on hand to welcome guests into the Pavilion.

The prices for this event are:
�25 for adult members, �12.50 junior members or �35 adults, �17.50 juniors
Also available is a special family rate of �69 for four members (2 adults and 2 children) and �99 for non-members.

For more information please contact Sharon or Liz at the County Office on 0113 2787394.

A high-quality century from England skipper Nasser Hussain ended Yorkshire's hopes of Benson & Hedges Cup glory at Chelmsford yesterday.
Hussain crafted a superb unbeaten 136 to steer Essex past their 238-run target with seven wickets to spare.
The England star reserved special punishment for international team-mate Matthew Hoggard, blasting him for nine of his 18 boundaries, as he led Essex
to success.
It was a bitter disappointment to a Yorkshire side who are also struggling in the county championship.
Their failure to make enough runs proved costly � another 40 would have made all the difference.
Indeed, they were on course for a score of around 280 after Chris Silverwood cracked a quick-fire 50 to lay the foundations.
Silverwood played a hugely entertaining innings and hammered Ronnie Irani out of the ground with successive balls on his way to a 36-ball 50.
But a middle-order collapse saw Yorkshire slip back to 149-6 and it took a great effort from Darren Lehmann (59) and Richard Blakey (34) to hoist the Tykes towards respectability.