Preview: Coming off a comprehensive win in their previous FPT against Durham at the Riverside, Yorkshire will be looking to consolidate their first place position in Group C. In-form Gerard Brophy and Jacques Rudolph will be looked to as catalysts in Yorkshire's quest to extend its 4-match unbeaten run in the competition.
TEAMS:
Yorkshire Carnegie Jacques Rudolph (24), Andrew Gale (26), Michael Vaughan (7), Anthony McGrath (10, capt), Gerard Brophy (20,wk), Tim Bresnan (16), Adil Rashid (3), Richard Pyrah (27), Ajmal Shahzad (4), Steve Patterson (17), Deon Kruis (5), David Wainwright (29), Adam Lyth (9) and Joe Sayers (22)
Sussex Sharks TBA
It's a matter of some debate as to whether
Lord Hawke would have approved of limited
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PinoyBill Gregory's Headingley ground guide:Link Weather:Link Yorkshire FPT form guide (Most recent last) L NR W NR W
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Stats & Trivia The Yorkshire record for most extras in a List A match is 41 against Warwicks at Headingley, 1991.
Next Match : Tuesday, April 28-May 1 | LVCC: Yorkshire vs. Worcestershire (Headingley Carnegie)
This message has been edited by AlexRoberts on Apr 24, 2009 11:27 PM
Two top sides, 50 overs a side, it starts at 12 noon and it's the first time the new turf will have been played on competitively. All the ingredients for a great day!
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"Don't get caught out by the varying start times in the FPT this summer. The counties were given the choice on whether to start their home fixtures at 10.45am or 12 noon. Yorkshire have gone for 10.45am so get yourself out of bed on time!"
As an overseas supporter, I'm VERY disappointed that the webcam is still not in operation - and on this the first match on the new pitch. Not complaining mind, but with no overseas player in the side either, one has to wonder when the club is going to get their act together.
Crikey lads this isn't a 4-day match. Under 3 runs and over with only 16 overs to go. Even at 6 an over, we'll land somewhere under 200! Get on with it or get out!
A bit on the low side for a 50-over one-dayer these days, but it can be defended with tight bowling and energetic fielding. We really need to win this match to at least partly assuage the trials and tribulations of the Durham Championship match.
Shahzad is my pick for the Yorkshire batsmen of the match. He scored more than twice as quickly as anyone else and without his knock Sussex would have been able to win this in a stroll. Honourable mention to MV.
Brophy is certainly my player of the month for April. His keeping has been superlative and his solid batting a huge bonus. He won the first FPT for us and may well do the same with this match.
A good win for the Tykes. I didn't think 227 would be enough but good bowling from Bressy, great fielding, a solid innings from Vaughan, some dodgy decision-making by Sussex (they waited too long to take the power play) and another superlative performance by Brophy saw us home. 2-0 now in the FPT!
This team is very capable of winning a one-day competition, especially if Rana comes back into the side , or the club picks up a good 'un to replace him.
Yorkshire were full value for this victory in a real team effort. I to, like our one-day chances. Hopefully the Durham CC game was an aberration. I think it was.
If anyone who was at this exciting match has the time, we'd love to hear your comments and analysis. Judging by the radio commentary, Yorkshire played quite well.
Yorkshire played well and were good value for their victory - it was a better score than it looked and they lost wickets at crucial moments. Brophy's stumping off Patterson was a work of genius - he's really on fire at the moment. Prior looked woeful by comparison with bat and gloves. Shahzad should be seen as an all rounder these days - his batting won the game (even if he later dropped a sitter..)
Two final bits of news; The grass is definitely green - and unbelievably flat - what a difference it makes!
And regular readers will be pleased to know that the Cheeseman has survived another Winter...
Lovely day. Good Victory. We march on, looking like a very good team...
Just back from the game and pleased to have seen a hard fought win in a game in other seasons we would probably have lost. A few points to make:
1. Michael Vaughan batted really well and timed his innings well. It was obviously very hard going early on and after losing 3 wickets it was vital that MV held the innings together. He did this and then accelerated later on hitting one superlative 6 straight down the ground. He looked like the old MV and I for one hope to see a lot more of him this summer. Personally I still think he is one of the best players in the world to watch on form
2. Brophy stuck to it well. Not a fluent innings and with some luck (out to a fielding restriction no ball), but he stuck at it and scored the runs
3. Shazhed - a real star in the making. We have another potential genuine all rounder here. His innings probably won the game for us.
4 We bowled well - Bres and Kruis got us off to a great start and Brophy's stumping off Patterson was exceptional. He made Prior look very ordinary today
5 Some odd decisions by Mags as captain. At times in the power plays it looked like he was putting fielders wherever the ball had just been hit, and on a number of times I thought others were promting his field placings. Also a bit odd to keep Patterson on for the 47th over when he had Kruis with two left. It would have been a real shame if we had lost the game and not used all Kruis overs.
6 The fielding was pretty good overall (apart from one bad dropped catch) - it helps having so many youngsters playing
All in all a very solid team performance that makes me positive for the rest of the year.
I will. I think it was perfectly timed. He held the innings together at a very crucial moment and set up the sloggers for the last 10 overs. Vintage Vaughan. (Although I still think he should be opening.)
One gets the feeling that once MV gets it going, he'll go on a torrid streak and put up some fantastic scores. Hopefully, at least some of them will be in the White Rose colours.
a good win and an enjoyable match. the outfield is a bit slow but i am sure it will get faster as it beds down. just one moan, the public address system is inaudable in the north east upper.
Why do we have stewards who on "Family Funday" (and the rest of the time) seem intent on stopping children getting autographs of players when their fielding on the boundary edge. Deon Kruis was quite happy signing away in between balls and having a bit of banter, until a steward came across and asked them all to move back. They were queuing quietly and being no trouble at all. One of the things that got me into cricket and supporting Yorkshire was that the team was accessible and you could get autographs, unlike football where your kept away. Come on chaps, lets lighten up a bit.
A good day at the office ... it a bit too close for comfort (the crowd was clapping dot balls ... not a good sign).
I think we lost the toss (more of that later). The ball moved around with both Gale & Rudolph playing on as Vaughan nearly did. Thankfully Virgil had the mind to boot the ball out of the way before it hit the wickets. We were soon 31-3. Things move very slowly ... but whilst there were conversations in the crowd no one was shouting complaints. Vaughan & Brophy slowly pulled things round. Brophy was bowled .. only for the square leg umpire to give a no ball for not enough fielders in the circle. Then came the 'batting power play' where runs flowed. Vaughan was bowled .. .but it was due to him trying to force the pace so please dont criticise. Mags soon followed. But then Shahzad was promoted .... & gave it some 'long handle'.
When Sussex batted they were always ahead of the rate but lost wickets. Kruis's first spell was unlucky not to take a wicket .. but Bressy did the business. Brohpy was rather busy, Prior actually being stumped off a leg side wide !! Not sure if this was a good thing as Brophy spent most of the game standing up which did result in a few extra wides (4s rather than 1) & byes. RMJ was actually run out without facing when Bresnan deflected a shot onto the wicket which him far down the wicket. The slight worry is that Bressy went off after his spell & didn't reappear. Shahzad had an 'interesting' day ... his first over went for 10 then the next 6 for only 14. Ajmal took a good catch running in ... & then dropped one that was easier to take than not. The fall off one wicket was amusing as 4 Yorks fielders ran off for a loo break. Also in the field Deon was wearing Sayer's shirt.
Unfortunately there's the usual moans. The 'program' costs £2.50 but didn't have any indication of who was playing. The PA on (& behind) the West Stand (half of which was closed off) was perfect ... but on the rather packed top deck of the North East stand we could hear nothing. There were a number of speakers behind us, all of which were silent. There were rumours of a new PA being installed at the end of May (i.e. The One Day International) but one would have expected that the existing system would have been checked before the season starts.... but then why should 2009 be any different to any precious year. And why were 2 sections of the bottom deck of the North East stand closed off?
The pitch, which was never easy, made batting difficult for the first 20 overs. None of Gale, Rudolph or McGrath could be blamed for their dismissals in these conditions. Much praise must go to Vaughan(who batted with determination, style and flair) and Brophy who played with a grim application which is not his normal method. Again, it was not Bresnan's day, but Shazad repeated the hearty blows he had made at Durham last week (if anything to greater effect). Two mighty sixes, fairly straight towards the football stand were reminiscent of Peter Hartley's long handle drives.
At "half time", we decided that the toss had been worth at least 20 runs if not more, and that if the afternoon conditions got easier then 227 would be difficult to defend.
Sussex, however, found Bresnan and Kruis to be just as difficult and, although they were always "in with a shout", the dismissals of Goodwin and Wright, just as the tempo needed to be "upped" more or less sealed the outcome.
Yorkshire's bowling was pretty good overall, though for the second week running Pyrah seemed to have lost something on last season's form. Rashid is still bowling himself up to match "fitness/standard" after a winter playing waiter to the pampered and priviledged and it was surprising, given that as "taking the pace off the bowl" seemed to get its rewards, that McGrath did not bowl.
Once again YCCC selection policy beggered belief; with far too many bowling options of the same monotonous variety, and insufficient batting resources. However, they won the game and so it will be argued that the selection policy is correct. I have to tell you that it is not!
The Club is to be applauded for the innovations aimed at attracting younger supporters, including the "cricket skills" sideshows and the decision to allow under 16's to play on the outfield. But as always with Yorkshire, one step forward often means two steps back.
The long term custom of players readily signing autographs for the kids was peremptorily thrown into the abyss when the senior steward instructed one of his "under-strappers" to disperse the gaggle of seven and eight year olds for whom Kruis was willingly scrawling his name. Challenged by a long-standing Sheffield supporter, the "charge-hand" in question maintained that it was all to do with "Health and Safety at Work" and that Kruis, standing at 6 foot plus could have been crushed by a group of not more than 5 or 6 Key Stage 1 children, who were separated from him by the heavy cast-iron boundary fence at the football stand end, which has been a serious risk to any fielder coming into contact with it for at least the last 40 years.
I have to say that I have not attended a Test Match since the day when two England players refused to give their autographs to my, then 8 year old, disabled son.
Finally, a word about the ground. I must admit that I had been sceptical that an outfield, lain less than a month ago could be fit for play today, but it was lush and green (perhaps, too lush as the ball tended to slow-up and many certain fours were reduced to 1's or 2's), but it looked wonderful and was definately fit for purpose on the day.
The Winter Shed and "Media Centre" are gone; to reveal a site of foundation activity presided over by two massive tower cranes. All signs of a forward looking and hope filled-vision for the club. Granted, one whag wondered whether they (the cranes) formed part of a tradition, starting with the missing Sutcliffe Gates, iconic Hutton Gates and domineering Dickie Bird Clock, as testimony to the activities of the Yorkshire Greats. Could they possibly be the Colossus of Rhodes erected in commemoration of the career of Geoffrey Boycott?
I don't like to talk about other people really, but is 'Cheeseman' that fellow who wanders round the rugby stand side, talking to players/officials about nothing in particular, and eats a huge slab of Red Leicester?
Another excellent game for Yorkshire in this competition. Highlights for me included the continued good form of Gerard Brophy, who seems more adept,currently, at adapting his batting tactics to the requirements of the game. His batting and keeping made Prior, today, appear inferior.I also really enjoyed the impact Shahzad made on the game. He has a confidence that seems to enable things to happen for him. After his first over, he bowled tightly and was, perhaps unlucky not to take a wicket. His batting, as 'power play enforcer', in this game and up at Durham, was very heartening. He hits the ball hard and moves about well in the crease to manoeuvre the big hits. He should be given an extended run. I prefer him to Patterson, whose bowling has a rather inocuous look, notwithstanding the impact of Brophy standing up to the wicket for him. Room needs to be found for Lyth as an extra batsman in the one day side and Patterson should be the one to make way. Pyrah offers a bit more with the bat and in the field and therefore ought to keep his place - though I'd hope for further progress from him.
The batting performance was durable in the face of good Sussex bowling on a helpful pitch. The first 20 overs were a torment for them (and for the crowd!) but there was no panic and they enjoyed the easier conditions later. Vaughan was much the best batsman on both sides, today, though Goodwin for Sussex was excellent and Luke Wright surprised me. He is making progress. Vaughan's hitting straight and to deep long on was full of power as well as elegance. I don't think a big score in the 4 day game can be far off.
Sussex are a good side and they didn't make it easy for us. The final win represented a collective holding of nerve, which not so long ago might have been beyond them. Well done Yorkshire. Keep it up in this competition - there is a good chance of progress to the final stages.
The outfield at Headingley looked a picture. How strange it was, to see balls hit firmly past the bowler at the Rugby Stand end fail to reach the boundary!! We might see that rarity at Headingley - the all run four! The coralling of the crowd into half the ground was a nuisance but it was nice, for a change, to feel the presence of the crowd and have to move bags and coats to make room. (I went to pick up my Yearbook, but was told they'd all gone and I'd have to try again next visit. How can this be?)
Concur with everything said about the game v Sussex, a very impressive performance by Yorkshire even though I doubted that we had enough runs on the board at the end of our Innings.Special mentions to Vaughan, Brophy and Shazad for their excellent knocks.......was Vaughan really out ?, it looked doubtful to me.
In the face of some good bowling the Sussex innings never really got going although Goodwin and a very impressive Luke Wright looked to be getting them back into the game.....I was glad to see the back of them both and at one stage I thought they might have taken their last powerplay when they both appeared to be on top.....Yardy simply ran out of time and competent partners .
Although he batted well, I feel that Shazad needs to improve in the field, one badly spilled catch and some of his boundary chasing left a lot to be desired.
Thanks to others who were at the game .... esp Mr Cronshaw's Colossus of Boycott & the bit about the fence .... one reason I've always liked Deon is that he'll sign autographs & have a chat/laugh with the crowd. Some of the 'security staff' are extremely heavy handed ... one young lady who sits in the football stand was stopped from taking pictures of the player warming up a few years ago.
On small error did occur in my report. It was Bresnan who was soon out in the batting power play rather than Mags who departed early when the ball was moving around (as has been said a good toss to win).
One point someone brought up on another forum that I forgot to mention. Why is it that batsmen who are content to go along at 3 to 4 an over suddenly 'go mad' when the batting power play occurs. The batting power play is at times a 2 edged sword. Although the B.P.P. brings runs it also tend to bring wickets. Yorks won the game because we only had 3 down at the start of our batting power play whilst Sussex (who took their B.P.P. one over later than we did) had (I think) lost 5.
This message has been edited by dpressed on Apr 27, 2009 10:31 AM
It's practically all been said by previous posters, so I'll add some random observations:
- Andrew Gale showed surprisingly strenuous effort in the field. This is most welcome. Please keep it up.
- With a busy schedule, I would have rested Gale and played Lyth in this match.
- Yardy was out to a failed switch hit, which was easily caught by Kruis. That stupid shot probably cost Sussex the match.
- Vaughan definitely wasn't bowled outright. Either he stepped on his stumps (unlikely) or it bounced off Prior. The umpire must have had his eyes shut.
- Prior is rubbish, and wouldn't get a game for our Colts. Just a minute, doesn't he play for England?
- I too went to the ticket office during the break to collect my Yearbook, only to find that they had run out. Surely it should have been obvious that all those with vouchers would want to collect their book during the first home game.
- Stewards who stop players signing autographs should be sacked.
- Locking the doors between the East Stand and the Long Room two minutes after the close of play was stupid. About 30 people, who had belongings on the stand were locked in for 5 minutes. Don't do this again.
- Our announcer doesn't improve. Since when has the Football Stand End been called the 'Press Box End'? Also, The Sussex player is called Yardy, not Vardy.
All in all, a great day's entertainment, and a good win.
This message has been edited by YoungClogger on Apr 27, 2009 11:29 AM
Arrived to find us already a wicket down (Gale), then Rudolph was out and Mags came and went for 4 runs. It was Vaughan and Brophy who had to rebuild the innings. Very cautiously. At times the batting was like watching a test match, the run rate was around 3 an over. Bresnan again was unlucky with the bat, but Shahzad gave Yorkshire vital runs 43* off 26, with 2 fours and 3 sixes.
With a lowish score of 227 to defend, good bowling was vital. Bresnan got rid of the openers (both caught Brophy) and Prior was stumed off Paterson with some great glovework. Goodwin and Luke Wright who looked to be doing for Sussex what Vaughan and Brophy did for Yorkshire. Finally the breakthrough came for Bresnan, with Goodwin caught behind, then Wright departed soon after. That brought in Yardy and Hamilton-Brown and Sussex put their foot on the accelerator. It was a slightly nerve-wracking end, a dropped catch that could've been vital but in the end the wickets fell as Sussex tried to get the runs, and they were finally all out for 213.
Due to the fall of wickets, I think Yorks were ahead on D/L all the time, but rain wasn't really threatening, so the main worry was the Sussex run-rate.
I (over)heard Stuart Regan attribute the slow outfield to the fact it's had a lot of watering and rolling. (the BBC report described it as "spongy")
It'll be interesting to see how it plays as it settles in.
I see that any BBC report on a Yorkshire match is really "what did Michael Vaughan do in the last Yorkshire match".
I would like to thank all and sundry who contributed to this excellent thread and especially to those who provided the WRF with their own "match reports." It is these sorts of postings and commentaries that have helped make the White Rose such a popular forum. Three cheers to all of you!
