Re: County Cricket 2009 : Fri Apr 09, 2010 4:10 pm  

Money Mayweather wrote:

I wonder if this is the start of Yorkshire's 32nd championship winning season

Or will Lancashire make it their 9th title?

You know I really think this will be our year. As long as we don't get decimated by international call-ups, bad weather, injuries then we should be nailed on for the CC .

Seriously though, it pains me to say it but I can't look much past Durham again this year. Lots of fringe/international class players (Di Venuto, Harmy, Chanderpaul etc) along with some good local talent (from what I hear) coming through.

Think the best Lancs can hope for is a decent crack at the T20 again. Hope I'm proved wrong though.

Re: : Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:27 am  

Andy Gilder wrote:

And to replace Hoggard Yorkshire have signed....

Ryan Harris, 30 year old Australian quick with one solitary ODI appearance for his country and an injury record as long as your arm.

Do I smell another Rana Naved in the offing...?

Is Harris still coming? Given his record in ODI's over the winter, and the fact he's now made his test debut I'd have thought the ACB were having second thoughts.

Re: County Cricket 2009 : Sun Apr 11, 2010 10:43 pm  

SalfordSlim wrote:

Seriously though, it pains me to say it but I can't look much past Durham again this year. Lots of fringe/international class players (Di Venuto, Harmy, Chanderpaul etc) along with some good local talent (from what I hear) coming through.

Chanderpaul has gone. Durham have no overseas player signed for this season as yet. But yes, they look like clear favourites to me with Notts probably the likeliest challengers, and maybe Hants if Kabir Ali & Simon Jones settle in and stay fit. (Obviously that's a big if in Jones' case.)

*Any chance the mods could detatch the last few posts and make it into a new thread? I didn't want to start a new one when people were already posting on here.

Re: Re: : Mon Apr 12, 2010 11:08 am  

Lord_Percy wrote:

Is Harris still coming? Given his record in ODI's over the winter, and the fact he's now made his test debut I'd have thought the ACB were having second thoughts.

Sort of.

He's likely to be involved in the Australian one-day side and the ACB are asking Yorkshire to rest him until the end of May.

Yorkshire signed Darryl Tuffey for the early part of the season, who subsequently broke his hand.

Last I heard they were trying to put together a deal to get Tino Best in until Harris is available.

Re: County Cricket 2009 : Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:29 pm  

Yorks beat a decent Warwickshire side by 4 wickets.

Re: Re: : Mon Apr 12, 2010 6:32 pm  

Andy Gilder wrote: Last I heard they were trying to put together a deal to get Tino Best in until Harris is available. Best's work permit has now been granted, according to this. Vital we pick up points early on because we are going to be hit hard by international call-ups this year.

Andy Gilder wrote: Last I heard they were trying to put together a deal to get Tino Best in until Harris is available. Best's work permit has now been granted, according to this. Vital we pick up points early on because we are going to be hit hard by international call-ups this year.

Re: County Cricket 2009 : Mon Apr 12, 2010 10:11 pm  

good result from yorkshire in a league where its quite possible just 3 wins will be enough to stay up

Re: County Cricket 2009 : Tue Apr 13, 2010 2:28 am  

the artist wrote:

good result from yorkshire in a league where its quite possible just 3 wins will be enough to stay up

That's if promotion/relegation even exists this year

Re: Re: : Tue Apr 13, 2010 12:00 pm  

Asim wrote:

Vital we pick up points early on because we are going to be hit hard by international call-ups this year.

You reckon?

Might lose Bresnan and maybe Shahzad for the one-day stuff, but I can see Bresnan being the sacrificial lamb to make way for Anderson's return and England going back to six specialist batsmen in the Test arena.

Rashid seems to have fallen off the England radar entirely (after a couple of winters spent as Isotonic-wallah) and none of the batters are in danger of an international call at this stage in their careers.

Re: County Cricket 2009 : Tue Apr 13, 2010 12:31 pm  

Conroy wrote:

That's if promotion/relegation even exists this year

It's absurd that (other than the championship istelf) clubs don't even know what they're playing for this season in terms of promotion & relegation, as the constitution of the Championship for 2011 won't be decided until near the end of this season. All that seems certain is it will no longer consist of nine two team divisions with all teams playing each other twice.