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Post by Admin on May 11, 2022 13:21:57 GMT
Update re ground Now rain for weeks so probably can expect Headingley to look like this tomorrow  Wonder what reason they will give for not playing this season ere is all of the information ahead of your visit to watch the LV= Insurance County Championship match between Yorkshire and Lancashire at Headingley starting on Thursday. GATES OPENING 9.30am – Access via both Kirkstall Lane and St Michael’s Lane SEATING Seating for this game is unallocated. The East Stand and Trueman Enclosure are members only areas and there are a small number of seats within the ground reserved by supporters. Please note the Western Terrace will be closed for this game. ACCESS TO THE LONG ROOM Food and drink options will be available in the Long Room for Yorkshire and Kent Members. WATER FOUNTAINS Water fountains will be available around the ground for those wishing to refill their bottles throughout the game. CASHLESS STADIUM Headingley Stadium’s catering and retail outlets are operated as cashless to ensure that transactions are faster, safe, and secure. FOOD AND DRINK There are various food and drink outlets available around the ground including in the East Stand Long Room for Members, at the back of the North East Stand and in the Emerald Stand. Headingley Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in the Headingley Stadium complex in Headingley, Leeds, England. It adjoins the Headingley Rugby Stadium through a shared main stand, although the main entrance to the cricket ground is at the opposite Kirkstall Lane end. It has hosted Test cricket since 1899 and has a capacity of 18,350. |
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Post by man in the stand on May 11, 2022 15:50:01 GMT
A further point is there seem to be roadworks on the M62 Eastbound after junction 25 to 27 which will delay your journey.
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Post by Admin on May 11, 2022 16:19:16 GMT
It could be Jimmy Anderson v Joe Root, it could be Hassan Ali v Haris Rauf.
They are a couple of intriguing subplots in what promises to be a fabulous fixture between two arch-rivals who have started the season in encouraging fashion, both unbeaten.
Lancashire are better placed in Division One having won two of their four games to Yorkshire’s one. Both sides recorded high-scoring draws in last week’s round of games; the Red Rose at home to champions Warwickshire and the White away at Essex.
Lancashire sit third in the table on 72 points, nine clear of a Yorkshire side who are now coached by Ottis Gibson, the former West Indies fast bowler and ex-England bowling coach.
Surrey are top of the table on 89 points and Hampshire second on 81, both having played a game more.
Opposition
Ottis Gibson is in place as head coach, while ex-Lancashire fast bowler Kabir Ali is one of his two assistants and former Red Rose skipper Tom Smith is the county’s second-team coach. Darren Gough is their managing director of cricket.
Yorkshire have started the season encouragingly from their point of view.
They won their opening game at Gloucestershire before a trio of draws at Northampton, against Kent at Headingley and at Essex.
On each occasion, they have gone into the final day with a victory chance of varying difficulty and been thwarted.
Steve Patterson remains captain, and he will lead out a team with a top order line-up including current and former England internationals Joe Root, Dawid Malan and Adam Lyth.
There overseas player is Pakistan fast bowler Haris Rauf, who played three games before missing last week with a side niggle. He is with Yorkshire until June 3.
They expect him to be fit to play this week, but fellow seamers Ben Coad, Matthew Fisher and Dom Leech are all injured.
Opposing player to watch
Harry Brook has had a superb start to the season. In fact, the 23-year-old batter has enjoyed a memorable start to 2022, including title success with Lahore Qalandars in the Pakistan Super League and an England T20 debut in Barbados back in January.
23-year-old Brook is amongst a group of young batters who are being talked about for a potential England Test debut at some point this summer.
He has passed 50 in all six of his innings in this season’s Championship, including three hundreds, and is the leading run-scorer in Division One with 635 runs. He is averaging 158.75.
Previous meeting
After winning a thrilling late May fixture at Emirates Old Trafford - Lancashire's first home Roses Championship win in 21 years and their first at any venue since 2011 - the return clash at Headingley in July was a weather disrupted draw.
It was the final game of the Championship’s initial group stage, with both teams qualifying for Division One.
Only 119.2 overs were bowled in a game which did not progress out of Lancashire’s first innings, which amounted to a dominant 411-2.
Keaton Jennings led the way with a superb 132, while his opening partner Alex Davies made 84 followed by 97 not out for Luke Wells and an unbeaten 74 for Josh Bohannon.
A full opening day started with Yorkshire winning the toss and electing to bowl, with Lancashire making their way to 273-2 - both wickets for Jordan Thompson.
Rain meant no play on day two before a nasty third afternoon knee injury to Dom Leech - suffered as he thudded into the concrete base of the Western Terrace stand whilst trying to field a ball on the boundary - forced umpires Gould and Llong to take the players off the field due to concerns over a wet outfield.
No further play was possible, including on day four.
What they said
Glen Chapple is targeting a repeat of Lancashire’s performance during the early stages of last year’s Roses game at Headingley as the county look to impose themselves on Yorkshire.
As mentioned above, the Red Rose dominated a disrupted Championship game across the Pennines last July, only to get little reward for their endeavours.
“The last time we were there, we were in a good position,” said Lancashire’s coach. “And if we can put in the first few days like the last time we were there, then we’ll be in good stead.
“They are always a good team, and it’s always a big game.”
This game throws up a number of intriguing subplots, including close mates and fellow spinners Matt Parkinson and Dom Bess going up against each other.
Both are on the fringes of England duty and had similarly frustrating winters. Bess went to the Ashes without playing before Parkinson did likewise in the West Indies.
“Parky’s a very good bowler who is just going to keep going,” said Bess.
“In terms of his development, I think he’s going well considering what’s been put in front of him. He’s a pretty resilient character.
“He’s got a big future ahead, and I think he’s the best leg-spinner we’ve got at the moment (in red ball cricket).
“Rash (Adil Rashid) is obviously playing white ball at the moment, but Parky’s up there.”
How’s Stat!
Keaton Jennings could this week become only the second Lancashire player after Geoff Pullar to score three Roses hundreds in as many innings.
Pullar achieved the feat in 1959 and 1960 with hundreds at Old Trafford, Sheffield and Headingley. Jennings scored centuries in both of last year’s Championship games.
Steven Croft needs eight runs to reach 9,000 in his first-class career, while Dane Vilas needs 17 to reach 10,000.
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Post by chris on May 11, 2022 19:39:21 GMT
Lancashire Website descend to absolute farce, announcing the Roses squad over a photo of Rob Jones. Talk about insensitive. Isn’t it about time that people lost their jobs?  |
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Post by Admin on May 12, 2022 9:53:56 GMT
Lost toss and bat
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Post by man in the stand on May 12, 2022 13:19:42 GMT
Two down but two dropped catches so could have been worse. TV feed has been been unwatchable keeps juddering.....
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Post by Admin on May 12, 2022 13:43:32 GMT
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Post by exile on May 12, 2022 15:01:45 GMT
187 for 2 at tea - thanks in part to dropped catches, Jennings and Croft have put on 175.
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Post by man in the stand on May 12, 2022 15:11:03 GMT
Yes..four catches I believe. Yorkies missing several of their front line bowlers so you wonder why they didn't bat.
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Post by Dave Towers on May 12, 2022 15:57:00 GMT
Lost toss and bat Last season I received a mild ticking off from Admin after saying that Yorkshire were lucky tossers. This season they’ve won five out of five so it’s business as usual. Anyway, 220 for 2 so a good recovery. New ball imminent though, hang in there Crofty! |
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Post by Admin on May 12, 2022 16:11:46 GMT
Lost toss and bat Last season I received a mild ticking off from Admin after saying that Yorkshire were lucky tossers. This season they’ve won five out of five so it’s business as usual. Anyway, 220 for 2 so a good recovery. New ball imminent though, hang in there Crofty! Won 2/2 me this season Croft ton |
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Post by chris on May 12, 2022 16:48:48 GMT
Yes..four catches I believe. Yorkies missing several of their front line bowlers so you wonder why they didn't bat.
That seems to be the pattern these days when there are so many runs around. Warwickshire choose to field Northants currently 353/2. Gloucestershire also chose to field today Somerset currently 296/4.
Anyone heard anything about Mahmood - still injured? |
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Post by redandrosy on May 12, 2022 17:03:24 GMT
Mahmood was struggling with a shoulder injury picked up over the winter. Guess he felt it again in the preparation so doesn't play.
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Post by man in the stand on May 12, 2022 17:44:47 GMT
Seems like a day for the batter...in the 8 CC games today - only two teams have been bowled out and six of the teams have exceeded 300 runs in thier innings.
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Post by Admin on May 12, 2022 18:23:37 GMT
Jennings followed former England left-hander Geoff Pullar, who achieved the feat in 1959 and 1960.
The current Red Rose opener added this 280-ball 150 not out to last season’s scores of 114 at Old Trafford and 132 here and was superbly supported by third-wicket partner and fellow centurion Steven Croft - 104.
The pair, dropped three times between them, shared 237 to recover Lancashire from 12 for two to a close of play 288 for three from 96 overs.
Following two Jordan Thompson wickets, Croft’s eighth run took him to 9,000 first-class.
Yorkshire captain Steve Patterson won his fifth successive toss and opted to bowl under an overcast sky to begin a Division One clash involving Jimmy Anderson and Joe Root.
This was a day of Roses cricket filled with endeavour on a good batting pitch which looks like it will hold firm for four days.
Some of that went unrewarded, as Yorkshire gave Jennings two clear chances on two and 70 and one to Croft on five.
This was also former Durham man Jennings’ second hundred in as many games after last week’s 110 in the home draw against Warwickshire, his first appearance since the start of last August due to calf issues.
These are two counties producing a number of high-quality young players. Batters Josh Bohannon and Harry Brook, for example, are both chasing an England Test call-up under the newly appointed coach Brendon McCullum.
However, the two most experienced cricketers on show were at the heart of their respective fights.
Yorkshire’s Patterson and Lancashire’s Croft, aged 38 and 37 respectively, went at it hammer and tongs.
After Thompson’s early wickets, Croft was thrust into a recovery mission alongside Jennings, which Patterson attempted to halt with his miserly seamers (nought for 38 from 21 overs).
Thompson struck first in the ninth over (10 for one) when Luke Wells feathered behind to Harry Duke before he trapped Bohannon lbw for two with a yorker, leaving Lancashire in early peril inside 11 overs.
Jennings’ first reprieve came in between the two wickets, with Duke dropping him in Patterson’s first over.
His second came on 70 during the second half of the afternoon when he flashed at a cut at Dom Bess and offered a tough chance to Adam Lyth at slip.
Croft’s came when Brook failed to hold a low effort at third slip off Tom Loten’s seam.
Catching has certainly been an area which has blighted Yorkshire in 2022, though they remain unbeaten alongside their rivals.
Lancashire reached lunch at 53 for two from 30 overs, but more than doubled that in the opening 15 after lunch, advancing to 127 for two after 45.
By that time Jennings and Croft had reached their half-centuries, a century partnership had been recorded and Yorkshire’s bowlers had released the pressure valve as boundaries came with frequency.
Jennings was particularly strong square of the wicket on the off-side as he cut and guided with confidence. Croft was also strong square of the wicket, though he often pulled the pace of Haris Rauf away to the boundary.
Lancashire reached tea at 187 for two from 64 overs, with Jennings 87 and Croft 81.
Twenty-nine-year-old Jennings was stuck on 99 for 13 balls before tucking a leg-side single away to reach three figures off 207 with 16 fours.
Croft later reached his second hundred of the season, also with 16 fours, off 212 balls with a six over wide long-on off Root.
But he was trapped lbw by Rauf as Lancashire fell to 249 for three in the 86th over.
Jennings then reached 150 with his last ball of the day.
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