County Championship 2024

Just booked days off for that - nailed on for it to pee it down all 4 days.......

 

Yes it will and I might just go to that although I see we’re at home to Northampton on the 24th

 

I’ll be there on the Saturday

 

Two convincing wins in a row (admittedly against the two worst teams in the Division), and Middx losing as well for the first time.
We've put ourselves right back in the promotion hunt.

 

A select 11 are playing West Indies now and Harry Duke and Will Luxton are playing.
I think it’s in Kent under the guise of FCC X1 ( first class cricket club ??? )

 

Some game in Cheltenham!!

 

First innings you think pitch is poor. Second innings you think it's a road. Unusual looking scorecard that for a pitch to improve as it gets more worn out.

 

Next 2 games are both at home. May define the season.
v Sussex (1st) at Scarborough
v Middlesex (2nd) at Headingley

Could go down to Last match
Sussex v Middlesex
Yorks v Northants

 

2 bits of good news from Yorks ;
Fisher played in seconds match against Notts and took 2-18.

Fernando’s stint has ended but we’re trying to get him back for later games

 

Is this sustainable for Yorkshire?
The team are not very good and there’s no fecker here.
The overheads to stage a game at Headingley must be massive. Why don’t they play some fixtures at different venues around the county where there may be a bit more enthusiasm for it?

 

Me and my son will go to see Yorkshire a couple of times a season. Always York or Scarborough (maybe Mansfield this year). NEVER Headingley, awful place. Seems like I’m not on my own.

The out grounds are always packed apart from championship days at Scarborough in term time.

 

The Cheltenham College playing field is dressed up for the Festival games and it’s not hard to get big scores there because it’s such a small playing area. I saw some great players there when I lived in Gloucester, the most frightening being Courtney Walsh with his lightening fast deliveries. Jack Russell had to stand well back to field the ball as it whizzed past the batsman. It’s much better seeing quality players at small festival grounds with most seats taken and plenty bringing their own to sit around the boundary edge.

I do like headingley as well but not when it’s only about a quarter full. Why on earth they put that great big white elephant of a new stand up is a mystery to me. You hardly ever see anybody in it.