Yorkshire continue their promotion push by telling Ajmal Shahzad he can find himself another county for the rest of the season.

Anthony McGrath down to bat at seven and be the fourth seamer against LeicesterWestIndieSafferShire at Scarborough.

Everyone remaining tight-lipped about the actual reasons. Somerset are interested, apparently, and it's a problem that's entirely fitting of Yorkshire to create. That's two really good bowlers out the door, Wainwright being t'other

what is it with Yorks CCC ?

they always seem to want to shoot themselves in the foot ?

whose idea was it to bring back Sidebottom in his mid thirties FFS ?

The first two are complete imponderables, questions as old as time itself.
The third - whoever it was deserves a medal. It's worked out very nicely indeed.

For Shahzad to be ushered towards the door marked "do one" so soon after Moxon had been praising his attitude after a difficult 2011 and saying he was bowling as well as anybody around at the moment suggests that something else is at play. I'll blame Colin Graves, but that's my default position on almost everything in life.

Quote: ". I'll blame Colin Graves, but that's my default position on almost everything in life.'" your a hard man John - blaming your sugar daddy..... he blames the players... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricke ... ation.html

Quote: ". I'll blame Colin Graves, but that's my default position on almost everything in life.'" your a hard man John - blaming your sugar daddy..... he blames the players... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricke ... ation.html

rlDavid Hopps on excellent formrl regarding the mess at Yorkshire.

yeah,good article ...


bring back Matthew Hoggard ? .....

On the bright side, the answer to England's problems at number six continued in good form this morning before being dismissed for 182 in the end.

McGrath unbeaten on 84, Yorkshire 415-8 at lunch.

Showers forecast for tomorrow apparently, so now there's no more bonus points to be had it might be worth declaring and having a bowl.

Or we could get bowled out quickly and still have em five down for naff all.

The inevitable rlself-serving statementrl from Graves has arrived. Guess what - he's not in the wrong. If they wanted a plodding builder of pressure, then clearly Shahzad is not the man. If they were trying to make a 90+mph bowler who can move it both ways into someone who bowls for his economy rate, then Shahzad's best off out of it. Best of luck to him.
Bloody Yorkshire...

Young JB comes to watch us play quite a bit, a couple of his mates play for us, seems a nice young fella

Todd Flanders, you mean? Maturing into a fine, fine player. Which probably means we won't see a lot of him in the future. Bah.


Rain saving Leics a right old tubbing on the coast. Apparently Ronnie Sarwan was wearing about 18 jumpers yesterday

Scarborough isn't exactly Madras you now ?


anyway,it has to be more exiting than at the SWALEC where Gareth Rees is doing a fine impersonation of Chris Tavaré managing 20 odd runs in two hours ...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Yeah, but it is Cup final weekend. Normally nice round this time of year

you mean it's not snowing ?