Looks like we'll have no batting line-up or wicketkeeper for the Roses game this week.

Your bowling attack will render a major batting line-up irrelevant I fear.

The one that had 14 overs to take the last two Hampshire wickets on a wearing pitch and couldn't?

I know times is tight financially, but I cannot believe Yorkshire opted to go into this season without bringing in an overseas player to strengthen the batting, even if only on a short-term deal.

I think the role of the overseas player in the modern county game is overrated. It's so difficult to get a decent one for a significant length of time it hardly seems worth it, and if you sign one for the sake of having one you risk ending up with a real turkey, as Essex seem to have done with Lonwabo Tsotsobe after their moves for Peter Siddle and Tim Southee fell through. How many other counties have got one you'd really want in your own team? I reckon Chaminda Vaas at Northants is probably the best one at the moment pound for pound, and he's 37.

Surrey can usually outbid most counties and we wasted two years looking for an overseas spinner while bringing in various other players on short term deals to little effect. The last overseas player we had who made a real difference was Harbhajan Singh in 2007, although present incumbent Yasir Arafat should at least be available for the whole season and has a decent all round game.

No McGrath, Bairstow, Brophy, Shahzad or Bresnan for Yorkshire.

Simon Guy dragged out of retirement to keep wicket, Ashraf, Hannon-Dalby and Ballance into the side.

I predict another innings win for Lancashire within 3 days.

Your prediction looks a little generous to Yorkshire at present....2 days maybe??...

Lancashire 4/6 this morning at Ladbrokes (draw no bet). Stealing money really, but couldnt back them, me been a Yorkshireman and all that.

On the positive note it looks like I won't have to set foot in Liverpool this weekend.

Lancashires tail starts at number 4 so not getting too giddy just yet.

I always rated him as a keeper - never seemed to make any runs though. He might have stood a better chance thirty+ years ago as an old fashioned specialist keeper batting at 9 or 10.

A victim of the theory that your keeper must be able to bat in your top seven.

Which incidentally I don't hold with, providing you have an extra all-rounder in your side I don't see any reason why your keeper can't bat down the order.

He's certainly more Bob Taylor than Alec Stewart, but it's a big ask for anyone to step back up to first class level having not played a professionally since the Second XI final in September 2009.

aaaaand the collapse begins, 240/3 becomes 244/6.

No panic....Lancs heading for at least 300, which in a low scoring game like this will be ample......Weather is more of a threat than Yorkshire at the moment....

Mmmmmm... two lads I used to play with at Ossett when I was younger (albeit a few years older than them) have set this up. Seems a bit expensive for a 2 day course though. www.firstclasscricketcoaching.co.uk

Mmmmmm... two lads I used to play with at Ossett when I was younger (albeit a few years older than them) have set this up. Seems a bit expensive for a 2 day course though. www.firstclasscricketcoaching.co.uk