The conveyor belt for English cricket
Yorkshire CCC have always been a successful county, which showed with them wining the county championship last season in division one. A constant conveyor belt for English cricket with the likes of Boycott, Gough, Vaughn and Root to name a few, coming through the ranks. The old phrase ‘when Yorkshire are strong England are strong’.
The standard of club cricket in Yorkshire is very strong and the large Asian community who idealise the game of cricket has meant players like Adil Rashid and Ajmal Shahzad have come through the Yorkshire academy and gone on to play for England in recent years. One major factor looking at the Yorkshire squad on paper is seeing the amount of lads that come from the white rose county. The home grown talent are getting a chance which both Yorkshire and England are benefiting from.
Currently Joe Root (Sheffield) , Adam Lyth (Whitby) Jonny Bairstow (Bradford) and Adil Rahid (Bradford) are figures within the current England team. Root has been prolific for England in all formats for a few years now and is a firm favourite to eventually succeed Alistair Cook as England test captain one day. Lyth has just been given his chance as opener with Cook in the test team after a great year with the bat last season. Rashid has been mentioned by people for a number of years now and at 27 he will be looking at forcing his way into the test team after a decent ODI stint against New Zealand. Bairstow has been in good form with the bat with Yorkshire this season and is someone who has had a good chance with England but Jos Butler is looking good in both test and ODI cricket at the moment.
17 year old Matt Fisher burst onto the scene of T20 cricket this year and has looked at ease, the 17 year old is bowling at 85+mph and will only get quicker when he gets stronger. He has been thrown in at the deep end but is one to look out for in the future. There is also Englands forgotten man it seems Tim Bresnan who has suffered injuries but still capable of doing a job this summer for England.
Will Rhodes and Jack Leaning have also been given chances in county cricket this season again looking comfortable with Rhodes is a seam bowling allrounder averaging 30 and Leaning 44. Alex Lees is also a young Yorkshireman and opening batsman who did well last year opening the batting and occasionally captained the side when Andrew Gayle has been away.
As Yorkshire continue to invest in the young players in the area and give them chances in senior cricket both England and Yorkshire will prosper. Their looks to be a solid group of lads who are working hard and pulling in the same direction, with the county looking to regain the county championship. I failed to mention Garry Ballance who isn’t really a Yorkshireman but is on the books for them. Overall I agree with the statement that when Yorkshire are strong then so are England.
The standard of club cricket in Yorkshire is very strong and the large Asian community who idealise the game of cricket has meant players like Adil Rashid and Ajmal Shahzad have come through the Yorkshire academy and gone on to play for England in recent years. One major factor looking at the Yorkshire squad on paper is seeing the amount of lads that come from the white rose county. The home grown talent are getting a chance which both Yorkshire and England are benefiting from.
Currently Joe Root (Sheffield) , Adam Lyth (Whitby) Jonny Bairstow (Bradford) and Adil Rahid (Bradford) are figures within the current England team. Root has been prolific for England in all formats for a few years now and is a firm favourite to eventually succeed Alistair Cook as England test captain one day. Lyth has just been given his chance as opener with Cook in the test team after a great year with the bat last season. Rashid has been mentioned by people for a number of years now and at 27 he will be looking at forcing his way into the test team after a decent ODI stint against New Zealand. Bairstow has been in good form with the bat with Yorkshire this season and is someone who has had a good chance with England but Jos Butler is looking good in both test and ODI cricket at the moment.
17 year old Matt Fisher burst onto the scene of T20 cricket this year and has looked at ease, the 17 year old is bowling at 85+mph and will only get quicker when he gets stronger. He has been thrown in at the deep end but is one to look out for in the future. There is also Englands forgotten man it seems Tim Bresnan who has suffered injuries but still capable of doing a job this summer for England.
Will Rhodes and Jack Leaning have also been given chances in county cricket this season again looking comfortable with Rhodes is a seam bowling allrounder averaging 30 and Leaning 44. Alex Lees is also a young Yorkshireman and opening batsman who did well last year opening the batting and occasionally captained the side when Andrew Gayle has been away.
As Yorkshire continue to invest in the young players in the area and give them chances in senior cricket both England and Yorkshire will prosper. Their looks to be a solid group of lads who are working hard and pulling in the same direction, with the county looking to regain the county championship. I failed to mention Garry Ballance who isn’t really a Yorkshireman but is on the books for them. Overall I agree with the statement that when Yorkshire are strong then so are England.