Friday, 25 May 2007

WARWICKSHIRE V YORKSHIRE - PREVIEW

Yorkshire face a tough task in a game they must win if they are to stand a serious chance of progressing in the competition. Not only must they beat the group leaders on their own patch but they must defy history. Yorkshire have only won two of the nine encounters between the sides in this competition.

Brophy is still absent injured so Simon Guy continues behind the stumps, there is a recall to the squad for David Wainwright who takes over as spinner from Adil Rashid.

Squad: White, Rudolph, McGrath, Younus Khan, Gale, Pyrah, Guy, Bresnan, Gillespie, Gough, Kruis and Wainwright.

Warwickshire are led by Darren Maddy who is doing an excellent job for the side having joined from Leicestershire during the close season. Maddy is a fine One Day player. Sri-Lankan Sangakara is a huge addition to the batting, one of the World’s top players in all forms of the game. Zimbabwean allrounder Heath Streak is a World Class opening bowler and useful late order batsman. Tim Ambrose is one of the player’s of the tournament so far, he has made a century and two fifties in his four games and so far averages 239.