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Tykes to test new kit
TWO years ago, Yorkshire's
cricketers pitched up at Old Trafford
for a pre-season friendly
against the old enemy to find ice
on the outfield.
Now, in the equally surreal
surroundings of the desert in
Abu Dhabi, Director of Cricket
Martyn Moxon wants to use the
PRO-Arch Trophy, starting with
today's game against Lancashire,
as a springboard for
Yorkshire's surge for silverware
in 2008.
"There certainly shouldn't be
any ice here," joked Moxon after
touching down in the United
Arab Emirates.
Yorkshire will wear their revolutionary
new kit for the first
time today.
They have signed a five-year
deal with kit suppliers Canterbury
and will don a two-layer,
black and gold strip.
The IonX Base Layer system
comes in two types, depending
on whether the playing conditions
are hot or cold, and uses a
state-of-the-art ionised energy
fabric which ionises the body
through a negatively charged
electromagnetic field.
This process improves the delivery
of oxygen to the muscles
through the bloodstream, and
has been scientifically proven to
increase stamina and accelerate
recovery.
South Africa wore the base
layer attire on the way to last
year's rugby World Cup success
while the Yorkshire shirt is
made of the same fabrics as
those of FA Cup semi-finalists
Portsmouth, another of Canterbury's
clients.
"It will be a big challenge for
us, starting with the Lancashire
match," said Moxon. "They have
played three matches and have
made a decent start. It will be
good for us to work in these hot
conditions and get a good feel for
what our team will be when the
Friends Provident Trophy starts
against Durham on April 20."
The competition also includes
50-over matches against Somerset,
Sussex and the UAE national
team and will be Yorkshire's
first experience of the new rules
that will be adopted for the FPT,
including the use of powerplays.
"A big reason why we are here
is to find out how things will
work with those changes: when
you take your powerplays, how
you use them and where you put
your fielders. So it will be a big
learning experience but there is
no doubt that we want to win it
because our aim at Yorkshire
this year is to win trophies."
Yorkshire's 22-man party does
not include Rana Naved, the
Pakistan international allrounder,
whose future at Headingley
is in serious doubt. His
participation in the breakaway
Indian Cricket League could see
him suspended from county
cricket by the ECB.
"There might be a chance he
can play, we really don't know,"
added Moxon.
"We know he's a quality player
and that's why we haven't
chased up an alternative signing.
We don't want to waste our
time and we hope that Rana can
still play for Yorkshire."
9:03am Friday 21st March 2008
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