YORKSHIRE CARNEGIE head
into the new county season in the
best possible way after a remarkable
run chase against the United
Arab Emirates in Abu Dhabi
saw them clinch the pre-season
Pro-ARCH Trophy.
After skittling the hosts for 190
at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium,
Martyn Moxon's experimental
side were left with 25 overs to win
the game in order to pip rivals
Lancashire to the silverware on
net run rate.
And the White Rose cruised
home with five balls to spare
when Whitby-born left-hander
Adam Lyth smashed Jasim
Suwaidi to the boundary to take
Yorkshire to victory by four
wickets.
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"Pre-season has just been outstanding
when you compare it
with the turbulent few weeks
that we had at the start of 2007,"
said Yorkshire chief executive
Stewart Regan.
"Martyn (Moxon) and Darren
(Gough) have given us some
strong leadership and are
well ahead of the targets
that they set out over
three years when they rejoined
Yorkshire.
"And whilst the
trophy is a bonus,
the most pleasing
thing is that we
have seen that
there is a depth of
talent that we can
pull from for the
first team when we
have the inevitable
England call-ups and
injuries during the season."
Opener Amjad Javed
carved out 43 for UAE
as the hosts demonstrated
that they
weren't just hanging
out the bunting for a
Yorkshire victory parade.
But the Tykes
dragged it back, mainly
through their spinners
as Mark Lawson
(3-36) and the miserly David
Wainwright (1-19) asserted control.
Only Qasim Zubair gave any
authority to the middle order before
his innings of 37 was cut
down by Oliver Hannon-Dalby,
the 18 year-old continuing to impress
with two more wickets.
The required run rate of almost
eight per over for the title
did little to deter Yorkshire,
whose reply was incendiary.
The spadework was done by
Andrew Gale (69) and Greg Wood
(50), whose century opening partnership
made sure Yorkshire
would survive the steady late
clatter of wickets.
It ends a pretty good week for
the White Rose, after receiving
clearance to register their overseas
player Rana Naved ul-Hasan
for the coming season, despite
his contract with the breakaway
Indian Cricket League.
"The optimist in me says it's
all done and dusted now," admits
Regan, "but I'll only be
really happy when I see
him out there with the
ball in his hands for
Yorkshire.
"We weren't
happy that he decided
to sign that
contract without
consulting Yorkshire
first but he
always felt he
would get clearance
because he
isn't a centrally
contracted player
with Pakistan.
"It's a completely
unexpected turn of
events to get that confirmation
from the
Pakistan Cricket
Board but it's nice to
know because he's
worth maybe 50 wickets
to us and that
could be the difference
between winning
silverware and
not."
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