YORKSHIRE heading for promotion.

485-6 at lunch JB went played on trying to hoik the leggy out of the ground. We should press on after lunch, must be easier to score runs now than later. Somewhat worried Middx will just be batting for a damage limiting draw from 1st innings. Lets hope it takes some turn and picking 2 specialist spinners pays off. If Coad and Tomo can get 2 or3 with the new ball whilst its still doing something that will start to heap the pressure on them.
 
The benefit of a strong lower middle order. lets see what
a) our seamers can do wit the new Kookaburra before it goes as soft as pork pie
b) having 2 specialist spinners does with said pie
I'm hoping Middx find it harder going


Derbyshire are crumbling at Hove so we need to try to force a win.....
 
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Middlesex fan here (yes, I'm attracted to sporting teams with Middle in their name).

Obviously it's a road, and the Kookaburra ball is doing nothing, but it's still dispiriting to know avoiding the follow-on is 450 runs away. A Middlesex win is evidently out of the equation, so I'm hoping for a very boring couple of days and a high-scoring draw.
 
Middlesex fan here (yes, I'm attracted to sporting teams with Middle in their name).

Obviously it's a road, and the Kookaburra ball is doing nothing, but it's still dispiriting to know avoiding the follow-on is 450 runs away. A Middlesex win is evidently out of the equation, so I'm hoping for a very boring couple of days and a high-scoring draw.
Looks like your wish will come true. Forecast is good for Saturday but poor on Sunday. 🏏
 
A draw may suffice for Yorkshire in this game because although there are 3 games remaining this season, Sussex play Middlesex in the final round of games.
 
A draw may suffice for Yorkshire in this game because although there are 3 games remaining this season, Sussex play Middlesex in the final round of games.
I think both the benign state of the pitch and the relatively conservative way Yorkshire batted Middlesex out of the game suggest that’s been the thinking all along. And it’s probably right thinking even if it’s not made for a thriller this week.
 
Middlesex all out for 522, so all to play for with about 2days less 2 hours remaining Yorkshire are 90 runs ahead with all 10 wickets in hand.
 
Apologies Grumpy. You are correct. Maybe a Yorkshire declaration with an impossible target ?
 
Apologies Grumpy. You are correct. Maybe a Yorkshire declaration with an impossible target ?
Forecast is for rain soon, the captains should agree the draw now. I was there yesterday. The pitch is a road, and the Kookaburra ball isn't doing anything.
 
Forecast is for rain soon, the captains should agree the draw now. I was there yesterday. The pitch is a road, and the Kookaburra ball isn't doing anything.
Its a hybrid pitch and there was absolutely no wear from bowlers follow throughs. I gave up after 2 days and came back to watch a 0-0 in northern league so not had a lot of excitement on the sporting front this week

Still the weather was fantastic
 
Next game (Leicester) is huge - they will want it as much as Yorks
Leicester will certainly need to win to get back in amongst it so at the very least I wouldn’t expect to see a road like we saw this week at Headingley and I would expect a positive approach from them. Yorkshire are still likely to be more cautious with half an eye on Lords. Not as cautious as this week, when a loss could’ve been almost terminal, but certainly not the win at all costs stage yet. And I think this is another round with the kookaburra which with September weather and light could still be producing a fair few draws.
 
Its going to be very tight, this weeks games are with the Kookaburra again, making draws more likely.

the final two rounds are back the dukes. You'd imagine Middx will roll Derby over, but may get beaten by Sussex.

You'd hope we can roll over Northants in the final round, I think we will need to to finish ahead of Middx. Leic have Northants and Derby in their final 2 games which could be 2 easy wins for them

The next two games we cant afford to lose, and probably need to win 1, or at the least take more BP's than Middx & Leic.
 
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