Not working for me I'm afraid mate.

Lancashire to do a little bit better than a lot of people are predicting I think. Playing 7 out of 8 home CC games on outgrounds could/should lead to result matches and if we win 4 of them then we should be safe at least.



As we've said for the past X number of years, the batting is far far too light but (and if its a big but) Horton and Moore get the runs they are capable off, thus taking the pressure off the likes of Croft, Chilton, Brown, Cross etc then we may surprise a few people. And I think/hope that Maharoof could well be a good signing seeing as he'll at least be here for the majority of the season instead of the odd week/month or so.



If/when we don't win it it's because of the weather

Bugger knows then. Whoever wrote this obviously learned about writing software from iTunes

......and so it begins. Yorkshire's first match team sheet looks a little batting light to me or am I missing something









Yorkshire: Lyth, Sayers, Root, Gale (C), Bairstow (W), Brophy, Rashid, Pyrah, Sidebottom, Patterson, Ashraf





Only 4 out and out batsman???

Bats down to eight does that line-up.



Rashid on and in the wickets instantly

I realise it bats long but there are still only 4 specialist batsman

Happy enough with the morning session after being asked to field, 2-8 off 6 overs for Adil Rashid turned it round.

Harsh on young Bairstow, who averages over 40 in the Championship...

Top of the league. Only div 1 side with a bonus point by lunch.

Let them off the hook a bit at the end, but a decent day in all.

Excellent day for Lancs considering Sussex were 115-1 at one point just after lunch.

No doubt we'll just about scrape to 200 today though!

pre season friendly today - lovely morning, forecast good.