Yorkshire thrashed
By Richard Watts September 7 2007
Those who witnessed Yorkshire’s innings and 261 run defeat at the hands of Sussex at Hove would find it hard to believe that Yorkshire went into the game at the top of the Championship table. Defeat all but ends Yorkshire hope of the Championship. Yorkshire’s bowling was flogged to all parts by the Sussex batsman and the way the batting capitulated was frightening.
Those who witnessed Yorkshire’s innings and 261 run defeat at the hands of Sussex at Hove would find it hard to believe that Yorkshire went into the game at the top of the Championship table. Defeat all but ends Yorkshire hope of the Championship. Yorkshire’s bowling was flogged to all parts by the Sussex batsman and the way the batting capitulated was frightening.
Injury deprived Yorkshire of Darren Gough, Amjal Shahzad came into the side and he picked up an early wicket having Nash lbw for 1. Sussex then took command with a partnership of 178 for the second wicket between Yardy and Montgomerie. Bresnan finally getting the breakthrough in the afternoon bowling Montgomerie for 78 (140 balls). Yardy played some fine shots, Imran Tahir bowled well for Yorkshire but without luck on his debut. Yardy completed his century but with the pitch already taking spin he was next out, falling to Adil Rashid for 119 (218 balls, 17 fours). Murray Goodwin settled in well and looked in ominous form but after he moved to 47, Rashid struck again having him caught by Rudolph. Chris Adams made a rapid 46 (53 balls) until he became Hoggard's first victim to leave Sussex a commanding 331 for 5 and as Hodd and Martin-Jenkins batted out the day they were 386 for 5 at the close.
A decent start to the day for Yorkshire, Martin-Jenkins moved to 49 before Hoggard found the edge of his bat, Rudolph did the rest at slip. Yorkshire looked to be in a position to run through Sussex's long tail but that wasn't the case and the morning was a disaster for the White Rose as Hodd and Naved smashed the ball to all parts. The pair took the score until 500 at a good rate before Naved hit the ball straight to Inzamam off Bresnan after making 46 (49 balls). The carnage continued into the afternoon as Sussex batsman continued to dominate. Sussex's keeper Hodd going through to a maiden championship century. He finally went when he skyed Rashid to Hoggard for 123 (219 balls, 12 fours) at that point came the declaration on 597 for 8. Saqlain was 57 not out (94 balls). Adil Rashid 3 for 136, Hoggard 2 for 75 and Bresnan 2 for 104.
Andrew Gale hit the first ball of the Yorkshire innings to the boundry and both he and Vaughan started in positive mode. The score reached 31 when Vaughan was dismissed by Lewry for 8. Gale and McGrath maintained a run rate at over 4 an over for the Tykes and looked in command of the bowling; but with the last ball before tea McGrath fell to Mushtaq for 31 (52 balls, 5 fours) leaving Yorkshire 79 for 2.
Inzamam came in at number 4 and a battle of two great Pakistani players commenced. Unfortunately it was won by Mushtaq who dismissed Inzamam for 8. Jacques Rudolph came in and played some classy drives, he and Gale moved the score on to 118 before Rudolph was caught off Martin-Jenkins for 23 (34 balls, 4 fours). Things then got worse for the Tykes when a loose drive by Brophy saw him caught off Martin-Jenkins for 0. Tim Bresnan went for 9 but Adil Rashid and Amjal Shahzad ensured there were no further disasters before the close. Mushtaq ended the day with 4 for 66 as Yorkshire closed on 188 for 7. An unbeaten half century from Adil Rashid (54 not out, 91 balls, 5 fours) was the only bright note for Yorkshire as they were bowled out for 247, Mushtaq 5 for 89.
Inevitably Yorkshire were asked to follow on and for those who thought the second innings couldn't be worse than the first they were sadly wrong. Vaughan went to Naved for 5, then Andrew Gale fell for 16, 33 for 2. McGrath and Inzamam threatened resistance but with the score on 51 Jason Lewry struck. He trapped McGrath lbw for 20 (78 balls) and then two runs later bowled Rudolph for 1. Brophy made 3 before falling to Saqlain and then Lewry was back in the wickets to take the big wicket of Inzamam caught by Montgomerie for 22 (47 balls). Saqlain then had Tim Bresnan lbw for 0, then Naved was brought back into the attack. He struck immediately as the in form Rashid edged to Montgomerie at slip to be dismissed for 10, 83 for 8, it soon became nine down when Naved flattened Hoggard's stumps for 0. Tahir made a signal before Naved hit the stumps to bowl Yorkshire out for 89.
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Posted by: Mart (IP Logged)
Date: 2007:09:07:17:48:56
Who should be dropped?
Vaughan, Inzaman and Imran Tahir. They should be repalced by White, Sayers and Gough.
What a waste of time it was signing Inzaman and Imran Tahir!
Vaughan, Inzaman and Imran Tahir. They should be repalced by White, Sayers and Gough.
What a waste of time it was signing Inzaman and Imran Tahir!
Re: Yorkshire thrashed
Posted by: Slow left armer (IP Logged)
Date: 2007:09:07:17:52:56
unbelievable.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing but we could have persevered with Sayers, Wainwright Lawson ..... and done much better than this with the short term overseas signings.
We can't win the title now so lets give the home grown young players the chance in the last game v Hampshire. if Tahir had played for Sussex seconds last year then they must have known how to play him with a stick of rhubarb on Wednesday.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing but we could have persevered with Sayers, Wainwright Lawson ..... and done much better than this with the short term overseas signings.
We can't win the title now so lets give the home grown young players the chance in the last game v Hampshire. if Tahir had played for Sussex seconds last year then they must have known how to play him with a stick of rhubarb on Wednesday.
Re: Yorkshire thrashed
Posted by: vanred (IP Logged)
Date: 2007:09:07:18:54:17
no make em all turn out against Hants lets see what they are made of.
Re: Yorkshire thrashed
Posted by: Slow left armer (IP Logged)
Date: 2007:09:07:19:04:17
Vanred - I have seen what Inzi and Tahir are made of and in view of them being unlikely to be here next season, I would much sooner see what Pyrah, Sayers, Wainwright are made of in the first team for a 4 day game.
An expensive mistake - Inzy has played no cricket since the World Cup when he hardly excelled and Tahir has absolutely no proven track record - two big gambles that have left us embarrassed.
Was it Younus or Mustaq Ahmed who recommended Inzy and Tahir to us?
An expensive mistake - Inzy has played no cricket since the World Cup when he hardly excelled and Tahir has absolutely no proven track record - two big gambles that have left us embarrassed.
Was it Younus or Mustaq Ahmed who recommended Inzy and Tahir to us?
Re: Yorkshire thrashed
Posted by: vanred (IP Logged)
Date: 2007:09:07:19:18:44
SLA just me ranting,agree with what you are saying,I was thinking if it rates as one of our worst and embarrassing defeats since the war,we are a laughing stock,when you look at the team we had,will they care,I doubt it.As you say put the players in who want to play for Yorkshire.
Re: Yorkshire thrashed
Posted by: Slow left armer (IP Logged)
Date: 2007:09:07:19:21:23
don't worry vanred - maybe we should ask Inzi to play in the seconds for the rest of the season or we could loan him out ot Sussex to replace Luke wright who has been called up to the England squad
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Posted by: Firewater (IP Logged)
Date: 2007:09:07:20:01:44
Oh dear, real Yorkshire grit. 
It just shows signing part-time mercenaries doesn't do much for your team.
It just shows signing part-time mercenaries doesn't do much for your team.
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Posted by: Mart (IP Logged)
Date: 2007:09:07:20:01:54
As a Sussex fan I think we'll stick with the 11 we have.
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Posted by: *Flat Track Bully* (IP Logged)
Date: 2007:09:08:07:49:32
Mercilessly caned.
That was not the effort of a team who could reasonably look forward to a bright future,rather - in all honesty - one that should cause some serious concern to the YCCC hierarchy when looking ahead to 2008.
Maybe overreaction after just one loss in one fixture,yet it was such an important fixture.Only one (maybe two) players came out of that with some acclaim.
Though credit to Sussex,that was a performance worthy of a pennant winning side.
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You can't beat a bit of Bully - UTT
Not Yorkshire born or bred - then afraid when it comes to YCCC "it's nowt to do wi' thee"
That was not the effort of a team who could reasonably look forward to a bright future,rather - in all honesty - one that should cause some serious concern to the YCCC hierarchy when looking ahead to 2008.
Maybe overreaction after just one loss in one fixture,yet it was such an important fixture.Only one (maybe two) players came out of that with some acclaim.
Though credit to Sussex,that was a performance worthy of a pennant winning side.
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You can't beat a bit of Bully - UTT
Not Yorkshire born or bred - then afraid when it comes to YCCC "it's nowt to do wi' thee"
Re: Yorkshire thrashed
Posted by: nickp (IP Logged)
Date: 2007:09:08:07:59:06
i cant believe some of the posts on here. I have never seen so many over the top comments. Yes we lost, and yes we lost heavily. However, at worse we will finish the season in 5th spot. An improvement on last year. We go into next year in good shape. We need a top quality overseas bowler, and possibly another batsman. One game ago we dished out a similar thrashing to Warwickshire. Some people on here need to look at their comments and reassess. Yorkshire have had a good even very good season. Much to build on for next year
Re: Yorkshire thrashed
Posted by: Forward Defensive (IP Logged)
Date: 2007:09:08:08:47:40
Yes, nickp, it's difficult to retain a detached view of the game after you've driven 300 miles to watch the pile of rubbish that has been Yorkshire this last week.
Yes, it was a bad toss to lose, but the tripe served up by our bowlers on that first morning set the tone for the whole match. So, for a day and a bit we witnessed Yorkshire bowling and fielding as though they would have preferred to be doing something else.
The contrast when Sussex were in the field was total. They looked like a team of good mates - including the three Pakistanis - who were prepared to work their collective socks off for one another.
Okay, Mushtaq Ahmed is world class. But the others are largely unsung heroes, ordinary county cricketers: Yardy & Montgomerie, Hodd & Martin-Jenkins all played a major part.
We can only be thankful for those early-season wins, or we'd now be in the relegation zone, as we will be next year if we don't find some bowlers who a) have ability and b) want to play for us.
And, as for the batting..... well, I went walking the South Downs on the 3rd day because I knew that what happened was going to happen. It had been obvious in the body-language from that first morning.
Yes, it was a bad toss to lose, but the tripe served up by our bowlers on that first morning set the tone for the whole match. So, for a day and a bit we witnessed Yorkshire bowling and fielding as though they would have preferred to be doing something else.
The contrast when Sussex were in the field was total. They looked like a team of good mates - including the three Pakistanis - who were prepared to work their collective socks off for one another.
Okay, Mushtaq Ahmed is world class. But the others are largely unsung heroes, ordinary county cricketers: Yardy & Montgomerie, Hodd & Martin-Jenkins all played a major part.
We can only be thankful for those early-season wins, or we'd now be in the relegation zone, as we will be next year if we don't find some bowlers who a) have ability and b) want to play for us.
And, as for the batting..... well, I went walking the South Downs on the 3rd day because I knew that what happened was going to happen. It had been obvious in the body-language from that first morning.
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Posted by: TykesRUs (IP Logged)
Date: 2007:09:08:08:57:10
Admire your optimism,Nickp,but if that team had been our regular team all season we would have finished nearer the bottom than the top.Inzamam was a huge gamble in view of his lack of match practice prior to signing and Tahir was a ridiculous signing considering his "previous" and Wainwright would have done a much better job.I doubt if the two afore-mentioned will care too much;that's down to us,we care and it hurts.There are others who need to look at themselves carefully,such as Vaughan and Brophy.In fact,apart from Rashid and Gale none of them can be very satisfied with themselves
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Posted by: palley (IP Logged)
Date: 2007:09:08:09:50:22
Agree with what you're saying, Tykes but, then again, hindsight is a wonderful thing. If Inzi had got a big ton and Tahir taken a five-for then the signings would have been seen in a different light.
Certainly, some players need to take a hard look at themselves and I'm sure they will. MV has averaged only 6 since returning from England duty. As for Brophy, without checking the stats I have a perception that he hasn't failed that much this year and he is perhaps the most improved performer over the previous season.
The problem to me seems to be the inability to perform collectively when the chips are down. We bottled it big style. Hard to believe this side was only a couple of players different to the one that wiped out Warwickshire two weeks ago.
Yesterday, on another forum, a Sussex fan was hinting that Mushy had already signed for them next season and that Rana was therefore available. He suggested that there may be some irony in the fact that we might sign Rana and he would then return to help us take the title back off Sussex.
This led me to take it a step further and I couldn't help thinking that if we'd toatally swapped sides with Sussex this week, we'd still have lost.
At follow-on yesterday we were left with one option, namely bat, bat and bat. 89. I ask you. That is not the performance of a table-topping outfit. That is the performance of 11 individuals who are sh*t scared of losing. Now how many times in recent years have we seen us trying not to lose and doing exactly that.
Get it sorted.
Certainly, some players need to take a hard look at themselves and I'm sure they will. MV has averaged only 6 since returning from England duty. As for Brophy, without checking the stats I have a perception that he hasn't failed that much this year and he is perhaps the most improved performer over the previous season.
The problem to me seems to be the inability to perform collectively when the chips are down. We bottled it big style. Hard to believe this side was only a couple of players different to the one that wiped out Warwickshire two weeks ago.
Yesterday, on another forum, a Sussex fan was hinting that Mushy had already signed for them next season and that Rana was therefore available. He suggested that there may be some irony in the fact that we might sign Rana and he would then return to help us take the title back off Sussex.
This led me to take it a step further and I couldn't help thinking that if we'd toatally swapped sides with Sussex this week, we'd still have lost.
At follow-on yesterday we were left with one option, namely bat, bat and bat. 89. I ask you. That is not the performance of a table-topping outfit. That is the performance of 11 individuals who are sh*t scared of losing. Now how many times in recent years have we seen us trying not to lose and doing exactly that.
Get it sorted.
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Posted by: TykesRUs (IP Logged)
Date: 2007:09:08:10:06:54
Agreed Palley,hindsight is very useful when criticising,but Inzamam had done nothing in previous games to suggest he would become a match-winner,and my opinion on Tahir was expressed on another thread when I described his signing as a kick in the teeth for Wainwright (and other youngsters in the wings).As for Vaughan,he gives me the impression that he sees playing for Yorkshire as an oppurtunity to practice for his important job of playing for England.I agree that Brophy has had more success this season compared to last,but his glove work is at times very untidy,his batting has varied from very good and aggresive to hapless and unable to get the ball off the square.I'm not a great fan of Gough but at least he's shown passion and he's had an excellent season on his return.Do you think his absence was a contributory factor to the spineless display at Hove?
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Posted by: nickp (IP Logged)
Date: 2007:09:08:10:15:48
I agree with all your comments about this being a very bad performance. When I heard they had signed Inzy and Tahir, I did wonder why. I wondered why Wainwright and Lawson were not considered good enough, and I wondered why not Sayers or Pyrah. However - this doesnt mean we are suddenly a bad side. It is no good saying we would be in the relegation zone if we hadnt won matches at the start of the season. You could quite easily say we would have won the title if we had beaten Sussex, or that Worcestershire wouldnt be relegated if they had won 3 more matches. The reality is we have had a good season, and one to build on for next year. We need a couple of good signings, and we can quite easily go one better next year.
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Posted by: palley (IP Logged)
Date: 2007:09:08:10:34:30
Hard to say if Goughie's absence was a factor, Tykes, with me not actually being there. However, I think FD's final sentence above speaks volumes.
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