T he Yorkshire County Cricket Club has today unveiled ambitious plans to transform Headingley Cricket

Ground into one of the finest cricket venues in the world.

The Headingley masterplan will see Yorkshire County Cricket Club work in partnership with Leeds Rugby, Leeds City Council and DLA Architecture to prepare for the phased redevelopment of the ground over the next 20 years.

The scheme includes the installation of floodlights and the rebuilding of the North/South Stand, adjoining the rugby ground, which will become the centrepiece of the project. The capacity of the cricket ground will increase from 17,000 to 20,000 in the redevelopment.

The plans include:

Phase One Erection of four permanent floodlight pylons.

Phase Two The rebuild of the North/South Stand, in conjunction with Leeds Rugby, to incorporate a three tiered seating area, which will accommodate 5,060 seats, enhanced corporate facilities and new permanent concession units.

Phase Three To incorporate an additional 915 seats to the upper tier of the North East Stand with the possibility of a cantilever roof from the side of the Carnegie Pavilion to the existing scoreboard.

Phase Four The development of a new Pavilion located in the North West area of the stadium complex. Built on five levels, the Pavilion will be adjacent to the existing Carnegie Pavilion. To include state-of-the-art corporate facilities, new dressing rooms for the players and coaching staff, Members’ Long Room and seating and the creation of a main entrance to the stadium on Kirkstall Lane.

Phase Five The erection of a translucent cantilever

roof to cover the White Rose Stand on the western side of the ground.

Phase Six Landscaping on the White Rose Stand and North East stand concourses.

Yorkshire County Cricket Club Chairman, Colin Graves, said: “This is the most ambitious project the Club and the venue will have undertaken since the ground was first established 125 years ago.

“Our ambitions are clear. We want to create a stadium that is amongst finest in the world and enable Yorkshire to continue to stage major international fixtures over the long term. It is vital that we don’t lose sight of our objectives. As other venues around the country continue to invest in their facilities, we cannot afford to standstill and expect that Headingley will always host international cricket. The stark reality is that if our stadium fails to evolve we will

lose our Test Match status, which would be a devastating blow to the region.

“The Masterplan has been designed to provide a framework to enable us to achieve our objectives of improving facilities over a period of time.

“The phased approach allows room for flexibility and for the stadium complex to evolve over time. Providing the best facilities for our stakeholders, including members, corporate patrons and our playing staff is my driving force.

“These are all very exciting proposals and we will be working with local residents and all parties involved in these plans, as, together, we seek to make them a reality.

“I will be working tirelessly, alongside our partners, to ensure this project becomes a reality and my lasting legacy as Chairman of Yorkshire County Cricket Club.”

In order to move forward with its expansion plans, Yorkshire County Cricket Club will secure the support of members, the community, local home owners, businesses and other key stakeholders via a detailed consultation period.

Phase Three The East & West Stand & additional seating

The Pavilion

West Stand

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DATE OPPONENTS VENUE COMP DAYSTues 1 Apr Leeds/Bradford MCCU Headingley UNI 3Sun 13 Apr Somerset Taunton LVCC1 4Sun 20 Apr Northamptonshire Headingley LVCC1 4Sun 27 Apr Middlesex Lord’s LVCC1 4Sun 4 May Durham Emirates Durham ICG LVCC1 4Sun 11 May Warwickshire Headingley LVCC1 4Fri 16 May Northamptonshire Headingley T20 1Fri 23 May Warwickshire Edgbaston T20 1Sun 25 May Lancashire Headingley LVCC1 4Fri 30 May Derbyshire Headingley T20 1Sat 31 May Northamptonshire Northampton LVCC1 4Fri 6 June Lancashire Emirates Old Trafford T20 1Sun 8 June Nottinghamshire Headingley LVCC1 4Fri 13 June Northamptonshire Northampton T20 1Mon 16 June Sussex Arundel LVCC1 4FRI 20 JUNE ENGLAND v SRI LANKA HEADINGLEY TM 5Sun 22 June Warwickshire Edgbaston LVCC1 4Fri 27 June Lancashire Headingley T20 1Sat 28 June Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge T20 1Tue 1 July Leicestershire Headingley T20 1Wed 2 July Durham Headingley T20 1Fri 4 July Worcestershire New Road T20 1Mon 7 July Durham Headingley LVCC1 4Fri 11 July Durham Emirates Durham ICG T20 1Sun 13 July Derbyshire Chesterfield T20 1Fri 18 July Warwickshire Headingley T20 1Sat 19 July Middlesex Scarborough LVCC1 4Fri 25 July Nottinghamshire Headingley T20 1Sat 26 July Lancashire Emirates Old Trafford RL 1-Day Cup 1Tues 29 July Gloucestershire Headingley RL 1-Day Cup 1Thurs 31 July Sri Lanka A Headingley Tour Match 11/2/3 Aug T20 QF TBC T20 QF 1Tues 5 Aug Northamptonshire Northampton RL 1-Day Cup 1Thurs 7 Aug Worcestershire Headingley RL 1-Day Cup 1Fri 8 Aug Leicestershire Grace Road RL 1-Day Cup 1Mon 11 Aug Essex Scarborough RL 1-Day Cup 1Wed 13 Aug Derbyshire Scarborough RL 1-Day Cup 1Fri 15 Aug Sussex Scarborough LVCC1 4Thurs 21 Aug Hampshire Ageas Bowl RL 1-Day Cup 1Sat 23 Aug T20 Finals Edgbaston T20 Finals 126/28/29 Aug RL 1-day Cup QF TBC RL 1-Day Cup 1Sun 31 Aug Lancashire Emirates Old Trafford LVCC1 4Thurs 4 Sept RL 1-day Cup SF TBC RL 1-Day Cup 1FRI 5 SEPT ENGLAND v INDIA HEADINGLEY ODI 1Sat 6 Sept RL 1-day Cup SF TBC RL 1-Day Cup 1Tues 9 Sept Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge LVCC1 4Sat 20 Sept RL 1-day Cup Final Lord’s RL 1-Day Cup 1Tues 23 Sept Somerset Headingley LVCC1 4

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DATE OPPONENTS VENUE COMP DAYSSun 4 May Kent Upchurch CC County Ch. 1Sat 5 May Surrey Reeds School County Ch. 1Sat 25 May Middlesex Harrogate CC County Ch. 1Sun 15 June Sussex Harrogate CC County Ch. 1Sun 29 June Berkshire Harrogate CC County Ch. 1Thurs 3 July Essex Garon Park, Southend U17 1Mon 7 July Lancashire Sutton CC, St Helens U17 1Wed 9 July Cheshire Undercliffe CC U17 1Mon 14 July Durham Oakmere CC U17 1Sun 20 July Warwickshire Harrogate CC County Ch. 1Mon 21 July Nottinghamshire King Edwards School County Ch. 1Fri 25 July Lancashire Undercliffe CC U17 1Sun 27 July Nottinghamshire Harrogate CC County Ch. 1Wed 30 July Durham Stockton CC U17 1Mon 11 Aug Nottnghamshire TBC U17 1Tue 12 Aug Lancashire Scarborough F 1

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Are you ready for the

FINCH FACTOR?F or the 2014 season Yorkshire

Vikings have pulled off the signing of the year by recruiting one of the

hardest hitting batsmen in the world in Australian international Aaron Finch.

The 27-year-old Melbourne Renegades Twenty20 captain will join up with the Vikings for the NatWest T20 Blast season and is set to make his debut against Derbyshire Falcons on Friday May 30 at Headingley.

He holds the record for the highest T20 international innings after scoring 156 against England in August but will play all forms of the game for Yorkshire.

Yorkshire Informer caught up with Finchy and he cannot wait to sample the great atmosphere at Headingley on a T20 night.

How excited are you to be joining Yorkshire?“It is a great honour to be joining Yorkshire this summer. This is one of the biggest cricket clubs in the world with a history and tradition second to none. I’ve heard so much about the place and can’t wait to join up with Jason Gillespie (First Team Coach) and the rest of the squad.”

How did it feel when you became aware that Yorkshire were interested in signing you?“When I heard Yorkshire was interested in signing me, I had no hesitation in signing. I had a good chat with Darren Lehmann (Australia coach) and he recommended that I joined the club. He can’t speak highly enough of the place and Yorkshire’s loyal supporters.”

Will you be available just for NatWest T20 Blast matches?“I hope to play in all formats whilst I’m at the club and even though the T20 season will be very exciting, I’m looking forward to testing myself in red ball cricket too.“It is important for my cricket development to play in English conditions and to help Yorkshire be a force in all forms of the game will be a good challenge for me.”

Have you played in Yorkshire before?“I have some experience of the area having had a year playing for Clifton Alliance in the York Senior League a few years ago. I’m looking forward to meeting up with some old friends. I can’t wait to get started.”

What are you doing now?“I’ve been playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Pepsi IPL. We failed to qualify

for the play-offs but even so it was a reasonable campaign. “We seemed to improve as the competition went on but left too much to do in the end to qualify.“My focus has now moved to Yorkshire and doing all I can to be successful. I can’t wait to get started.”

What do you know about the English game and players?“We beat England in all three formats in the winter and I won Man of the Series in the One-Day format. England is a great place to play your cricket. There are some quality players and it is good to see that most of them are playing for Yorkshire. I think with the changes that have happened at international level with the England set-up will see them gradually improve and start competing again. For me it will be good to see which younger lads are coming through the system at county level and testing myself in English conditions.“Playing for Yorkshire in England will help my game in what will be challenging conditions. That was one of the reasons why I wanted to head to the county and play.”

You hold the world-record for the biggest ever individual score in a T20 international, which was against England. You seem to enjoy bashing the England team around?“Ha ha. England are a good side but I always seem to play well against them. That world-record score was pretty spectacular and everything came off that night. I hope that I can replicate that sort of form for Yorkshire and give the crowd something to watch.”

How long will you be with us?“I’m hoping to be around until August. Cricket Australia have a One-Day Triangular Series scheduled for Zimbabwe towards the end of August and I will more than likely be with them on that tour. Until such times, I’ll be available to play in all of Yorkshire’s matches. I understand Kane Williamson returns to the Club after New Zealand’s tour of West Indies in early July and it

will be good to play alongside him in some of the T20 matches.“All in all, I am very excited about the summer and being part of the Club’s push for

success on all fronts.”

Aaron Finch will be at a stadium near you throughout the English summer. Come and watch him in action at Headingley in the NatWest T20 Blast season.

LancashireLightning Friday 27 June

LeicestershireFoxes Tuesday 1 July

DurhamJets Wednesday 2 July

BirminghamBears Friday 18 July

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Y orkshire Chief Executive Mark Arthur looks ahead to 2015 and the work that the Club will be

doing to ensure it stages a successful international programme with England taking on New Zealand in a Test Match and a One-Day International against Australia.

What is your reaction to Headingley hosting a Test Match in 2015 between England and New Zealand?

“We were aware that we were going to get the New Zealand Test Match in 2015. Having learnt the lesson from last year when we also entertained England and New Zealand we expect to price the international competitively.

“What we have to do at Headingley is create the right sort of environment whereby whoever is touring here, local people want to come to the Headingley Test match.

“I think we were guilty of over-pricing it in an attempt to bridge the financial gap that we’ve got, and certainly next year when we’re looking at the pricing structure, which will hopefully come out before the end of the season, it will be quite innovative.

“New Zealand have had a fantastic winter, and we’ve seen how good Kane Williamson is at just 23 years of age.

“We hope we have a long-term relationship and the Yorkshire public will want to see Kane playing against some of Yorkshire’s England players next year.”

It is a Friday start, how do you react to Friday starts?

“We don’t have a problem with Friday starts. It has become the norm. Providing it doesn’t rain the opening day of the Test Match will be fine and we

believe well supported.“It also means two guaranteed days

at the weekend which will enable the public that might be working in the week to come and enjoy the cricket at the weekend.”

Why haven’t we got an Ashes Test?“We have a staging agreement with

the ECB that runs until 2019. We are guaranteed a Test Match and a One-Day International every year. If we’d been part of the bidding process we may have scuppered the longevity of that deal. It also means we don’t get an Ashes test in 2015 but quite frankly we couldn’t have afforded to be part of the bidding process. Some very large numbers have been bid by other counties and in our financial situation we are not prepared to take that risk. “

Could that change in 2019 when Australia are back in England for The Ashes?

“In 2019 we should get an Ashes Test because they are the only tourists that year due to the World Cup taking place in this country. Therefore, as we are guaranteed a Test Match, de facto we should get an Ashes Test at Headingley.

“After 2019 the picture is very different. We don’t have an agreement after this time. We are aware that the ECB have certain misgivings about the fabric of our ground and the amount of people coming to watch Test Matches, regardless of the opposition, and we have to ensure we have a capacity over 20,000 and that we have permanent floodlights.

“We have a lot of work to do between now and 2019 to make sure we get a positive staging agreement whereby hopefully we can stage some of the

bigger Test Match playing nations in the future.”

There’s a lot of venue looking to stage international matches in this country. Do we have too many now?

“From a personal point of view, I have always been a traditionalist. We have six traditional Test Match venues and it would be a great shame to lose that heritage and tradition. We have been playing Test Matches at Headingley for over 100 years. It would be very bad news for people in Yorkshire if we were to lose Test Match status. It would also be bad news for the country if the biggest playing county wasn’t represented on the international circuit.

“We don’t take it for granted. We have to work hard to retain our status and continue to see facilities evolve.

“By the same token we need our members to support international cricket by attending matches at Headingley. We hope that they are with us and will attend matches this season and going forward.

“I believe there is not enough Test Match cricket to go around all the new counties that are starting to host international cricket and therefore they have to go back to a formula that is fair and equitable to everyone in this country.”

Will Headingley be getting floodlights?“We are one of only two international

grounds without floodlights at the moment, and that’s a serious issue.

“It is very high on the agenda because in order to be an international ground in the future, you have to have floodlights.

“We hoping to get planning permission, and then we have to find the finance for it.

“You get a grant of £700,000 from the ECB, and we will have to find just over £1m.

“We would hope they would be in place by the ODI in 2015. Now we know we have a September ODI, it might be helpful if we did have floodlights in situ by then.

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Headingley will stage the Second Investec Test Match – England v New Zealand on Friday May 29 to June 2 2015 and the Fourth Royal London One-Day International England v Australia on Friday September 11 2015.

The NatWest T20 Blast is a new format in 2014 – how much are you enjoying the season?

“I’m personally excited about the new format and playing most of our matches on a Friday night. We have an opportunity to build a strong fan base. Our neighbours, Leeds Rhinos, have managed to do that over the past eight years with sustained success and a habit-forming schedule. We hope to replicate their success over the years ahead, both on and off the field.

“We hope to play an exciting brand of cricket with some world-class talent thrown in. Friday nights at Headingley will be where to start the weekend. It should be an exciting T20 campaign.”

How important is T20 to the Club in terms of the financial side of the business?

“It is fundamental. We used to get the majority of our income via international matches and memberships, which is still vital, but the T20 opens up a

relatively new income stream and an opportunity for us to bring much needed revenue

“We need big Yorkshire crowds and it is absolutely vital that we get the support from the Yorkshire Cricket family.”

What would you say to the traditionalist, perhaps the older Yorkshire supporter who hasn’t been to a T20 match at Headingley?“It is a different game of cricket. It is a very exciting game of cricket. The atmosphere and crowds is different to a Championship match. The crowd are really part of the overall matchday experience at a T20 match, which you don’t get in the four-day matches. “I see it as an opportunity for our traditional members to bring their children and grandchildren down to entice them to support the game that we have learnt to love over the years. There is so much going on in our very busy social lives, we have to make time to encourage the next generation of cricket lovers to get involved with the game.”

Jonny Bairstow sporting the new one-day kit

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England to play

T he difficulty about writing a feature on Sri Lanka Tests at Headingley is that there have not been any

previous such matches. So Sri Lanka are being welcomed to Headingley for the first time to play a Test Match.

The country was formerly called Ceylon. Although it gained independence in 1948 it did not change its name to Sri Lanka until 1972. Cricket had been played in Ceylon from at least the early 18th century and the first Ceylonese cricket club was formed in 1873 and was known as Colts CC. Cricket is very strong in schools especially Royal College in Colombo and St Thomas’s. The annual match is played at the P Saravanamuttu Stadium in front of a large crowd. Local papers had articles about team selection in schools’ cricket and this has made a significant contribution to the success of the Sri Lankan national side.

It was the custom of touring sides to

and from Australia and New Zealand to call in at Colombo and play a match there. The Hon. Ivo Bligh’s side, setting off to regain the Ashes, was the first to do so in1882 and, as their boat had a collision on the way out, they returned to play a second match whilst it was being repaired.

The MCC toured Ceylon in 1927 and on 5th February 1927 the initial first-class match was played there. In 1930 Maharaj Kumar of Vizianagram’s Indian tourists included both Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutcliffe as special guests. After World War II tours by Sri Lanka and visits to the country became more frequent. Michael Tissera led them to victory over Pakistan A and in 1965 they beat India in an unofficial Test. Anura Tennekoon succeeded Tissera as captain and led Sri Lanka into the inaugural 1975 Prudential World Cup where they played against West Indies, Pakistan and Australia (against whom

they made 276 for four). In 1979 they won the ICC trophy for non-Test nations. In the full Prudential Cup that year they beat India who had Gavaskar, Bedi and Kapil Dev in their team. Prior to their Prudential matches they had embarked upon their first tour of England playing some of the counties starting on 12th May at Trent Bridge. During these years a number of Sri Lankans played first-class cricket in England. They had previously included FC de Saram who won two Blues at Oxford. He made 128 against the 1934 Australians batting at number three and was last out as Clarrie Grimmett took seven wickets in the innings, then he made 174 against Gloucestershire and 208 in a first-class match at Reigate Priory against HDG Leveson Gower’s XI. Gamini Goonesena played for Nottinghamshire and won four Blues at Cambridge hitting 211 in the 1957 Varsity match, and PI Pieris, an all-rounder from St Thomas’s won

two Cambridge Blues. Clive Inman and Stanley Jayasinghe both played with distinction for Leicestershire.

FULL MEMBERSHIP OF ICCSri Lanka became full members of

the International Cricket Council on 21st July 1981. They had played a four-day match against Kim Hughes’s Australian tourists on May 7th and bowled them out for 124 with Ajit de Silva taking six for 36. In 1981 they made their second tour of England although they did not play a Test. I was present on the first day when they played a combined Oxford and Cambridge team at the Parks. JPC Mills made 111 but Sri Lankan spinners Ranasinghe, Kaluperuma and Wijesurya bowled well. Bandula Warnapura captained the tourists and Duleep Mendis, Sidath Wettimuny and Roy Dias were the outstanding batsmen.

Sri Lanka’s first Test Match was against England on 17th February 1982 at the Saramatavannu Oval in Colombo. Sri Lanka made 218 against an attack comprising Botham, Willis, Allott, Emburey and Underwood – Madagulle made 65 and Ranatunga, then still at school, 54. England were bowled out for 223 with Gower making 89 and de Mel and DS and GRA de Silva sharing the wickets. In the second innings Sri Lanka managed only 175 of which Dias hit 77 and John Emburey took six for 36.

Sri Lanka’s first victory in a Test Match came on 11th September 1985 in their 14th Test when they beat India at the Saravanamuttu Oval. They scored 385 as wicket keeper Amal Silva made 111, also catching eight and stumping one batsman, and Dias made 95. Rumesh Ratnayake took nine for 125 in the match. The first success against England came on 18th March 1993 when they won by five wickets at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo. Robin Smith made 128 of England’s 380 but Sri Lanka responded with 469, Tillekaratne scoring 93 and Aravinda de Silva 80. It was the bowling out of England for 228, with Warnaweera taking four for 98, that enabled Sri Lanka to win by five wickets as Jayasuriya hit his first ball for a winning six. At the time of writing England have won ten and Sri Lanka seven of their 26 Tests.

On 17th March 1996 Sri Lanka won the World Cup, beating Australia by

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Buses will run on all days of the Test Match vs Sri Lanka 20 - 24 June when play is scheduled.Leeds, Railway Station 0840 0900 0920 0940 1000 1020 1040 1100 1120 1140 Headingley, Cricket Ground 0900 0920 0940 1000 1020 1040 1100 1120 1140 1200

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Buses will run on September 5 to co-incide with the One Day International vs India.Leeds, Railway Station 0810 0830 0850 0910 0930 0950 1010 1030 Headingley, Cricket Ground 0830 0850 0910 0930 0950 1010 1030 1050Buses will return from Headingley every 20 minutes from 10 minutes after the end of play until 1 hour 10 minutes after the end of play.

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ENGLAND v SRI LANKAin Test cricket at all venues1981/82-2011/12

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ResultsPlayed 26, England won 10, lost 7 and drew 9.

Highest innings totals England 551-6dec (KP Pietersen 158) Lord’s 2006Sri Lanka 628-8dec (TT Samaraweera 142) Colombo (SSC) 2013

Lowest innings totals England 81 (WPUJC Vaas 4-28) Galle 2007/08Sri Lanka 81 (AF Giles 4-11) Colombo (SSC) 2000/01

Highest individual inningsEngland 203 IJL Trott Cardiff 2011Sri Lanka 213* DPMD Jayawardene Galle 2007/08

Best bowling in an inningsEngland 7-70 PAJ DeFreitas Lord’s 1991Sri Lanka 9-65 M Murlitharan The Oval 1998

Best bowling in a matchEngland 8-95 DL Underwood Colombo (PSS) 1981/82(5-28 & 3-67)Sri Lanka 16-220 M Muralitharan The Oval 1998(7-155 & 9-65)

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seven wickets in Lahore. Australia made a good start with Taylor and Ponting but the spinners Muralitharan, Dharmasena and de Silva took control along with Jayasuriya so from the 24th to the 49th over Australia hit only one boundary! Aravinda de Silva played the innings of his life with 107 not out and Asanka Gurusinha made 65. Arjuna Ranatunga, the captain who set his fields so well, was 47 not out when victory was secured. Shane Warne took none for 58. Sri Lanka had beaten England in the quarter-finals when Sanath Jayasuriya thumped 82 off 44 balls.

YORKSHIRE v SRI LANKAYorkshire have played Sri Lanka three

times. In 1981 they met at Abbeydale Park. Play was only possible on the first day when Kevin Sharp made 116 out of 275 for five. In 1988 at Headingley there were hundreds for Martyn Moxon, Sharp again and Amal Silva hit 112. But the outstanding performance came from Graeme Labrooy who took six for 61 reducing Yorkshire to 18 for four and 41 for six before Richard Blakey, with 85 not out, and rain saved Yorkshire. In 1991 a high scoring match was drawn. Philip Robinson made 100 out of Yorkshire’s 304, Gurusinha hit 98, Jayasuriya 94 and Ratnayake 68 not out. In the second innings Simon Kellett added 109 not out to his 82 in the first. Mark Broadhurst took three for 69.

England v Sri Lanka One-Day Internationals at Headingley

England and Sri Lanka have contested four times in One-Day Internationals at Headingley. Both nations have won two matches each with Sri Lanka having the upper hand in recent times winning their last two encounters in Leeds.

Sri Lanka first played England on the ground in 1983 in a group match at the World Cup. A Bob Willis inspired side won the game by 9 wickets. Sri Lanka were bowled out for 136 with Lancastrian Paul Allott the pick of the seamers taking three for 41 runs from his 10.4 overs. In reply, England raced to their total in 24.1 overs with Graeme Fowler top-scoring with 81.

More recently Sri Lanka have dominated proceedings and in their last two outings have scored over 300 runs each innings. In 2011 Mahela Jayawardene scored a brilliant 144 in his sides’ total of 309. Sri Lanka then bowled out England for 240 to win the game with four overs to spare. Five years earlier, in fantastic high-scoring game, England recorded 321 for 7 from their 50 overs with Somerset opener Marcus Trescothick top-scoring with 121. It looked certain that England would win, but in an incredible display of world-class batting Sri Lanka raced to their total with 13 overs to spare. Tharanga and Jayasuriya put on 286 for the first wicket – Tharanga ending on 109 and the hard-hitting Jayasuriya 152.

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In May, the Yorkshire Vikings started their T20 campaign against reigning champions the Northamptonshire Steelbacks at Headingley under blue skies. However, the 22 players taking the pitch weren’t the only ones feeling big match nerves. In the belly of the East Stand, warming up in the nets for their moment in the limelight, were four young fast bowlers who had qualified for the regional finals of the inaugural Top Gun

competition run by the Yorkshire Cricket Foundation in their quest to find the fastest club bowler in Yorkshire.

The contestants were from clubs based in West Yorkshire; Andrew Cadd (Delph and Dobcross CC), Elliot Richardson (Woodlands CC), Syed Badar-Shah (Paddock CC) and Abdal Zafar (Mirfield CC). Each bowler had registered to take part in the competition, attended a regional heat and qualified to bowl at Headingley as one of the four fastest contenders from their region.

During the interval at the opening T20 match of the season, the finalists walked onto the hallowed turf for their chance to impress a crowd of 5,500. Each participant bowled two deliveries, aiming to outgun their fellow competitors and book their place in the County Final, which will take place in front of a full house at Headingley during the interval of the England v India One-Day International on September 5th.

Up first was the fastest qualifier Andrew Cadd ,who clocked an

impressive 74mph. However it was 17-year-old Elliot Richardson, who held the lead after the first round of deliveries with 75mph.

The second round saw Abdal Zafar fire one down at 73mph, however it was youngster Richardson, representing the Bradford League, who shone with an improvement on his first round pace clocking 76mph to win and secure his place in the County Final in September.

“It was a fantastic spectacle and an unbelievable experience for the bowlers to perform in front of thousands of supporters. Elliot is a deserved winner and I’m looking forward to watching him bowl in the final” said Nick Robinson, Yorkshire Cricket Foundation Project Officer.

The next Top Gun regional final will take place on the 2nd July where four more club bowlers will take the field to battle it out for their chance to appear at the international match in September.

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“(It was) an unbelievable experience for the bowlers to perform in front of thousands of supporters. Elliot is a deserved winner.” - Nick Robinson, YCF Project Officer