A easy walk to Headingley to see the second day of the friendly match between Yorkshire and Lancashire.The umpires came out early but after ten minutes decided to go back to the pavilion because of bad light.
Yorkshire were batting with Root and Lyth. Joe ,grandfather , was watching him from the warmth of the Long Room. He had been out to see Joe play in India during the winter.Four wickets fell by lunch in a cold wind.
After lunch Ballance was run out.However myself and William Roberts was looking at information about Billy Bates who played in 1880.s.He took a hat-trick in Ashes match in Australia.He lost an eye during his last tour to Australia while pratising in the nets,and never playing first-class cricket again.Another lost name in the history of Yorkshire cricket. Meanwhile Bairstow and Rashid were scoring quick runs.
After tea I watched Bairstow and Rashid getting centuries before retiring not out.The final score was Yorkshire 381 for 8.There was an unusual site in the ground when all the flags were half-mast for a non-Yorkshire person. Baroness Thatcher.
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