HEADINGLEY A SPORTING DAY

By Brian Sanderson,

Yorkshire were seven wickets down with Ballance and Sidebottom batting this morning.The weather was sunny and it was good to see Ballance batting well.Above is a photograph of  him playing a cover drive. Tony Hutton ,objects to photograph of batsman just acknowledge the crowd., so this is a photograph for him.Garry went on to score 174 and I am sure he wll go on to play for England this season.

The photograph of him on the screen after he scored his 150.Yorkshire batted on till 1.10 and then declared at 459 for 9.

After lunch Yorkshire Yorkshire soon started taking wickets.Next door Leeds Rhinos were playing Salford which caused a large influx of stewards,Brooks took 5 wickets for 36 against his former county whilst Sidebottom took 4 for 16. The highest scorer was ex Surrey player Spriegal with 20 not out. The next highest score was extra with 14.Northants were all  at tea time when the rain came down.

A photograph above is of Brooks bowling. The weather forecast is not good for the next two days.So Yorkshire will be looking out of the window while Raplh Middlebroo,father,is praying for rain.