On Saturday at Weetwood in very cold conditions Yorkshire Academy started their campaign in the new Yorkshire League North against Driffield Town. The visitors managed to get a game in last week and started with a win against Scarborough, whereas the Academy's game at Sheriff Hutton Bridge had been called off due to the weather.
The handful of diehard spectators sheltered under the pavilion balcony and saw Driffield's opening bowler, Ezard, take two quick wickets. Brown was caught behind and Waite clean bowled for nought. The score was then 11-2 but Ben Ainsley and Mo Hussain then shared a good partnership of 79 before Ainsley was stumped off the younger of the three Drurys on show for 52.
Hussain was also stumped for a good 41 and it was left to Thompson and Warner to give the score some respectability with innings of 25 and 31 respectively. The final score in the fifty overs (a reduction of five from last season) was 196-9. Newcomer Rudd ended with the best bowling figures of 3-32.
Rudd did not repeat his success with the ball when he was the first man out for 4 early on but overseas player Azad and G. Drury then took the score to 42-1 without too much trouble and Driffield looked in with a chance. However as the wind grew stronger and the temperature even lower the game was turned on its head by the introduction of the two Yorkshire spinners. By this time the majority of spectators had departed to get warm.
James Logan
(Picture by Brian Sanderson)
Off spinner Shutt was introduced at the pavilion end and immediately took a wicket with his first ball, having G.Drury lbw for 23. In the same over he had S. Drury caught by Thompson and the score was now 43-3. Left arm spinner James Logan, who did so well last season, was immediately put on at the other end and took his first wicket with the last ball of his second over removing Asad again caught by Thompson.
Things really happened in Logan's next over in which he took no less than three wickets and the score plummeted to 53-7. Despite some late resistance from wicket keeper Goddard with 19, Driffield were finally dismissed for 79 and Logan finished with outstanding figures of 9.2-5-16-7. It will be interesting to see if he progresses well in the Yorkshire 2nd XI in the near future. Shutt also bowled a tidy spell of 9-3-19-2.
A good start by the young Academy side which bodes well for the rest of the season.
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