Northamptonshire Steelbacks will be looking to hit the ground running in the Metro Bank One Day Cup when they face Yorkshire at Wantage Road.
The Steelbacks were hoping to kick off their One Day campaign on Tuesday against Lancashire but weather prevailed at Sedbergh school and the game was abandoned without a ball being bowled.
Northamptonshire have named the same squad of 13 for tomorrow’s fixture, with Lewis McManus captaining the side. Tim Robinson and Yuzi Chahal are the Steelbacks overseas for the competition, while recently signed Nirvan Ramesh and Ben Whitehouse could debut.
Off the field, the Club have been handed a boost with it being announced that opener Ricardo Vasconcelos signing a two-year contract extension and Head Coach Darren Lehmann signing a one-year extension. The new deals will see them both stay with the Club until at least the end of the 2027 season.
Yorkshire started their campaign strongly with an impressive five-wicket win against Warwickshire at Scarborough CC.
Former Northamptonshire seamer Jack White is likely to make a return to Wantage Road, having left to join Yorkshire at the end of the 2024 season.
Before the game, we caught up with Darren Lehmann to discuss facing Yorkshire, new faces settling in and his contract extension.
YORKSHIRE
Previewed by Graham Hardcastle – ECB Reporters Network supported by Rothesay
Captain: Dom Bess
2024 Position: Sixth (Group B)
2024 Most Runs: Will Luxton (247)
2024 Most Wickets: George Hill (17)
Player to watch: All-rounder George Hill, aged 24, is having a great summer, especially with his seamers. He has topped the 40-wicket mark in the Rothesay County Championship and has gained England Lions recognition. In the last few years in 50-over cricket, Hill has posted a score of 130 in the middle order and has returned a haul of 6-30 with the ball.
Young gun: David Lloyd lives close to top-order batter Will Bennison’s club, Sheriff Hutton Bridge, and has watched lots of the 18-year-old. Bumble even announced Bennison’s maiden rookie professional contract on Yorkshire’s social media accounts last month, saying: “He’s the real deal”. Bennison loves to score runs in big chases. Expect to see him later in the competition, as Yorkshire start off with experience.
Final thought: With Jonny Bairstow and Dawid Malan – Yorkshire’s Championship and T20 captains – away at The Hundred, spin-bowling all-rounder Dom Bess will lead Yorkshire’s pursuit of a first limited overs trophy since 2002. They beat Somerset in the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy final that year when current head coach Anthony McGrath was in the team. The White Rose will have Pakistani top-order batter Imam-Ul-Haq available to them for the duration of the competition.