In 2030 we celebrated my ten-year tenure by winning only one match in both First Class and List A cricket (Though for the second year running we were involved in a tie!). We did at least win five T20 games but could only finish sixth in our group. Finishing bottom of County Championship division two and once again failing to reach the knockout stages of either white-ball competition for the eleventh year in a row was a disappointment.
On the plus side prolific homegrown batsman Jon Baldwin won long overdue Test recognition. Sadly he slipped out of the picture quite quickly as teammate Dennis Brindell continues to be selected ahead of him despite struggling to adapt to Test level. Michael Hurst continues to perform well for England’s limited overs sides.
Albert Boxall (350 LA runs) and James Wharton (434 T20 runs) performed extremely well whilst Ed Barnes racked up 19 T20 wickets.
Oh, we did score 808 against Kent in the County Championship with our top four batsmen all scoring centuries!
Long serving captain Jonny Tattersall has been released at the age of 35 whilst teenage batsmen Chris Drinkell has also departed following a tough baptism at professional level. Fellow batsman Vic Walton as well as Australian T20 bowler Richard Hunt, who failed to back-up a good first campaign at Headingley, have also headed out the exit doors.
Josh Phillipe will return as our overseas player for a fourth year. Having captained the side in limited overs cricket the Australian will do so in the First Class format. Teenage wicketkeeper Christian Patrick has also joined us and New Zealand pacer Geoffrey Donald has been recruited exclusively for the T20 Blast.
I’ve rejected offers from Sussex and yet another offer from New Zealand to try and put things right in a twelfth season at Headingley!
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