Yorkshire CCC: Finlay Bean proud as punch to open batting against Lancashire CCC with Adam Lyth

FINLAY BEAN said it was a proud moment to open the batting with Adam Lyth in the Roses match having grown up admiring his Yorkshire team-mate as a budding young player.
By Chris Waters
Published 6th Sep 2022, 18:50 BST
Updated 7th Sep 2022, 08:08 BST
Finlay Bean cuts the ball away during the Roses match. Photo by Nathan Stirk/Getty Images.Finlay Bean cuts the ball away during the Roses match. Photo by Nathan Stirk/Getty Images.
Finlay Bean cuts the ball away during the Roses match. Photo by Nathan Stirk/Getty Images.

Bean, 20, is making his first-class debut in the match at Old Trafford and he top-scored with 42 as Yorkshire reached 130-4 in their first innings on day two in reply to the home side’s 276.

Lyth, who turns 35 this month, recently passed the milestone of 20,000 runs in all cricket, an outstanding achievement by one of the best players in the club’s long history.

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If Bean can be half as successful he will be a proud man and the signs are promising that he has what it takes.

“‘Lythy’ has been brilliant for Yorkshire over the years and it was a dream come true to open with him,” said Bean. “It’s a great experience to bat with him and he gives me guidance in terms of how to go about things, even down to the guards that he takes, stuff like that.

“I’d like to think that I’ve learned a lot from watching ‘Lythy’ and it will be great to have a winter working with him and the likes of Gary Ballance too. You can only learn from players like that and it was great to be out there with ‘Lythy’ on my debut.”

Bean, who was born in Harrogate but plays his club cricket for York, recently shot to national attention when he made a record second XI score of 441 against Nottinghamshire at Lady Bay. It helped to earn him a rookie contract at Yorkshire until October next year, an arrangement that one fancies might lead on to bigger and better things.

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“I’m just taking every day as it comes,” said Bean, who played three games in the Royal London Cup on the back of that display, striking 61 on debut against Kent in Canterbury.

“It was good to get a few games in the Royal London to break me into first-team cricket, and then to play in this game is a great experience.

“I came up through the Yorkshire set-up as a youngster, through the Academy, and then went out of the game for two years to work as a mechanic. (Coaches) Tim Boon and Tom Smith got me back in, so big thanks to them, and hopefully I can move on from this and continue to perform.”​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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