Durham v Yorkshire CCC: Gavin Hamilton keen to take long-term view over progress of Yorkshire women's team
GAVIN HAMILTON says he is looking at the “bigger picture” when it comes to the progress being made by Yorkshire’s women’s team this year.
The White Rose have played eight Metro Bank One-Day Cup matches and six in the Vitality Blast, having the same number left to play in both competitions, in addition to the Vitality County T20 Cup which starts this Sunday.
The county have won two, tied one and lost five, while they are yet to taste victory in the 20-over format.
“Don’t take away the winning side of things – it’s important, of course it is,” said Yorkshire’s general manager of cricket Hamilton. “But I’m looking at this from a big picture, long-term project point of view.”
“Coming from Tier 2 to Tier 1, we’re early on our journey, and it’s about working out who we want to take with us, who has the character, the ability, the techniques. Who’s going to stand up in difficult situations.
“I know the girls will be desperate to win matches. But, as long as we’re learning, that’s the main thing.”
“My thought process is, ‘Continue to grow internally, keep the Pathways going, get three or four Academy girls into the squad, recruit a couple of players, strengthen and start competing and start winning’.
“Everything will fall into place, I’m sure, because we have the right people in charge with Rich (Pyrah) and his team.”
Yorkshire have been boosted by the return to fitness of England all-rounder Sarah Glenn, who is expected to feature against Durham.
As she returned to full fitness, Glenn has trained and travelled with the Yorkshire team so has a good grasp of how their season has developed.
She said: “I think we've played lots of good passages of play, but we've just not had that all-round team performance to get us over the line. We’ve definitely got it in us.
“There’s so much more for us to play for. It’s going to be a really exciting end to the summer.”