The only way is Essex as Yorkshire CCC embarks on final warm-up
YORKSHIRE have selected a squad that is “as close to the one for Glamorgan as possible” as they prepare to face Essex at Chelmsford in their final warm-up for the County Championship season.
The club is taking 14 players down for the two-day friendly, which starts tomorrow, ahead of the Championship opener in Cardiff tomorrow week.
The only absentees are overseas players Jhye Richardson and Logan van Beek, along with the Yorkshire-born Australian batsman Sam Whiteman, who are expected at Headingley in the coming days.
Anthony McGrath, the Yorkshire head coach, is looking forward to a useful workout at his old stomping ground.
“The most important thing is just to really get through as much match practice as we can ahead of that game at Glamorgan,” said McGrath, who swapped head coach duties at Essex for those at Yorkshire.
“We’re taking a squad that is as close to the one for Glamorgan as possible, with the other lads arriving in the next few days.
“I think the weather's set pretty fair, so it'll probably be batting a day, bowling a day, and then we'll just rotate people on and off, get through overs.
“So it won't be an 11 v 11, I wouldn't have thought.
"I think they'll want to do the same thing from an initial conversation a few weeks back, so it'll be very much just trying to get through a full day in the field for each side.”
Essex have confirmed that entry is free for spectators.
Yorkshire squad: Bairstow (captain), Lyth, Bean, Wharton, Luxton, Revis, Hill, Duke, Bess, Moriarty, Coad, Cliff, White, Singh.