Yorkshire CCC on Coad watch as Whiteman set to make Championship return
YORKSHIRE will continue to monitor the fitness of pace bowler Ben Coad ahead of the resumption of the County Championship next week, with batsman Sam Whiteman set to return.
Coad has not played for the first XI since April 13 after suffering a side injury in training.
The 32-year-old turned out for the second team in midweek in a two-day friendly against Lancashire at Old Trafford, getting through 15 overs in a rain-affected affair.
Whiteman, the 34-year-old batsman, has missed the last three Championship games after being struck a painful blow in the groin region.
Yorkshire take on Warwickshire at Scarborough from next Friday in the first of two Championship matches - the other at Leicester - that punctuate the Vitality Blast group stage.
Speaking on Thursday morning, Anthony McGrath, the Yorkshire head coach, said: “Ben had a little bowl in the two-day friendly and we’ll see how he pulls up from that.
“We’ve got a couple of days up our sleeve down in Sheffield with the second team early next week as well, so I think the plan is for him to go down there for a couple of days and then we’ll just have to see about the Scarborough game, but it’s too early at the moment to say about that.
“Sam is going to be fine and he’ll be back.
"He’d have been in contention for the T20 but I think just with the nature of it and the fast pace, the diving around and so on, we just had to give him a bit more time, but he’s absolutely fine now.
“He’s still in and around the squad but the way that we’ve started, the batters have done pretty well so far.
"But he’ll be in contention for the back end of the T20.”
Yorkshire host Lancashire in the T20 on Friday (7pm start).