Yorkshire and New Zealand Story

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World T20

I didn't play well enough this tournament and that is all I have to say.

In the end England won the tournament.

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NZ vs SA

I did alright but when Philander took 5-16 it really spelt the end for us.

Batting Award: Martin Guptill, held the innings together

Bowling Award: Daniel Vettori, economical and took a wicket but a bit too late.

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Group Stages

I was so lucky to get through as firstly I lost to Bangladesh and then I narrowly beat Pakistan. A win of any margin would do it for Pakistan but if Bangladesh lost heavily I could still scrape through. I was lucky though as Bangladesh out of nowhere beat Pakistan.

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Contracts

Loss of Contract:

Geldart

Lees

McGrath

Miller

Daniel

Brophy

Hodgeson

Pyrah

Kaushal

Hannon-Dalby

Lilley

Patterson

Randhawa

Starc

Wainman

Wardlaw

New Contracts:

Youth Team:

Justin Roth- Opener Batsman in OD and 20-20. Aggressive- 3 years

Tim Webster- Keeper- Defensive- 3 years

Chris Allemby- Bowler- 3 years

Overseas:

Hashim Amla- Main

Angelo Mathews- Reserve

Chris Gayle- 20-20

Glenn Maxwell- 20-20

Domestic:

Adam Wheater- 3 years

Other:

Coaching- 10,000

Physio- 10,000

Youth Team - 20,000

I terminated a lot of contracts so hopefully it pays off

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End of Season Wrap Up

I ended up finishing 3rd in CC Div2 and 5th in the Challenge Trophy. Not Bad but will want to improve.

Season Awards:

Batting Award: Jonny Bairstow, the star player for Yorkshire and destined to do great things.

Bowling Award: Ryan Sidebottom, Led the bowling attack really well.

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NZ vs India

India won the T20 series 2-0. Couldn't be bothered to write about them as they were comprehensive. Same squad for the world T20. I am in Pakistan and Bangladesh's group.

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NZ vs India

I am lost for words.

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NZ vs India

Is Vinay Kumar slightly overrated?

Daniel Vettori played excellently and was supported by Dean Brownlie and Doug Bracewell but never looked comfortable as India got home by 3 wickets.

Batting and Bowling Award: Daniel Vettori, over a 100 runs and 8 wickets, a fantastic duo.

Team News: De Boorder and Henry out. Nethula and Murdoch in. Vettori moves up to 6 and McCullum moves to no 7 with Murdoch up the top.

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NZ Squad

Only one change from the test squad with Weston going out and Broom going in.

Bring on India

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We now leave Yorkshire for NZ

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Yorkshire vs Derbyshire

This was a thriller. We batted first and thanks to a Joe Root 150 we got 274. Then when they went to bat They scored 230 with Rashid and youth player Allemby taking 4 wickets each. Then we collapsed to 184 with only Tim Allison providing any resistance with an unbeaten 64. Then with 3 runs required for victory with just 1 wicket in hand Jonny Bairstow threw the ball to Allemby who had 8 wickets in the match already. It payed of with Palladino hitting the ball straight to Ballance to hand Yorkshire a 2 run victory!

Batting Award: Joe Root, magnificent 150 in the 1st innings

Bowling Award: Chris Allemby, he has played very well and he definitely is a prospect for the future.

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Yorkshire vs Unicorns

I forgot to take a picture of the Unicorns match so lets just say I thrashed them.

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Yorkshire vs Northants

We played Northants and failed. I am very unhappy with my teams batting.

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Points Tables as of 8 August 2012

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Yorkshire vs Warwickshire

Back to Yorkshire where they played Warwickshire. The managed 208 largely thanks to a Phil Jaques hundred ably supported by Tim Allison, back in the 1st XI after a spell in the 2nd XI. However the joy was short-lived with Warwickshire hanging on for a 3 wicket victory.

Batting Award: Phil Jaques, set up a decent score

Bowling Award: Azzem Rafiq, economical and took a couple of crucial wickets to have Warwickshire on the back foot.