Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWPix.com. Logan van Beek was on media duties at Headingley this evening.
Logan van Beek was there at the end last Monday when Yorkshire secured an opening-round draw against Glamorgan at Cardiff, but the Dutchman knows he will almost certainly face a more sizeable task with the bat against Hampshire tomorrow.
Yorkshire head into day four of their ongoing Rothesay County Championship clash with Hampshire at Headingley firmly up against it at 62-5 chasing 426.
The win is, as near as damn it, out of the question. The draw is the only realistic outcome from here after four evening wickets from seamer Kyle Abbott.
Earlier, Hampshire advanced their second innings from 93-2 overnight to 351-5 declared. Captain Ben Brown hit an unbeaten 103, supported by Jake Lehmann’s 92.
Seam-bowling all-rounder van Beek had a hand in all five wickets to fall, taking four added to a securing a run out in his follow through.
Van Beek came into this match on day two following illness for Jhye Richardson and bowled nicely. It was unfortunate that he was attacked late on by Brown and Lehmann, finishing with 4-85 from 20 overs. He deserved better for his endeavours.
He said: “I’m probably going to be needed for a bit more with the bat than last week’s spell at Glamorgan, where it was about 15 minutes at the end.
“But there’s no reason why Fin Bean and George Hill can’t put on a big partnership and take a lot of time out of the game.
“I’ll go home tonight and enjoy the Masters, see if I can get a little bit of inspiration and then come back tomorrow and just see what happens. It’ll be the same process as if we were ahead of the game. I’ll try and relax and enjoy the challenge.”
On today’s bowling effort, he said: “I think that second innings, upon reflection, we just never had it from both ends with the ball. One guy was holding an end and the other end was kind of leaking a bit. That’s hard as a bowling group.
“It was disappointing because there was a point when they were 160 ahead for the loss of three wickets and we thought, ‘We can maybe keep them under 250-260 if we bowl well here’. That would have been a chase.
“But they played well, and it was a frustrating day. The weather kind of summed up our frustrations.”
On his own performance, he added: “It’s a funny game.
“With this new rule of being able to be subbed in now, as a 12th man or a 13th man you can’t really relax. You have to be on all the time just in case.
“My wife laughed at me because on the morning of day two, she was like, ‘Oh, you’ll find a way to get into this game, you’ll find a way’.
“She’s known me for five or six years, and there have been times when I’m not playing and then all of a sudden I am and I do well.
“I was pretty happy with the spell last night.
“As a new player as well, you want to be able to come in and show what you’re about.
“I was happy to be able to give the fans and my teammates the chance to say, ‘Yeah, this is what Logan van Beek is about’.
“At times, people maybe underestimate me being a Dutch player. Also, I don’t know how much people follow New Zealand domestic Cricket as well.
“I’ve always felt coming over like I’ve got a bit of a point to prove. So it was nice to get a bit of reward with the ball.”
