Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWpix.com. Matt Milnes is closing in on a first-team return.
Anthony McGrath has reported good news regarding Matt Milnes’ return to first-team action, saying the forthcoming Vitality Blast has been pencilled in as the target for the seam-bowling all-rounder.
From later this month, Yorkshire’s coach is hoping to have Milnes available for the rest of the season following his issues with back stress fractures across the first two years of his White Rose career.
Having signed for Yorkshire ahead of 2023 from Kent, Milnes has only played four Rothesay County Championship matches for the White Rose county.
Milnes, aged 30, has taken seven wickets, including hauls of 3-31 and 4-14, added to scores of 63 not out and 70 not out across three impressive second-team appearances against Warwickshire and Lancashire so far this summer.
Head coach McGrath said: “He’s done really well.
“He won’t bowl this week (in the second-team game against Durham at Scarborough, which was always a de-load week with his stuff from his rehab.
“The medical team, given his history, I think we just want to be extra careful with him.
“The plan all along was for him to rest this week, but he’s doing really well. With a good week off now, hopefully he’ll bowl again down at Billericay next week, the second-team game at Essex.
“Hopefully then he can come into contention for the T20 block and be available for the rest of the season.
“There’s a few weeks before that, but I think it’s really good signs with how he’s bowled and batted in the second team.”
