Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWPix.com. George Hill is looking forward to a weekend road trip.
Yorkshire hit the road for the weekend as they bid to bounce back in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup.
A trip to Neath to face Glamorgan tomorrow – 11am start – is followed hot on the heels by a clash with Sussex on the more familiar territory at Hove on Sunday.
The White Rose were beaten by Hampshire in Tuesday’s Group B opener, by 50 runs as they chased a 321-target and were bowled out for 270.
No panic, of course, given the early stage of the competition. But, nevertheless, it’s a crucial few days for a side who would love to better last season’s semi-final finish.
“We want to win every game, so it makes those two games even more important,” said all-rounder George Hill, who contributed a middle-order 61 at Scarborough.
“Away games, obviously alien conditions. But, if you look at the squad we’ve got, whatever wicket or conditions there are, I’m sure we’ll be able to put out a very strong team for it.”
That team is set to include new signing Kuldeep Yadav, the Indian left-arm wrist spinner who has just signed an overseas deal covering the next five One-Day Cup matches and then three of the last four Rothesay County Championship fixtures.
Picture by Alex Davidson/Getty Images. Kuldeep Yadav is set for a Yorkshire debut at The Gnoll.
He does have some international commitments in between, hence why his availability doesn’t cover the rest of the season in its entirety.
This will be a good opportunity to get to know his new team-mates.
“These trips are a great opportunity for team bonding,” continued Hill. “We’ve also got a couple of young lads in the squad, obviously Beps (Isaac Bepey), who’s the same age as me but just new to the group.
“Getting those lads in and around – just away from cricket – I think it’s where you learn probably most about cricket after games, having dinner on a night with senior guys.”
Left-arm quick Bepey struck three times against Hampshire in an encouraging debut.
“He was really impressive actually, he was really calm at the top of his mark,” said Hill.
“I thought he was brilliant, to be fair. He took wickets through all phases of the game. He bowled some tough overs, especially towards the short boundary.
Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWPix.com. George Hill has praised Tuesday’s debutant Isaac Bepey.
“He could swing it up top, and then he showed his skills in the middle and towards the death with his slower balls and his yorkers.”
Hill has returned to action over the last week in the Blast quarter-final against Somerset at Headingley and then at Scarborough impressively following a spell on the sidelines.
He suffered heart palpitations during the early stages of the Blast tie against Derbyshire at Chesterfield on June 25 and required tests.
“It’s been strange,” he said. “It’s been a bit frustrating, really, but nice to be fully fit touch wood.
“The heart scans came back and the heart is fine, which is the main thing. It seems to have calmed down now.”
Heading to The Gnoll ground in Neath, Yorkshire face a Glamorgan side who won this competition in both 2021 and 2024.
They played their opening match against Sussex at Neath yesterday, winning by 12 runs. Glamorgan recovered from 54-5 to post an unassailable 295-8 thanks to centuries from Alex Horton and first-team debutant Jack Hope-Bell. Dan Douthwaite claimed four wickets in Sussex’s 283-8 reply.
Picture by Dan Istitene/Getty Images. Yorkshire will play a List A match at Neath for the first time since 1969.
Club captain Kiran Carlson is one of five of their players at The Hundred, so seamer Andy Gorvin is captaining the side in this competition.
Yorkshire’s first ever List A meeting with Glamorgan was at Neath, a John Player League game in 1969 which they won by four wickets.
Brian Close captained a side also including Sir Geoffrey Boycott.
Yorkshire have actually won two of their last three One-Day Cup matches against Glamorgan, triumphant at Cardiff in both 2021 and 2022. The last meeting saw Glamorgan win by 62 runs in 2024 as they successfully defended a target of 231.
GLAMORGAN v YORKSHIRE, LIST A CRICKET 1969-2024 – STAT PACK
Results (home and away): Played 42; Yorkshire won 20, Glamorgan won 22, No Result 0; (Abandoned 3).
At Neath: Played one in 1969, which Yorkshire won.
Most recent results: 2024 Yorkshire lost by 62 runs; 2022 Yorkshire won by 23 runs; (both at Cardiff).
Most successive wins: Yorkshire 3 (1989-1992), Glamorgan 4 (2002-2003)
Highest innings totals: For Yorkshire, 257-9 (50 overs) at Cardiff in 2022. For Glamorgan, 285-7 (40 overs) at Colwyn Bay in 2013.
Lowest innings totals: For Yorkshire, 139 (35.5/40 overs) at Hull in 1981. For Glamorgan, 83 (28.2/60 overs) at Headingley in 1987.
Highest individual score: For Yorkshire, 141* by MD Moxon at Cardiff in 1991. For Glamorgan, 127 by AR Butcher at Cardiff in 1991.
Highest partnerships: For Yorkshire, 213 for the first wicket between MD Moxon (141*) and AA Metcalfe (84) at Cardiff in 1991. For Glamorgan, 122 for the first wicket between A Jones (74) and RC Davis (50) at Hull in 1974.
Best bowling figures: For Yorkshire 6-40 (8 overs) by RJ Sidebottom at Cardiff in 1998. For Glamorgan, 5-16 (4 overs) by GC Holmes at Swansea in 1985.
Hat-tricks: None by either county in this series of encounters.
Most dismissals in an innings by a wicketkeeper: For Yorkshire 4 (all caught) by DL. Bairstow at Hull in 1989. For Glamorgan, 4 (all caught) by EW Jones at Ebbw Vale in 1978.
Most catches in an innings by a fielder: For Yorkshire, 3 by G Boycott at Cardiff in 1975, P Carrick at Ebbw Vale in 1992, OE Robinson at Headingley in 2013 and JA Tattersall at Headingley in 2022. For Glamorgan, 3 by G Richards at Hull in 1974 and H Morris at Middlesbrough in 1993.
A half-century and four wickets in a match: No instances for either county in this series of encounters.
At Neath…
Yorkshire and Glamorgan have previously met in this series only once on this ground, and it was the first List A game between them. It was also in 1969 in the first season of the Sunday League. The potted scores of that game are as follows:
Glamorgan 90 (28/40 overs, EA Cordle 17, AG Nicholson 3-21), Yorkshire 91-6 (28.3/40 overs, PJ Sharpe 32, MA Nash 2-17). Yorkshire won by four wickets.
Compiled by Paul Dyson, Peter Horne and Martyn Webster – members of the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
