Chris Waters

“LIVE FROM HOVE,” proclaimed the graphic in the corner of the Sussex live stream — an unintentionally comic caption given the presence of what appeared to be a dead seagull lying motionless on the outfield directly beneath it.

THERE is a certain irony that crowds are reportedly down by around 20 per cent in The Hundred but would appear to be thriving in the One-Day Cup.

KULDEEP YADAV has been playing for Yorkshire for only one week but the India star has already seen enough to proclaim that his team-mate Will Luxton is “the future of England”.

EVEN the most ardent Yorkshire follower might hope to see a little bit more of Ben Stokes with the bat in York on Friday than those who watched Durham’s game against Glamorgan at Gosforth earlier in the week.

BEN STOKES walked onto the field at York’s Clifton Park, bat in hand and bristling with purpose.

SOMEWHERE between “Clicky Ponting” and SunLoungers Leeds - or whatever they're known as - the game of cricket is not what it was.

THE investigation into Yorkshire’s £1.75m payment to a company controlled by their chief executive, Sanjay Patel, has been branded “ludicrous” by a man who helped to facilitate the fee.

“DEAR SIR, I am directed by the MCC committee to ask your committee if they will allow Verity to join the MCC team which will visit Australia, New Zealand and other countries in 1932-33.

YORKSHIRE head coach Anthony McGrath believes there is “no better man” to lead England than Joe Root and has described the appointment of Stephen Fleming as head coach as “a very smart move”.

SOMEONE once asked me: “Why don’t you like The Hundred?”