Yorkshire close in on coach
(5) P McEntee 8 10-0 (CD) ........ Nicola Currie 61 (15) Martin Smith 6 9-9 (C, D3) ................. A Kirby 76 (11) D Ivory 5 9-9 .............................. R Winston 87
(30) H Spiller 4 9-7 .............. R Havlin 60 (232) I Furtado 4 9-7 ........................... K O’Neill — (41) Miss J Feilden 4 9-5 (D2) .............Shelley Birkett 77 (109) E Dunlop 4 9-5................................. F Norton 63
(16) Ali Stronge 6 9-0 (D) ...............C Bishop 73 BETTING: 5-2 Wilson, 7-2 Storm Melody, 9-2 Pearl Spectre, 13-2 Mr Gent, 8 Mount Wellington, 10 Six Strings, 12 In The Red, 14 Blue Candy.
16-1 In touch, headway on inner entering final furlong, soon led, ridden and ran on, won at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Dec beating Global Humor by 1 1/2l, 14 ran. 6-1 Close up, edging left when switched right entering final furlong, ridden and ran on to lead post, won at Lingfield 7f hcp (6) pol in Dec beating Ventriloquist by ns, 9 ran. 6-1 Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, stayed on gamely to lead again towards finish, won at Chelmsford City 7f hcp 0-75 (5) pol beating Enthaar by nk, 8 ran. 28-1 In touch, headway when not clear run over 1f out, ridden and ran on inside final furlong, 5th of 12, 4l behind War Department at Newcastle 7f hcp 0-70 (5) in Sep.
9th of 14, 4l behind Barodar at Deauville(FR) 7f 3yo stks in Dec.
7-1 Soon led, 3 lengths clear halfway, ridden and headed approaching 2f out, weakened final furlong, 9th of 11, 12l behind Katie Lee at Kempton 1m hcp 0-75 (5) pol. 25-1 Raced wide held up, ridden over 2f out, never a factor, 11th of 12, 13l behind Documenting at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Dec. 50-1 Steadied start, pulled hard in rear, never a factor, behind and eased final furlong, last of 13, 32l behind Simply Breathless at Windsor 1m 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) gd in May
Yorkshire are closing in on appointing a new batting coach.
The interview stage is set to start, with the White Rose firstteam coach Andrew Gale revealing there have been some very strong applicants for the role.
“We’re going to be interviewing in the next few weeks,” he told the club’s website. “Depending on whoever we appoint, I’m hopeful by South Africa (and the pre-season tour to Potchefstroom) we’ll have someone in place as long as it fits with the person’s own situation.
“We’ve had applicants from all over the world, some really big names, some guys who have worked in county cricket and others who haven’t.
“We’ve narrowed that down and will interview those shortly.”
Meanwhile, Yorkshire youngsters George Hill and Dom Leach have been named in the England Young Lions squad to tour Bangladesh later this month.