Tag Archives: Joe Sayers

Sayers joins Boycott as new Yorkshire appointment

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Tim Wellock

On the day that Geoff Boycott was appointed Yorkshire president a batsman originally cast in a similar mould was named as the county’s new vice-captain. Just as Boycott once cast off his shackles to score a fluent match-winning century in … Continue reading →

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Sayers keeps captaincy role for final Yorkshire game

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Tim Wellock

Yorkshire will go into their final County Championship match of the season against Somerset at Headingley knowing their chances of Division One survival are anorexic. They are, in fact, in grave danger of finishing bottom a year after almost winning … Continue reading →

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Former players help Yorks youngsters

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Tim Wellock

  Yorkshire’s former players have dipped into their funds to help the cash-strapped club send their two newly-contracted youngsters on the tour to Barbados on March 13-25. Moin Ashraf and Gurman Randhawa have both received a grant of £1,000 from … Continue reading →

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Flower surprise, Morgan senior and white rose recovery

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Richard Gibson

Some of the globe’s leading players have already been sounded out about featuring for a World XI in the bid to return Test and one-day international cricket to Pakistan within the next 12 months. England and Wales Cricket Board chairman … Continue reading →

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Rolling contracts, a golfaholic and another kick-about injury

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Richard Gibson

The annual impasse over the signing of central contracts is on the verge of being consigned to history. Extensive negotiations between the Professional Cricketers’ Association and the England and Wales Cricket Board have culminated in the drawing up of a … Continue reading →

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