“Be your own best coach,” he used to tell his players.
In other words, force me to choose you on the strength of your performance.
George Hill, the 21-year-old all-rounder, seems to be following that mantra to the letter.
Potentially vulnerable with the imminent return of Joe Root, the former England Test captain, and Tom Kohler-Cadmore recovering from a concussion, Hill – perhaps the most likely candidate to have broken through – has now made it difficult for the club to get him. leave out
His unbeaten 151 against Northamptonshire, his first first-class hundred, was a fine entry that should target him for the foreseeable future.
That decision is ultimately up to the captain and manager, of course, but Hill has certainly given Yorkshire the proverbial national team headache – the best headache, as the old saying goes.
“There are a lot of good players on our team and all I can do is keep trying to score runs and keep trying to contribute,” said Hill, who faced 248 balls and hit 11 fours and three sixes as Yorkshire went 406-3. he declared him in the second inning of him, Northants closed out the third day with 56-0.
“Obviously I’m very happy (getting a hundred) and it’s a relief more than anything. The last game and the first few innings I didn’t really do much, so it’s nice to contribute to the team. I thought of my mom and dad (when I hit triple figures), Speighty (Martin Speight), who has been my coach for a long time, and I hope this entry can be a springboard.”
Hill seems to enjoy Wantage Road, a fact that puts him immediately in the minority, perhaps. He scored his first first-class fifty in the corresponding game last year (71, the best record of his previous career) and not even this playing area (one of the largest in the country) was big enough to contain him. .
He drove and threw with tremendous power, his trio of sixes past spinner Simon Kerrigan and pitchers Ben Sanderson and Gareth Berg.
Harry Brook also hit three sixes to go with seven fours to reach an unbeaten 77 from 63 balls to go on 84 in the first innings and scores of 101 and 56 not out in the opening match against Gloucestershire.
Dawid Malan also continued his impressive start to the campaign with 75 of 113 balls with five fours; he batted 64 in the first inning and scored 65 in the second inning of the Gloucestershire game.
Completing the quartet of Yorkshire players who passed fifty in the second innings here was Adam Lyth, who chipped in 53. Yorkshire had started day three 85-1, already 177 ahead, Lyth fell with the score at 101 when he edged out a cut attempt. Malan holed at the middle wicket limit.
But the day belonged to Hill, who shared stands of 157 with Malan and 148 with Brook.
He was, in the words of a former Australian fast bowler, his own best selector.
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Source: www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
This notice was published: 2022-04-24 09:25:33
