Date-stamped : 07 Jul96 - 22:16
Tour Match: Yorkshire back on even keel

By D. J. Rutnagur at Headingley

Second day of three: South Africa A (21-3) trail Yorkshire  (331)
by 210

THERE were two stages  during   Yorkshire`s   innings  when  they
might  have  wished  they had put out a fuller side  to  face the
South Africans, who bowled with zest in a chilly wind on  a  slow
pitch  on  what  was  effectively  the opening day of their tour,
Wednesday`s play having been washed out.

The new ball made early inroads, the victims being David Byas and
Anthony  McGrath,  two first-team regulars, and there was a minor
collapse following the breach of a lively  third-wicket  partner-
ship  of  124  between  Craig White and Richard Blakey.

But a breezy 59 by Bradley Parker, a pugnacious 33 by Alex Morris
and  the defiance of Richard Stemp led Yorkshire to a respectable
score.

The conditions were more amenable to seam  bowling,  as  was  em-
phasised when the South Africans batted for  the last 10 overs.

But the main damage was done by  wrist-spinner  Paul  Adams  who,
though times at expensive - he  was  hit  for three sixes - split
the partnership between White and   Blakey,  bowling  the  former
through the gate with a chinaman. White invited his fate by play-
ing back when he should have  been forward.

Byas, in need of a big score - it was  10  innings  ago  that  he
passed  50  - opened the innings and was first  out, lbw to Roger
Telemachus. In the following  over,  McGrath was  caught  hooking
Schultz, who did not attempt  to  bowl  at full pace.

While White and Blakey were accumulating runs with total  facili-
ty, it looked as if  the  tourists`  bowlers were still trying to
locate the right length to  bowl  at  in English conditions,  and
it  must  be  said   to   their   credit  they did settle down to
greater accuracy as  the  day  progressed.

Source :: Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk)

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