YORKSHIRE V SURREY at Headingley (C&G Semi Final), 31 JULY 2002

Headingley is not a happy hunting ground for Surrey, who have lost seven out of their last eight one-day fixtures there.  They did enjoy success at Leeds earlier this season, but that was the Oval outfit's only championship win at Yorkshire's headquarters in nearly thirty years.

So, against that background, it is heartening that the Yorkies are in a bit of turmoil at the moment, particularly in the County Championship.  In limited-overs cricket, however, they have been holding their own of late with two wins out of their last three Norwich Union League games and, obviously, a victory in the quarter-finals of the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy.

With the bat Matthew Wood has enjoyed far more success in the one-dayers, hitting hundreds against Derbyshire and Somerset, and, more recently, a match-winning 91 at Northampton in the C&G Trophy.  For consistency the Tykes have come to rely on Darren Lehmann (670 limited-overs runs at an average of 60.90) and Craig White, who has made a total of five one-day fifties.

But the bowling attack is Yorkshire's strongest weapon in the short form of the game.  If wickets have been required Dawson, Lehmann and White have obliged, but if containment has been the order of the day Bresnan, Sidebottom and Silverwood have regularly applied the brakes.  As a unit they have been so successful, it will be interesting to see how Matthew Hoggard can be slotted in.

Surrey are on a roll right now.  They have have not lost in limited-overs cricket since 4 June and would dearly love to keep their hopes of a treble alive.  However, much will depend on how their strokemakers cope with the seaming conditions so prevalent at Headingley.

A number of changes are expected to the side that beat Essex so convincingly at Guildford on Sunday with Ed Giddins, Saqlain Mushtaq and Alec Stewart almost certain to return to the fold.  Mark Butcher and Graham Thorpe have not been included in the 14-man squad, though.

M Vaughan, M Wood, A McGrath, D Lehmann (capt), C White, M Lumb, R Blakey (wk), C Silverwood, R Dawson, M Hoggard and R Sidebottom.

3 Sep 2001	NL	Won By 7 Wickets	The Oval
5 Aug 2001	NL	Lost By 67 Runs	Headingley
11-12 Jul 2001	C&G	Lost By 6 Wickets	Headingley
9 May 2000	B&H	Won By 7 Runs	Headingley
10 May 1998	NL	Lost By 51 Runs	Headingley
15 Jun 1997	NL	Won By 5 Wickets	The Oval
9 Jun 1996	NL	Lost By 8 Wickets	Headingley
28 May 1996	B&H	Lost By 9 Wickets	The Oval
13 Aug 1995	NL	Won By 12 Runs	The Oval
11 Sep 1994	NL	Won By 205 Runs	Scarborough
19 Sep 1993	NL	Won By 5 Wickets	The Oval
23 Aug 1992	NL	Won (Scoring Rate)	Scarborough

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