TO say that Yorkshire are expected to do well this season is an understatement; most of the major bookmakers have them priced at 7/4 or 15/8 to win the County Championship Second Division, with their closest rivals generally no better than around 5/1 or 6/1.
For Ottis Gibson, the head coach charged with making supporters - and punters - dreams come true, expectation is only to be anticipated at a club of Yorkshire’s stature. However, he believes that there is a key reason why such optimism is not misplaced - namely, that his squad has a clean bill of health and, particularly, his frontline pace bowlers.
“We know that people will get injured - there will be rotation as well because in the first eight weeks we’ve got seven games, which is a nonsense when you’re trying to operate in an elite environment - but if we can keep those guys fit, that will be key.” Yorkshire have yet to field Coad, Fisher and Milnes in the same Championship side, and it will be fascinating to see how they accommodate and rotate them in the coming weeks.
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