Yorkshire Phoenix have chosen to go into tomorrow evening's Twenty20 Cup Roses clash at Headingley Carnegie without either England captain Michael Vaughan or his leading fast bowler Matthew Hoggard.
Director of cricket Martyn Moxon said he thought it unlikely that Vaughan would figure in the competition because he was keen to have a little time out, while in Hoggard's case it was felt that Twenty20 cricket did not quite suit his style of play.
Moxon said: "We are happy with the situation regarding Michael and are very pleased that he and Matthew should be available for the Championship game against Lancashire at Old Trafford, which starts on July 8 - and very possibly for the Warwickshire match which follows it."
Hoggard was included in Yorkshire's squad of 13 for the opening Twenty20 match against Leicestershire at Grace Road on Friday but only as cover for Darren Gough in case he had not recovered from his hand injury.
But the skipper did declare himself fit for that match, which Yorkshire lost by 13 runs, so there was no reason to include Hoggard in the squad for today's game.
Yorkshire certainly have a case for questioning Hoggard's suitability for Twenty20 because, when he last played for them two years ago, he soaked up some heavy punishment in the first five matches before England told him he should not play in the remainder.
Four overs against Lancashire at Headingley cost him 65 runs and at the same venue Derbyshire helped themselves to 45 runs off three Hoggard overs, while at Old Trafford he went for 41 from three overs.
Although Yorkshire are being a shade more diplomatic about Vaughan, they probably feel that Twenty20 is not quite his game either - and they are no doubt right.
In any case, it would be folly for Vaughan to risk damaging his knee by throwing himself around the field in this form of cricket.
The ground full' notices for this evening's match have been out for over a week and such is the attraction of Twenty20 cricket that Yorkshire expect to make at least £500,000 from their four home group games, plus substantially increased food and drink takings and a massive turnover at the club shop.
But just as importantly, Yorkshire need to beat Lancashire and get a win under their belts after being very much second best for much of the time against Leicestershire.
Lancashire won their opening game against Durham at Old Trafford by six wickets with three balls to spare but lost on Saturday to Nottinghamshire, while Yorkshire can take comfort from having twice beaten their Red Rose rivals last year.
They won by 15 runs at Old Trafford and annihilated them at Headingley when they dashed to their 132 target with 6.2 overs to spare. Their two heroes then were Michael Lumb (84 not out) and Darren Lehmann (37) but both players are no longer with the club.
Apart from Hoggard dropping out of the squad, Yorkshire are keeping faith with the same 12 which went to Grace Road but left-arm spinner David Wainwright is likely to get a game this time.
Leicestershire showed the value of having specialist spinners in their side and, with hindsight ,Yorkshire may feel they would have been wiser to have played Wainwright instead of relying on an all-pace attack.
The weather threatens to be an even greater obstacle to Yorkshire's chances of winning tomorrow than the challenge from Lancashire. Heavy rain and cool temperatures are forecast but every effort will be made to get in at least enough play for a positive result.
Yorkshire Phoenix (from): Brophy, White, McGrath, Younus Khan, Bresnan, Rudolph, Gilbert, Pyrah, Wainwright, Gough, Kruis, Gillespie.
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