Yorkshire are facing a major selection dilemma ahead of this week’s Roses clash in the LV=County Championship after Tim Bresnan and Gerard Brophy were injured against Hampshire on Saturday.
Bresnan would appear to be the bigger concern for the match against Lancashire at Liverpool, which starts on Wednesday, after he missed the final two hours of play with a tight calf.
This is the same injury that forced him home early from the Ashes – and with England’s first summer Test against Sri Lanka only ten days away, it could not have come at a worse time.
While his absence at Aigburth would be an obvious blow to the Tykes, they would arguably be in a worse position if Brophy was not fit to play.
The South African, who has had an X-ray on a hand injury, is the only wicket-keeper in the current first-team squad because Jonathan Bairstow is away on England Lions duty this week.
Yorkshire have confirmed that he will be assessed on Tuesday before any final decision is made.
It is unlikely that Pudsey Congs’ 15-year-old Barney Gibson, who made his debut against Durham MCCU last month, would be thrown into such a high-pressured match, with the county’s other option to perhaps ask England to release Bairstow.
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