DICKIE BIRD: Rajasthan Royals may assist Yorkshire be the best on this planet once more, says iconic former membership president
If the Rajasthan Royals did take Yorkshire over, they’d make a really huge success of it.
The membership wants somebody to assist them and Yorkshire could be in the suitable fingers. I do not assume they’d let the members or the Yorkshire public down.
They may make Yorkshire sturdy once more. Foreign possession occurs in soccer. Manchester City, all the large golf equipment. It is occurring increasingly in sport.
I do not know if the members would enable it or not, however I would not have an issue with it.
I watch the IPL and I’m certain they’d have the ability to increase the sport right here.
I’d favor it go to the Indians than (former Newcastle proprietor) Mike Ashley.
India is an excellent nation. I keep in mind once we signed Sachin Tendulkar in 1992. You could not want to meet a nicer lad. He was solely 19 however he performed properly and developed into one of many best of all time.
I umpired my final Test match in opposition to India at Lord’s and I needed it to be in opposition to India as a result of they performed the sport in the suitable spirit.
Whenever I umpired Tests and World Cups in India, they taken care of me. I even as soon as filmed a Pepsi advert in Mumbai the place I used to be dressed as a choose!
I’ve simply been watching Yorkshire at Scarborough and everybody I spoke to did not know which manner it was going to go.
Whatever occurs, I’d prefer to see Yorkshire rise once more to the ability it was.
Sir Donald Bradman informed me after I had lunch with him in Adelaide that Yorkshire County Cricket Club is the best membership on this planet.
All I need is to see Yorkshire combating for the County Championship, again to being one of the best membership on this planet.
Dickie Bird was talking to David Coverdale
