Neil Hallam: Cork back to shock Yorkshire (22 July 1997)
DERBYSHIRE`S England seamer Dominic Cork, who had been expected to make a gradual return from surgery on his groin sometime in mid-August, instead staged a dramatic comeback with a matchwinning display of all-round prowess yesterday
22-Jul-1997
Tuesday 22 July 1997
Cork back to shock Yorkshire
By Neil Hallam
DERBYSHIRE`S England seamer Dominic Cork, who had been expected
to make a gradual return from surgery on his groin sometime in
mid-August, instead staged a dramatic comeback with a matchwinning display of all-round prowess yesterday.
Cork, playing his first game since breaking down in Derbyshire`s first championship match of the season, underwent
surgery in Harley Street just over a month ago and was expected
to be out of action for at least six weeks.
Last week, however, he underwent a "fitness test" in the nets,
and decided to play in yesterday`s AON Trophy game against
York- shire at Belper. Opening the innings, he scored 55 off 80
balls, including seven fours, but at tea insisted that
there was "no way" he was going to bowl in the match.
But when Yorkshire were 163 for one in reply to Derbyshire`s
267 for seven, Cork had a change of heart and bowled five overs
which yielded figures of four for 16.
Yorkshire were all out for 263 to give Derbyshire victory with
four balls to spare and Cork admitted: "I will know whether it
was a good idea to change my mind when I see how stiff I am in
the morning. If everything is OK, I want to play in the
Sunday League game against Glamorgan this week and the NatWest
game against Sussex on Tuesday."
Pakistan all-rounder Wasim Akram, who was forced to withdraw his
services for Lancashire for the rest of the season after only a
couple of matches for his county due to a shoulder injury, has
had an operation at the Middlesex Hospital.
Source :: The Electronic Telegraph (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/)