Yardy looks to build on victory

Skipper Mike Yardy believes Sussex’s eye-catching one-day win over Durham can kick-start their season.

The sides meet again in the Championship at Hove today 48 hours after an unbeaten 103 from opener Ed Joyce inspired Sussex to an eight-wicket victory, their first of the season.

Yardy said: “You see it all the time in cricket and other sports – any win helps build confidence and momentum and when it comes you don’t care how quickly it is before the next game.”

Yardy himself admits he is still feeling his way into the captaincy but getting that first win will have helped the settling-in process.

He has already shown himself to be imaginative in the field in both his field placings and bowling changes but says the influence of his long-standing predecessor Chris Adams, who did the job for a county record 11 years, is still there.

Yardy said: “We have had a lot of success and there are lots of things we do which don’t need changing.

“I don’t have to go at things like a bull in a china shop but there are certain things which I want us to do differently to before. Getting used to all the little things you have to get involved in as captain takes time but I’m enjoying it so far.

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