The Northern Transvaal all-rounder had saved Lancashire blushes on Friday with a debut 88 coming

The Northern Transvaal all-rounder had saved Lancashire blushes on Friday with a debut 88, coming to the wicket at 63-5.The shoes of Wasim Akram were never going to be easy to fill. Richard Kettleborough and Alex Morris, the England Under 19 captain during the winter, shared a partnership of 138 in dragging Yorkshire back from 79 for five.There was little to play for, except the attention of the Yorkshire skipper David Byas, and the pair seized their opportunity. Overnight rain had left enough zip in the wicket for the new signing Steve Elworthy to relish an extended spell. The lively medium-pacer Richard Green made full use of the overcast afternoon conditions in a devastating spell of four wickets in four overs to build on his two overnight victims.The England captain Atherton, though, will also have logged the performances of two young Yorkshire left-handers as "very promising". Mike Atherton cast his eye over the hopefuls who can expect a slice of first-team action should Test calls again disrupt the Lancashire dressing-room. The Lancashire skipper Mike Watkinson, one of four Red Rose players involved in the Rest versus England A game, missed the chance to see one of his young prospects rip through the old enemy with a six-wicket haul. I've seen most things in racing, but this was really special.". Lancashire 212 and 24-1 Yorkshire 237-9 dec Match drawn Eight Roses players were on trial at Chelmsford yesterday, leaving the strength in depth of Lancashire and Yorkshire under scrutiny at Old Trafford.

He was dead tired as Mark Dwyer urged him over the last fence, but so were the others behind him, headed by General Wolfe, Arthur's Minstrel and the favourite Lo Stregone His tearful trainer David Nicholson said: "This is unreal I'm nearly speechless I've almost lost my voice and I'm close to tears. His trainer reported later that Bright Water hated the soft ground and finished distressed. The Peter Chapple-Hyam-trained winner has the Italian Derby on his agenda; his stablemate Nash House, who made an impressive winning debut in the Burghclere Maiden Stakes, goes for the Epsom version. Ladbrokes make him 16-1.Up at Ayr there was a fairytale ending to the Scottish Grand National when Moorcroft Boy, the horse who came back from the dead, took the jump season's penultimate big steeplechase. The 11-year-old broke his neck 17 months ago at Aintree, and vets feared for his life, let alone his future racing career.But he returned to the track this season, and yesterday fulfilled the promise of his third place in the 1994 Grand National. Last year's winner Celtic Swing finished second to Pennekamp, and the last Greenham winner to win the Guineas was Wollow 20 years ago.Danehill Dancer was the second winner of the day for Tabor, who hit the limelight last year, after 25 years as an owner, with the Kentucky Derby hero Thunder Gulch. His High Baroque came from last to first to win the opening Arlington International Racecourse Stakes, beating four Derby entries in the process.One of them was Bright Water, odds-on favourite to continue Henry Cecil's progress.

But the brother to Tenby was one of the first under pressure in the straight. We'll go to Newmarket and have a crack at them."The Greenham is not the most reliable guide to the 2,000 Guineas. Kahir Almaydan set a furious pace and it was not until approaching the final furlong that Tagula, and then Danehill Dancer, brought from off the pace by Eddery, caught him.Danehill Dancer strode past the post as if the extra furlong of the Rowley Mile would not be a problem, but Tagula failed to stay and was passed again by Kahir Almaydan for second. The winner has over two lengths to make up on Alhaarth on Dewhurst form, but Callaghan remarked: "Pat said he was not at his best that day.

He idled a bit."The defeat of Alhaarth at Newmarket on Thursday opened up the Guineas picture, and the spotlight in yesterday's trial was on the the two horses who followed him home in the Dewhurst Stakes last year, Danehill Dancer and Tagula. We know now that he's trained on - which is always a relief - and although he was pretty straight, they usually improve for a run. I'm sure he'll make them all race in the Guineas." Callaghan, who trains Danehill Dancer for the Monaco-based entrepreneur and one-time bookmaker Michael Tabor, expressed himself more than satisfied with the performance He said: "He's done everything we wanted, and a bit more. Eddery must now choose between Danehill Dancer and last week's impressive Newmarket winner Storm Trooper.

The jockey, giving nothing away after the race, said: "I haven't had the chance to think about it yet," but said of Danehill Dancer, "He has been working superbly and is a real livewire. However, he does accept that although they have beaten Poland and Hungary in friendlies, their experience of playing competitively against world-class opposition has been limited to the two qualifying matches against Italy "This week we may discover more about ourselves," he said.. Danehill Dancer threw down his 2,000 Guineas gauntlet here yesterday - and left his jockey Pat Eddery in a dilemma - with a solid-looking victory in the Greenham Stakes. The Neville Callaghan-trained colt's defeat of Kahir Almaydan did not ruffle the betting at the head of the market - Alhaarth and Beauchamp King remain the first two choices - but moved him into third place in the Hills list at 6-1 Ladbrokes were less convinced and offer 10-1. We are representing a lot of people who have died."Similarly, Davor Suker, who scored in all but two of Croatia's qualifying matches, talks of football as being a way to gain recognition for his country.