Tuesday 1 March 2011

Yorks is not willing to bid for upcoming Ashes Test

Due to huge loss by organizing the neutral test match between Pakistan vs Australia, Yorks is not interested to bid for upcoming Ashes Series in 2013 or 2016.

Yorkshire chairman, Colin Graves had declared that his club will not bid for an Ashes Test against Australia because of financial concerns.

Australia v Pakistan at Headingley
Yorkshire estimate that they lost £1m on hosting the
Australia v Pakistan Test at Headingley.

The estimated bid for an Ashes Test would be around £1.5 to £2.0 million. Chairman said that at this present time, they are not in a position to take such a big risk.