IAN WARDLAW
MY LIFE IN CRICKET
Former Yorkshire and Scotland pace bowler
When Yorkshire initially asked me to play through the summer in 2011, I said No.
I had played in 2nd XI games and I was doing well, but at the time I was taking all my holidays to play and train. By the time they asked, I had got to the point where I had used them all up.
I was 24 and I wasn’t living with my parents, so I had bills to pay. I couldn’t do it unless something more firm was on the table.
I didn’t hear from them for a couple of weeks – I was thinking: “What do I do? Have I scup...