Hull Daily Mail from Hull, Humberside, England • 20

Sport HULL DAILY MAIL FRIDAY MAY 17 1991 back in the England squad lan Botham is back! The great all-rounder whose England career looked dead and buried two years ago will strut the international stage again next week widely-predicted and keenly-anticipated recall was confirmed this morning when the selectors named him in their 13-man squad for the three Texaco Trophy matches against West Indies And alongside him in the party 1 1 years younger and with 98 fewer limited-over international appearances is his Worcestershire teammate Graeme Hick the new great white hope of English cricket day potential but Malcolm seems certain to return when the Test battle begins Chris Lewis injury-plagued all-rounder makes the squad however and has effectively been told to get out there and play through any lingering pain It is name however which will dominate cricket chatter in the pubs and clubs between now and first Texaco clash at Edgbaston A man who has delighted in proving the critics wrong throughout his career looks all set to do it again Also in an England one-day squad for the first time are Middlesex batsman Mark Ramprakash and completing a red-letter day for the West Midlands Worcestershire spinner Richard Illingworth But as expected David Gower has been dumped and left to ponder his future while the selectors have wisely chosen not to risk either Robin Smith or Angus Fraser at various stages of recovery from illness and injury so early in the summer Devon Malcolm is overlooked with Gloucestershire fast bowler David Lawrence preferred this time as England put the emphasis on one- Graeme Hick Ian Botham Crusher signs on for next season Offiah I to fly in Oz unsettled winger Martin Offiah has been given the all-clear to make his debut for Australian club St George at the weekend i was a problem at first as we insisted he was insured for £500000 but St George have agreed to that said general manager John Stringer But Offiah may not be able to play Test rugby for Great Britain until his dispute with Widnes has been sorted out The former rugby union star had his transfer request turned down by the Naughton Park club Offiah links up with former Hull FC boss Brian Smith now coach with the Dragons Smith was looking forward to arrival and said guy is exciting and if we provide him with the right service then he's going to be a Tykes on the ropes batsmen made a shaky start when the rain-delayed championship clash with Nottinghamshire finally got underway at Headingley today Nottinghamshire won the toss and Franklyn Stephenson rewarded their decision to put Yorkshire into bat with two wickets in his first three overs Only three runs were on the board when Martyn Moxon fell in the first over Stephenson beating his defensive push to rattle his off stump Moxon scored only two but Ashley Metcalfe made brisk progress particularly against Andy Pick with a series of cuts before Yorkshire lost their second wicket at 17 in the fifth over David Byas had made four when Stephenson cut one back to gain an 'jjjw decision Yoriuhirt Nottinghamshire Headingley Nottinghamshire won toss By Richard Tingle HULL FC REPORTER tenter hooks opened contract negotations Bouyant Hull fresh from their first major success since winning the League eight years ago first talked to Cleal on Monday success and contribution had not gone unnoticed in the game and the former Manly hero admitted from the outset of talks with the club that he had irons in the One of those clubs who might have been interested in snapping up Cleal was Widnes After this decision by coach Doug Laughton to leave The Chernies for Leeds the Naughton Park club were reported to be keen to have talks with Cleal But Cleal despite admitting he had other options was not prepared to talk to any club until negotiations with Hull had been completed one way or the other might have come up was immaterial to said was nice to know that other people were interested but as far as I was concerned I was negotiating with Hull were good enough to give me my chance and therefore I felt obliged to give them first chance negotiations had broken down then have had to look elsewhere fortunately that HULL FC coach Noel Cleal will be in charge of the Premiership Trophy winners next season Cleal had intended to take the weekend to think over contract offer but the straight-talking Aussie finally decided that he need an extra 48 hours to make up his mind After a meeting with chairman David Kirkwood this afternoon Cleal agreed to stay on at the Boulevard and signed a one-year contract Cleal who took over from fellow Australian Brian Smith in January and guided Hull to their first-ever Premiership win last Sunday said delighted we have got everything The former Aussie Test star forward who rocketed into prominence when he masterminded shock 1 4-4 win over red-hot favourites Widnes at Old Trafford was a wanted man Having taken over a job nobody wanted replacing Brian Smith who had enjoyed two and a half glorious years at the Boulevard -Cleal showed he had what it takes to handle a real pressure job In a no win siutation Hull were top of the League Cleal kept the unfashionable Airlie Birds in the title hunt until the bitter end Finally they finished in a very creditable third behind glamour boys Wigan and Widnes A tremendous season was capped with that Premiership win after which Hull who had kept Cleal on Overnight No play yesterday Yarkthire First Innings MO Mown Stephenson 2 A A Metcalfe Ibwb Stephenson 22 Byas Ibw Stephenson 4 RJBtakeylbwbPtck 11 PE Robinson not out 22 A KeSett not out 4 ExtrasO 7 Total 4 wkts (29 overs) 72 FaH: 1-3 2-17 3-40 4-59 ASTRA SATELLITE SYSTEMS FROM £199 Built in Sky Movies Decoder Black Mesh Dish BERRIMANS 306-308 Newland Avenue Hull Telephone: 41976 Willerby Shopping Park Beverley Road Wfllerby (0482) 655366 To bat Hartley Jarvis Fletcher Carrlcit A Robinson Bonus Pts: YodtsIweO Nottinghamshire I Total Bonus Pts: Yorkshire 0 Nottinghamshire 1 Umpires: Leadbeater and Bond NOEL CLEAL is delighted to be staying with Hull FC as today tie signed a 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