THE versatile Championship debut by 21-year-old Simon Guy against Somerset at Taunton has given Yorkshire one of their most difficult long term selection problems in years to resolve, writes David Warner.
Should they continue on a permanent basis with the young wicketkeeper-batsman or should they recall senior professional Richard Blakey just as soon as he has re-discovered his batting form in the second team?
My guess is that Guy will retain his Championship place for the remainder of the season - and rightly so after his athletic all-round display at Taunton.
Not only did he pouch five catches in the match during a real livewire performance behind the stumps, but he also showed plenty of panache in breezing his way to 42 in a seventh wicket fightback of 92 with Ian Fisher.
And towards the close of a weary and footsore final day in the field, Guy even found the energy to unbuckle his wicketkeeping pads and bowl four assorted overs of slow medium pace and leg spin.
Surely it must be unique on a Championship debut for a wicketkeeper also to turn in a bowling stint?
The pressure was certainly on Guy at Taunton because a majority of the large contingent of Yorkshire fans on the ground were sympathetic to Blakey and believed that Yorkshire could have made a big mistake in dropping him.
But Guy soon melted away their misgivings with a performance which showed that he will be good value for money whenever he is asked to play in the first team and whatever the circumstances.
Guy has only had two senior outings for Yorkshire but in both of them he has been outstanding.
His first team debut came in May when Blakey took a rest from the match with Zimbabwe at Headingley and Guy weighed in with scores of 29 not out and ten and held four catches.
A total of 81 runs and nine catches in his first two games is an excellent start to his career and suggests he will be around for quite a time - as most wicketkeepers have been for Yorkshire down the years.
It is quite remarkable that since the mid 1950s until the present time Yorkshire have had only three regular wicketkeepers in Jimmy Binks, David Bairstow and Blakey. It may be too early yet to say that the Three Bs sequence is coming to an end, but the Guy from Rotherham will not give up the gloves easily once he has made them his own.
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