article_snippet.sent: ’ Lyth, one of six Yorkshire players in the England squad that left Heathrow on Thursday for three Tests in the Caribbean, hit back in that match seven years ago with a second-innings of 132.
article_snippet.sent: Wisden later called Adam Lyth
article_snippet.sent: Yorkshire's Adam Lyth fields during day three of the Champion County match against the MCC .
article_snippet.sent: The story of Lyth’s ascent, from a talented but inconsistent left-hander to the ballast behind Yorkshire’s charge to the Championship last season is one of grit, nous and no little skill.
article_snippet.sent: Adam Lyth finished with 1,489 runs — more than anyone in the country —
article_snippet.sent: I got runs early on against the university sides, then played well at Taunton.
article_snippet.sent: Lyth plays a shot while batting for Yorkshire against the MCC at the Sheik Zayed Stadium last month .
article_snippet.sent: One of my things is that I’ve never got enough runs,’ said Lyth.
article_snippet.sent: Lyth’s mum Christine would drive Lyth’s from game to game in Lyth’s teenage years, and Lyth’s spent two seasons trialling as a midfielder with Manchester City before deciding to throw in Lyth’s lot with cricket (Lyth’s brother Ashley played for Leicester and Scarborough).
article_snippet.sent: And Lyth’s reluctance to talk about Lyth’s footballing days tells of a man who wants to be judged by Lyth’s run-making alone.
article_snippet.sent: Lyth bowls during day three of the Champion County match against the MCC .
article_snippet.sent: And, in the now annual fixture in Abu Dhabi between the MCC and the champion county, Lyth made 113 and 46 not out as Yorkshire won by nine wickets.
article_snippet.sent: Lyth is suitably complimentary about a player with 49 Test caps to Lyth name and an average pushing 47.
article_snippet.sent: Lyth had a fantastic summer with Warwickshire and showed Lyth class in South Africa with the Lions.
highlights_snippet.sent: Adam Lyth has enjoyed a meteoric rise from Adam Lyth early days with Yorkshire .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Adam Lyth Adam Lyth also spent time trialing as a midfielder with Manchester City .