Yorkshire coach McGrath 'embarrassed' by poor form

Will Sutherland was bowled by Jimmy Neesham as Yorkshire lost by 63 runs at Durham on Friday

Yorkshire head coach Anthony McGrath has questioned his side's mentality after they slipped to an "embarrassing" defeat at Durham in the T20 Blast.

The White Rose's 63-run defeat at Chester-le-Street leaves them with two wins from eight games in the competition.

They are also struggling in Division One of the County Championship after winning promotion last summer, with just one victory in seven matches.

"It was pretty embarrassing if I'm honest," McGrath told BBC Radio Leeds. "The last two performances have not been anywhere near good enough.

"Again, we lost our way, and anytime we have a bump in the road we seem to have a bad three or four overs and we just can't deal with that setback. We just give all the momentum away to the opposition.

"We did it a bit with the ball and then with the bat. We were going well in the powerplay, but there were six or seven overs where we got behind the rate and lost wickets. Very disappointing."

He added: "We just haven't played good enough. We had a very experienced team out there, there's no excuses.

"You can have great individuals, and we've got that. But we're just not playing well enough and are not smart enough either when push comes to shove."

Visa issue delays Shafique's arrival

McGrath's side head to Trent Bridge to face County Championship leaders Nottinghamshire on Sunday.

They had added Pakistan batter Abdullah Shafique on a two-match deal last week but McGrath revealed he will now not be available to play against Notts.

"We've had some disappointing news on Shafique, his visa isn't going to be ready on time," said McGrath.

"It's out of our hands so there's not much we can do."

McGrath is hopeful he will be available to play in the County Championship match against Essex, starting at Clifton Park, York, on 29 June.