Yorkshire coach Anthony McGrath has described the decision to use Kookaburra balls during this week’s County Championship fixtures as “nonsensical”. McGrath watched Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire play out a draw at Trent Bridge during which just 21 wickets fell. Seven of the nine matches ended in draws, with only Surrey and Northants picking up victories. McGrath...
Pocketing 12 points for a draw with Yorkshire was enough to keep Nottinghamshire top of the County Championship table with eight of 14 matches played. They now find defending champions Surrey breathing down their necks, though, after the match at Trent Bridge ended in stalemate, the game coming to an end when the home side...
Nottinghamshire piled 155 in the morning session on to their overnight 298-6 for the loss of only two more wickets. Kishan, dropped at mid-wicket off Jack White without addition to his 44 overnight, advanced to 87 from 98 balls before being caught there off Dom Bess, having struck 12 fours and a six down the...
Yorkshire have a case for claiming honours even against County Championship leaders Nottinghamshire on day one at Trent Bridge. Read full article at source...
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...
He said the decision to leave Headingley was “really tough” but Warwickshire’s “clear vision” and “the opportunity to play alongside a number of familiar faces” made the move “truly exciting”. Thompson has just returned from a side strain but took 15 wickets and scored 178 runs in five County Championship matches before getting injured. “Jordan...
Yorkshire have signed Pakistan batter Abdullah Shafique on a short-term contract. The right-handed opener will be available for the next two Championship matches, starting against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge on Sunday. Shafique will also be eligible to play in the last four group games of Yorkshire’s T20 Blast campaign. The 25-year-old averages 38.56 from his...
Oli Constable BBC News, Yorkshire Watch: Undercover BBC reporter tries to buy illegal vapes Nearly two weeks on from a ban on the sale of single-use disposable vapes in the UK, many shops have been found still to be openly selling the illicit items. Almost half of the 21 stores which an undercover BBC reporter...
Yorkshire have signed India batter Ruturaj Gaikwad for the latter part of the County Championship season. Gaikwad will be available for the final five games of the Division One campaign, beginning with the match against Surrey in Scarborough on 22 July. The 28-year-old will also be able to play in the One-Day Cup, which takes...
Ben Cliff has signed a two-year extension to his contact with Yorkshire. The 22-year-old medium pace bowler has been given the new deal after what head coach Anthony McGrath called his “accelerated” development over the past 12 months. The England Under-19 international has made 16 appearances for the White Rose county across all formats of...
Anthony McGrath admits Yorkshire’s red-ball efforts have been well below par so far this season but called on supporters to keep the faith as they switch to white-ball action on Friday. Yorkshire sit just one place off the Division One basement, with only one win from seven matches in the County Championship ahead of the...
Five-wicket paceman Dillon Pennington helped Nottinghamshire complete a fourth win in seven matches, this one against Yorkshire at Headingley shortly before tea on day four, to strengthen their position at the Division One summit in the County Championship. Struggling Yorkshire were set a 463-target during the third afternoon and closed on 176-5, losing four of...
Kyle Verreynne edged Jack White to second slip just before lunch, where Notts reached at 318-6, leading by 397. The visitors became increasingly aggressive after the break, with Patterson-White and Lyndon James both holing out to mid-on and mid-off against White and Coad. The latter fell to an excellent diving catch on the run from...
A superb six-wicket return from Mohammad Abbas and second half-centuries in the match for Ben Slater and Joe Clarke helped Division One leaders Nottinghamshire seize control of their County Championship game with Yorkshire on day two at Headingley. Pakistan seamer Abbas was the chief protagonist with 6-45 from 17.3 overs – four of his wickets...
Nottinghamshire’s Ben Slater and Joe Clarke posted battling half-centuries and new England Lion George Hill claimed five more wickets for Yorkshire during a fascinating opening day of County Championship cricket at Headingley. Division One leaders Notts were bowled out for 228 by a White Rose side who sat second-bottom ahead of this seventh fixture of...