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...
Occasional seamer Ryan Patel bowled Jonny Bairstow for 77 to claim his first wicket of the season as Surrey quickly completed a crushing County Championship victory by an innings and 28 runs after dismissing Yorkshire for 229 at the Kia Oval. Patel, a 27-year-old batter in his 68th first-class appearance but with just 22 previous...
Jonny Bairstow made a belligerent 64 not out and James Wharton an excellent 67 but Yorkshire are still facing defeat against Surrey at the Kia Oval. Surrey took three wickets late on day three to underline their complete dominance in a County Championship match they will expect to bring them a second win of the...
Ben Foakes maintained his fine form with the bat by hitting 86 to fashion a solid Surrey lead in their County Championship encounter with Yorkshire at the Kia Oval. Foakes, who hit a career-high 174 not out against Warwickshire earlier this week, followed it up with another vital knock to guide the home side to...
Captain Jonny Bairstow made a sparkling 89 and Adam Lyth passed 50 for the sixth time this season, but Yorkshire squandered a promising position on the first day against Surrey. For the 16th County Championship game in a row at the Kia Oval the side who won the toss bowled first, but at 203-5 just...
Matt Critchley and Michael Pepper knuckled down for a monumental fifth-wicket stand of 154 in 77 overs to help steer Essex to the unlikeliest of County Championship draws against Yorkshire at Chelmsford. The pair came together in the depths of despair at 45-4 on the third evening and batted for four-and-a-half hours together, spanning 458...
Adam Lyth’s patiently accumulated 185, and Jonny Bairstow’s typically belligerent half-century, set Essex an unlikely 520 to prevent Yorkshire chalking up their second County Championship win of the season. Lyth’s second century of the spring, the 39th of his 18-year first-class career, spanned six hours and 41 minutes of determination and obduracy. The 37-year-old left-hander...
George Hill produced the second-best bowling figures of his burgeoning first-class career as Essex were routed for 123 before Yorkshire extended their lead to 207 runs at Chelmsford. The 24-year-old seamer added four wickets for 37 runs on the second day to finish with 6-51 – numbers only eclipsed by his 6-26 in the Roses...
James Wharton stood resolute at one end while wickets fell all around him as Yorkshire pressed the self-destruct button after a promising start against Essex on a difficult Chelmsford wicket. The 24-year-old right-hander came in when the first wicket fell at 71 and was still there 55 overs later on 63 not out from 145...
Warwickshire completed a level-headed chase of 185 on day three to beat Yorkshire by five wickets at Headingley, securing their second County Championship victory of the season. The Bears started the day on 15 without loss, and openers Rob Yates and Alex Davies contributed 41 and 31 respectively. However, they reached lunch with a 20-point...
Warwickshire survived a fine 90 from England star Joe Root to set up a target of 185 in order to secure victory in their County Championship game with Yorkshire at Headingley. Yorkshire were bowled out for 232 in their second innings late on day two, with visiting new-ball seamer Ethan Bamber adding four wickets to...
Warwickshire were six points better off than their opponents in the early Division One table after three matches, and they edged the morning as Yorkshire reached lunch at 97-4. Having left Fin Bean out, Yorkshire used Dom Bess as a locum opener alongside Adam Lyth, who contributed 26. Bess, for 16, was first to go...
England batters Harry Brook and Joe Root will play for Yorkshire in this week’s County Championship match against Warwickshire. The pair have been included in the squad for the game at Headingley, starting on Friday. Head coach Anthony McGrath said last month he hoped to have the batters available for the game and said it...
Essex Women have signed England-capped opening batter Lauren Winfield-Hill on loan from Yorkshire ahead of the 2025 Vitality Blast. Winfield-Hill, 34, has played over 100 matches for England across Test, One Day International and Twenty20 cricket, wining the 2017 ODI World Cup. She has scored almost 4,000 T20 runs, playing in Australia’s Big Bash and...
Captain Jonny Bairstow posted an unbeaten 86 as Yorkshire thwarted a depleted Durham attack to secure a County Championship draw at the Riverside. Bairstow shared half-century partnerships for the fifth and sixth wickets with all-rounders George Hill and Matthew Revis during the morning session as Yorkshire, who started the day on 132-4 in their second...