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When Stephen Fleming’s appointment as England’s new Test Match head coach was announced last week - alongside that of Joe Root as their captain - that famous saying sprung to mind once more. ‘Strong Yorkshire, strong England’.

Just two-and-a-half-months after its launch, What Yorkshire Cricket Means To Me has raised an incredible £5,750 for cricketing good causes across the county.

Yorkshire fans got a brief look at one Taylor at York last week and next season will get a much more prolonged look at another. Tom Taylor lined up against the White Rose for Worcestershire on Wednesday, while his younger brother James has just signed on at Headingley from Surrey.