Cricket

Yorkshire had the better of a wicket-ladened opening day against league leaders Sussex at Hove in their latest Vitality County Championship fixture - their sixth of the summer so far. 

Ahead of Headingley hosting it's first England Women's IT20 against Pakistan on Sunday 19 May, we sat down with Yorkshire County Cricket Club President Jane Powell, to discuss her first year in position; the growth of women's cricket in the county and what the occasion meant to her and the Club.

On winning the toss Yorkshire decided to bat first and Will Luxton and James Wharton  and it was the first ball of the 10th over before they “swapped ends”. They brought up their 50 partnership in 80 balls with Luxton reaching his personal half century from 59 balls with 7 fours.

Here is all of the information spectators will need ahead of the upcoming England Women's Vitality WIT20 vs Pakistan on Sunday 19th May and the England Vitality IT20 clash against Pakistan on Wednesday 22nd May.

On a day that actually felt like summer the University won the toss and elected to bowl in the first game of 2.

England Women have named their white-ball squads for the forthcoming Vitality IT20 and Metro Bank ODI series’ against Pakistan, which get underway on Saturday, 11 May.

This being the 4th Championship game of the season it was the first time that we have had play on the 1st day. Our hosts won the toss and elected to bat.

Ahead of our Vitality County Championship Division Two clash against Glamorgan at Headingley, starting on Friday 3rd May, our pre-match guide includes all the information spectators will need.  

Our pre-match guide includes all the information spectators need to know ahead of our Northern Diamonds fixture against The Blaze at Scarborough:

Yorkshire's Jonathan Bairstow, Harry Brook and Adil Rashid have been named in England's provisional ICC Men’s T20 World Cup squad.

Matthew Fisher and Joe Root take the majority of the wickets on Day Four of the Vitality County Championship fixture between Yorkshire and Derbyshire at Headingley.