Yorkshire

Will Luxton scored another century for Greenvale Kangaroos on Saturday, his third in succession in Victorian Premier Cricket. In the same competition, Fin Bean racked up an unbeaten 142 for Melbourne University last weekend. 

“Smithy is very, very exciting to watch,” said Noah Kelly recently when asked to describe his emerging team-mate Owen Smith. “He’s got an air of flamboyancy, and he’s got a lot of character when he bats.”

Rich Pyrah has described his former team-mate Mitchell Starc as “Australia’s best weapon this winter”, a theory strengthened by his 10-wicket performance in the opening Ashes Test in Perth on on Friday and Saturday. 

Rich Pyrah has hailed the endeavour shown by - and the progression of - Amelias Love and Oliver after the Yorkshire young guns were last week called up to an England Under 19s winter training camp.

Ami Campbell has hailed the development of emerging all-rounder Maddie Ward, who took on a number of different roles this summer and impressed in them all.

It may be Australia versus England this week in the first Ashes Test in Perth, but Yorkshire and the Aussies have a deep history too. 

Yorkshire were purring now. The opening-day 50-over defeat to Worcestershire at Headingley in April was now firmly behind them. They had won three from four games in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup and had won four from four in the Blast.

Ashes fever has gripped the Yorkshire dressing room, and two close coaching mates have had a bit of a disagreement. No surprise, really, with Anthony McGrath a proud Englishman and a former international, with Mick Lewis a true blue Aussie who has also represented his country with distinction.

The countdown to the new season is on! Yorkshire’s women returned to pre-season training this week ahead of the 2026 campaign, while the men do so too at the start of next week. And added to that, the summer’s fixture list will be released by the ECB on both November 25 and 28. 

My first month in Melbourne seems to have flown by, probably due to the fact that there wasn’t much settling in to do with Beaumaris having been here last winter.

Ami Campbell believes Ria Fackrell’s brilliant 4-13 from four overs of off-spin in the opening Vitality Blast win over Derbyshire Falcons at Headingley was the springboard for the all-rounder’s impressive second half of the season.