Yorkshire

Ria Fackrell has hailed the development of her trophy-winning team-mate Maddie Ward and is backing her to be a big hit in a Yorkshire shirt this summer.

You can take the boy out of Yorkshire, but you can’t take Yorkshire out of the boy. Listening to John Sadler, the county’s new men's batting coach, talk about his return to Headingley this winter and it’s a cliche which springs immediately to mind.

New signing Claudie Cooper says Yorkshire’s women can’t wait to get started with the match action as the county’s squad begin their pre-season tour of Abu Dhabi.

Jonny Bairstow has reflected on the Yorkshire men’s pre-season tour, which concluded at the weekend and said: “As a group, we’re building nicely towards what will hopefully be an exciting summer.”

Chris Brice believes the experience of touring Abu Dhabi with Yorkshire’s senior team could launch the careers of six of the Academy’s most promising stars.

As the Yorkshire men’s pre-season tour of Abu Dhabi came to a close against Somerset earlier today, Anthony McGrath looked ahead to the new season and said with real confidence: “Anything’s possible.”

Spin duo Dom Bess and Jafer Chohan claimed three wickets apiece as Somerset made 338 for the loss of 10 wickets on day two of their red-ball friendly in Abu Dhabi.

George Hill and Harry Duke both recorded half-centuries during an encouraging day of red-ball batting for Yorkshire against Somerset in Abu Dhabi today.

Yorkshire’s Women will ramp up their preparations for the new summer by facing a trio of Tier 1 counties added to the UAE national side and the Tasmanian Tigers during their forthcoming pre-season tour to Abu Dhabi, which starts next week.

Matthew Revis is confident he will be better for the experience as he enters the final stages of his recovery from a stress fracture of the back, suffered late last summer.

The Yorkshire County Cricket Club is delighted to announce that Vertu have extended their long-running relationship with the Club, with 2025 seeing the automotive retailer becoming the Club’s official live stream partner.