Yorkshire

Shan Masood says Yorkshire have to treat the remainder of the Vitality Blast campaign as a knockout competition, the captain believing they must win each of their last four group games over the next 10 days to qualify for the quarter-finals.

Pakistan Deaf international Adnan Ghani led the way with four wickets amongst a host of vital contributions as Yorkshire’s D40 first team brushed Wales aside by 86 runs at Sudbrook on Sunday.

 Yorkshire’s hopes of quarter-final qualification suffered another blow with a seven-wicket defeat against Derbyshire at Chesterfield having failed to defend a 131-target.

Donovan Ferreira is backing Yorkshire to recover from successive defeats in the Vitality Blast and get their quarter-final bid back on track when they travel to Chesterfield tomorrow.

Yorkshire fell five runs short of chasing a record 215 target as the North Group leaders Birmingham continued their match to the quarter-finals.

Jordan Thompson believes a win over Vitality Blast pacesetters Birmingham Bears at Headingley tomorrow (6.30pm) could prove to be the perfect springboard for Yorkshire’s quarter-final push over the next fortnight. 

Club partners NIC are proudly supporting the Performance Pathways, playing their part in developing the next Joe Root and Bess Heath. As part of the partnership, NIC have sponsored a new feature highlighting some of the outstanding teams within the pathways.

Ottis Gibson and Ben Coad were happy chaps after Yorkshire’s landslide innings victory over Derbyshire, inside three days at Chesterfield.

Yorkshire completed back-to-back innings victories in the Vitality County Championship for the first time since June 2015 as Derbyshire were beaten inside three days at Chesterfield - by an innings and 204 runs. 

Day Two at Chesterfield was disrupted, with only 35.1 overs bowled. But Yorkshire strengthened their grip on this fixture, and they will bowl for victory today. Follow this page for live updates to see if a second successive victory can be achieved.

Ali Maiden, Yorkshire’s assistant coach, has hailed the batting exploits of James Wharton and Jonny Tattersall after watching the pair strengthen the county’s position against Derbyshire during a shortened day two at Chesterfield today.