Yorkshire

Good morning from Headingley, where it's lovely and sunny but pretty chilly ahead of the Yorkshire men's two-day friendly against Lancashire, starting at 11am.

Yorkshire have qualified for tomorrow’s final of the Abu Dhabi Women’s T20 competition after a dominant win over a United Arab Emirates XI this afternoon. 

Mick Lewis, Yorkshire’s new bowling coach, has high hopes for the county’s bowlers, saying: “I really do believe that this bowling group could be the best in the country.”

CEO Sanjay Patel has penned a new quarterly feature designed to improve communications and ensure members and supporters are fully in the picture with the progress and challenges here at Yorkshire County Cricket Club.

Yorkshire Women were narrowly beaten by Tasmania in a T20 thriller in Abu Dhabi this morning, falling five runs short of chasing down a 166-target.

Jonny Bairstow and Dawid Malan have spoken of their pride following the announcement of their new captaincy roles with 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.