Yorkshire

Yorkshire are all but there in terms of the knockout stages of the Metro Bank One-Day Cup, but a win in their final group game against Essex at Chelmsford today would almost certainly secure a home quarter-final on Friday. Follow this page for updates to see if they can achieve it.

Anthony McGrath has praised the character of his players having responded strongly to last month’s hammer blow of a T20 quarter-final defeat to Somerset with some strong performances in the ongoing Metro Bank One-Day Cup, all but qualifying them for the knockout stages. 

Yorkshire’s D40 Pursuit side are bidding to go from “bridesmaids” to the bride over the next couple of weeks having qualified for knockout cricket with six group wins from six.

When Joe Root stepped down as England Test in April 2022, there was little doubt that he would still lead from the front. 

Sam Whiteman was thrilled with his superb 94 but more so the victory over Derbyshire at Scarborough as Yorkshire moved to within touching distance of the Metro Bank One-Day Cup knockouts. 

Yorkshire are nearly there for knockout cricket thanks to an impressive recovery with the ball and then the bat as Derbyshire were beaten by five wickets with four balls to spare at Scarborough.

Yorkshire are playing game number seven of eight in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup today, against Derbyshire at Scarborough. A win would put the county on the verge of knockout qualification. Follow this page for live updates throughout the day.

“Scintillating, and I tell you what, it’s the first of many. He’s going to get a lot of hundreds, this young man. It was a remarkable performance on his home turf, and we’re seeing the fast emergence of a really special batting talent.”

England Under 19s star Will Bennison believes he is “building into it nicely” in terms of life in Yorkshire’s top order. 

In a couple of weeks, Joe Root will arrive through the Headingley gates as England’s Test Match captain, some 23 years on from his first introduction to life with Yorkshire as a scholar.

When Stephen Fleming’s appointment as England’s new Test Match head coach was announced last week - alongside that of Joe Root as their captain - that famous saying sprung to mind once more. ‘Strong Yorkshire, strong England’.