Dickie Bird at 90

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.