6.15pm – Close. Yorkshire have claimed two of the 10 points they require and are now within touching distance of promotion. Northamptonshire 117-6 from 40 overs. Coad finished with three wickets, including the 300th of his first-class career.
6.08pm – WICKET! Singh caught at silly mid-off by Wharton off Coad, and Northamptonshire are 116-6 in the 39th over. That’s two points in the bag. That means if we draw this game, promotion will be secured.
5.55pm – WICKET! Zaib caught at first slip by Hill off Coad, 3. Northamptonshire 106-5 in the 37th over. That’s 300 first-class wickets for Ben Coad. What a bowler.
5.46pm – Coad back into the attack late in the day. Northamptonshire 100-4 after 34 overs, six remain this evening.
5.27pm – WICKET! Sales bowled trying to leave Hill alone, 17. It’s 79-4 in the 30th over.
4.58pm – WICKET! Procter bowled by Hill, 25, and Northamptonshire are 64-3 in the 22nd over. Hill strikes with his fifth ball. One point down, nine to go.
4.54pm – Hill replaces Coad in the attack as Northamptonshire move to 62-2 from 21 overs.
4.48pm – We’re playing through a bit of rain at the moment. Northamptonshire 58-2 in the 20th over. Procter 24 and Sales 7.
4.33pm – The floodlights are on now at Headingley. Northamptonshire are 45-2 in the 16th over. Procter 18, Sales 0.
Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWpix.com. George Hill takes a catch in the slips to dismiss Northamptonshire’s Gus Miller off Ben Coad’s bowling.
4.26pm – WICKET! Patel caught at second slip by Lyth off Thompson, 26. Northamptonshire are 44-2 in the 15th over.
4.22pm – Coad has switched ends. He has replaced Fisher from the Howard Stand End. Northamptonshire are 42-1 after 13 overs. Patel 25 and Procter 16.
4.12pm – Thompson has replaced Coad in the Yorkshire attack. Northamptonshire are 36-1 in the 11th over. Patel 21, Procter 14.
4.02pm – Northamptonshire have moved to 26-1 in the ninth over of 40 to be bowled this evening. Debutant Krish Patel has 20, including 5x4s.
3.40pm – WICKET! Miller caught at first slip by Hill off Coad, 0. Northamptonshire are 2-1 in the third over. What a start. 299 first-class wickets for Coad.
3.32pm – A Coad maiden will be followed by Fisher, who is bowling to Procter.
3.27pm – Northamptonshire are fielding two first-class debutants, on loan Fateh Singh and Krish Patel.
Captain Procter and Miller will open the batting for them. Coad with the new ball.
3.23pm – George Hill has just been presented with his Yorkshire cap by Jonny Bairstow in front of the members, a ceremony which first took place formally in front of his family yesterday.
3.15pm – Yorkshire’s XI for this game is as follows: Lyth, Bean, Luxton, Wharton, Bairstow w, Tattersall c, Hill, Bess, Thompson, Fisher, Coad.
3.11pm – Yorkshire have won the toss and will bowl.
2.51pm – There will be a start at 3.30pm, with 40 overs to be bowled in the day.
2.48pm – Good news. We haven’t had a start time yet, but the ground-staff are bringing the stumps out to the middle.
2.38pm – Tea will be taken here at 3.10pm.
2.10pm – News from the umpires. There will be a further inspection at 2.45pm.
1.41pm – The latest inspection is taking place at present.
Both captains, Tattersall and Procter, are chatting to umpires Adnan and Watts. There’s clearly some concern with the bowlers’ run-ups.
1.05pm – There will be a further inspection at 1.45pm.
12.47pm – The latest inspection is taking place at present.
12pm – They’re off for the day at Hove for the second day running. Yorkshire’s path to promotion is becoming smoother.
10.49am – All the covers are off at Headingley, and the sun’s out. Fingers crossed for some good news after lunch.
They have already been called off for the day at Leicester (v Derbyshire) and Durham (v Kent).
10.03am – The scene looks much brighter now at Headingley. The sun’s out, and the covers are coming off.
9.30am – Just a quick look ahead to tomorrow, when New Farnley from the Bradford League will take on Richmondshire from the North Yorkshire South Durham League in the Yorkshire Premier League final at Castleford. Good luck to both.
9.20am – We have just had a really heavy rain shower, and the umpires have said there will be no play before lunch, which will be taken early at 12pm. It is still raining, but nowhere near as heavy as it was five minutes or so ago.
9.06am – Ah, no. It’s raining heavily here at Headingley, almost certainly putting an end to hopes of a start on time.
8.10am – Good morning from Headingley where it’s dry and bright at present.
It’s difficult to know as yet what the prognosis is regarding a start on time at 10.30am. We look ok overhead – the sun’s out, and there’s plenty of blue sky around.
However, it’s clear that the outfield is still pretty wet. The ground-staff are removing the covers at present. Fingers crossed we can get this game underway this morning at the second time of asking following yesterday’s washout.
The day one abandonment was one of a number around the country, with play only possible at four of nine venues.
Somerset and Hampshire, at Taunton, played not a million miles away from a full day up in Division One. Somerset were bowled out for 136, with Hampshire 62-5 in reply.
The one match affecting Yorkshire is taking place at Hove, where Middlesex are facing Sussex. That is one of games yet to start because of rain/wet outfield.
Yesterday morning at Headingley, George Hill was capped by Yorkshire – cap number 192. His development was celebrated in the Hawke Suite, with Jonny Bairstow leading the presentation.
You can hear from both men via the link below.
Northamptonshire have four players in their squad for this week who could make their first-class debuts. It’s unlikely all four will play – Arush Buchake, Krish Patel, Aadi Sharma and Fateh Singh. But two of them probably will.
When we do get going today, the live stream will be available via the match centre tab at the top of the page.
