Live: Rothesay County Championship – Yorkshire Men v Nottinghamshire, Day 1

We’re replying to Nottinghamshire’s 228 all out.

James Wharton 6 and Jack White yet to score.

George Hill stood out with 5-40 for Yorkshire.

Fin Bean caught behind Kyle Verreynne bowled Mohammad Abbas, 2.

Oh no, Yorkshire in some early bother.

Nightwatchman Jack White in.

Yorkshire are 8-1 after 10 overs in reply to 228. No surprise that defence has been the order of the day in the final hour.

Fin Bean 2 and James Wharton 4.

Adam Lyth caught behind Mohammad Abbas, 2.

Yorkshire lose their first wicket, and James Wharton is in alongside Fin Bean, who is yet to score.

Dillon Pennington bowled Jack White, 15.

Bowled having a big swing, handing White a second wicket. Yorkshire will face 12 overs before close.

Hill 5-40, White 2-23 and Thompson 3-77.

Joe Clarke caught Jordan Thompson bowled George Hill, 64.

Brilliantly caught on the run by Thompson at third-man following a reverse scoop from Clarke.

Hill has five wickets for the third game running. Superb.

Brett Hutton caught Adam Lyth bowled George Hill, 0.

Caught at second slip, and Yorkshire are hitting back. Hill has a fourth. Joe Clarke remains on 55.

Liam Patterson-White caught behind Harry Duke bowled George Hill, 4.

Much more regulation than Duke’s previous catch. Hill matches Thompson’s three-wicket haul.

Lyndon James caught behind Harry Duke bowled Jordan Thompson, 29.

Top-edged pull and Duke on the run towards a kind of short fine-leg takes a good catch. Big wicket that, ending a 71-stand with Joe Clarke, who remains on 54.

Brian Bennett, Zimbabwe’s opener, is 139 not out on day two at Trent Bridge, where the visitors are 246-5 in the 54th over, trailing by 319. An impressive effort indeed, especially considering Bennett has only faced 140 balls.

Clarke follows Ben Slater to the milestone, getting there off 123 balls with eight fours. Nottinghamshire have moved to 188-5 in the 27th over, with Lyndon James 29. These two have shared 67 for the sixth wicket, a stand which is damaging Yorkshire.

Nottinghamshire lose three wickets in the session but will be chuffed with their progress. They have advanced thanks to Joe Clarke’s 47 and 24 for Lyndon James. They have shared an unbroken 57 for the sixth wicket.

Two wickets for George Hill and one for Jordan Thompson in the session.

Joe Clarke 33 and Lyndon James 21 have shared 40 for the sixth wicket, taking their side to 161-5. We’re into the final five overs of the afternoon as Jordan Thompson currently searches for his third wicket.

Kyle Verreynne bowled George Hill, 1.

Yorkshire on a bit of a roll as Hill strikes for the second time in as many overs. He has two for the day and 29 for the season.

Jack Haynes bowled George Hill, 9.

Haynes tries to leave alone one angled back in from Hill and is bowled. Kyle Verreynne is now alongside Joe Clarke, who has 16.

Will Sutherland is currently delivering a drink around the boundary edge to Jack White.

Yorkshire’s new Blast overseas signing has been with the county for the last few days ahead of the start of that competition next week.

Ben Slater bowled Jordan Thompson, 52.

Two balls after left-handed Slater reaches his fifty off 107 balls, he is bowled by Thompson. Jack Haynes in alongside Joe Clarke, who has 12.

Ben Slater has 44 out of 94-2 in the 37th over. Joe Clarke also has 12, with Ben Coad and Jordan Thompson in operation.

Ben Coad is bowling the first over of the afternoon. Notts are 67-2 in the 31st over.

Ben Slater has 31 and Joe Clarke yet to get off the mark.

Jack White and Jordan Thompson with a wicket at either end of the session.

Notts will be the happier of the two teams at present, but things can change quickly. 75-4, for example, has a different complexion.

Freddie McCann caught George Hill bowled Jordan Thompson, 28.

We’ve seen two superb catches this morning. The first was the more eye-catching from Wharton – one handed at point. This from Hill was arguably just as good, low down to his right at first slip. Two-handed.

That ends a 56-run stand with Ben Slater, who has 29.

Ben Slater and Freddie McCann have advanced their side into a decent position as we reach the final half hour of the morning. They have 27 and 20 apiece. Still plenty happening for Yorkshire, but still not the reward they’d have wanted.

George Hill and Jordan Thompson are into the attack. Ben Slater has 13 of 32-1 in the 18th over. Not quite sure how Notts are still one down. But they are and will be chuffed with their position so far.

Harry Brook has just been bowled by Blessing Muzarabani for 58, signalling an end to the England first innings at Trent Bridge.

Meanwhile, here at Headingley, Notts are 17-1. They could easily be 17-4. Ben Slater has 9 and Freddie McCann 0.

Picture by Matthew Lewis/Getty Images. Harry Brook reaches his half-century at Trent Bridge.

Lbw shouts, plays and misses, there’s plenty happening so far. Nottinghamshire 12-1 in the ninth over.

Haseeb Hameed caught James Wharton bowled Jack White, 6.

Stunning catch diving away to his right at point. Yorkshire make the breakthrough in grand style. One-handed low down. Fabulous.

Freddie McCann is in to join Ben Slater on 2.

We’re up and running at Headingley. Haseeb Hameed and Ben Slater opening for Nottinghamshire.

Ben Coad starts with a maiden against Hameed, and now Jack White to Slater.

News from the middle is Yorkshire have won the toss and will bowl first.

The teams are as follows:

Yorkshire: Adam Lyth, Fin Bean, James Wharton, Dawid Malan, Harry Duke, George Hill, Matthew Revis, Dom Bess, Jordan Thompson, Ben Coad, Jack White.

Nottinghamshire: Haseeb Hameed, Ben Slater, Freddie McCann, Joe Clarke, Jack Haynes, Kyle Verreynne, Lyndon James, Liam Patterson-White, Brett Hutton, Dillon Pennington, Mohammad Abbas.

Let’s have a look around the grounds today, including at Trent Bridge where the only Test between England and Zimbabwe heads into day two of four.

England 498-3 v Zimbabwe, Trent Bridge

Rothesay County Championship 

Division One 

Durham v Somerset, Banks Homes Riverside

Hampshire v Sussex, The Utilita Bowl

Surrey v Essex, The Kia Oval

Worcestershire v Warwickshire, Visit Worcestershire, New Road

Division Two 

Derbyshire v Kent, County Ground

Glamorgan v Middlesex, Sophia Gardens

Leicestershire v Lancashire, The Uptonsteel County Ground, Grace Road

Northamptonshire v Gloucestershire, Wantage Road

Good morning from Headingley, where the sun’s out ahead of our Rothesay County Championship clash with Division One leaders Nottinghamshire, who have started 2025 superbly thanks to three wins, a defeat and two draws. 

We’re all set for an 11am start, before which Dom Bess will toss the coin. He will captain the side this week. 

Yorkshire are hoping to reach the halfway-mark in the four-day campaign in better shape than they currently find themselves.

Having been beaten at Surrey last week – their third defeat – they sit second-bottom in the table. But that ladder’s incredibly tight. A win here will give them a significant lift heading into the start of the Vitality Blast, which comes around next Friday evening at home to Darren Lehmann’s Northamptonshire.

Both sides head into this fixture on the back of a defeat. 

As aforementioned, Yorkshire were beaten at the Kia Oval, while Notts were on the wrong end of a high-scoring contest with Durham at the Banks Homes Riverside.

Yorkshire are minus regular skipper Jonny Bairstow and fellow wicketkeeper-batter Jonny Tattersall, meaning a return to Championship action for Harry Duke. Ironically, his last outing in this format came whilst on loan at Anthony McGrath’s Essex around this time last year.

Dawid Malan has returned from a groin injury to play.

On the bowling front, the county will be without either of their overseas seamers, Jordan Buckingham (hip flexor) and Ben Sears (ankle). They have both been ruled out and finish their current spells with the county. 

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