Live: Yorkshire Men v Somerset, Rothesay CC, Day One
It's the final home game of the summer at Headingley, with Yorkshire taking on current league leaders Somerset in the Rothesay County Championship. Follow this page for live updates from Headingley throughout day one.
Close. Somerset 68-5, 28 overs
A fascinating opening day which sees Somerset in bother replying to our 212.
Jonny Bairstow with 79 and Ben Cliff with three wickets our standout contributors.
George Hill, what a grab!
Matthew Revis has removed Henry Nicholls, but it’s in no small part because of a stunning one-handed catch going to his right at first slip from George Hill.
Somerset are 55-5.
Cliff gets two in two!
Tom Abell is caught behind for a golden duck, and Somerset are 24-4.
Superb start for the White Rose.
Ben Cliff bowls Archie Vaughan
Somerset are 24-3 in the 12th over.
Great start for Yorkshire in defence of 212.
Ben Cliff!
Cliff has trapped Josh Thomas lbw.
Somerset are 11-2 in the sixth over as they reply to our 212 all out.
Henry Nicholls, the New Zealander, is in alongside Archie Vaughan.
Ben Coad!
Coad gets Tom Lammonby caught at first slip by George Hill.
Somerset are 11-1 in the fifth over.
Somerset 9-0, 3rd over
Early stages of the Somerset reply.
We have a total of 28 overs to bowl this evening.
Ben Coad and Ben Cliff opening for Yorkshire, with Josh Thomas and Tom Lammonby at the crease for the league leaders.
Ben Cliff falls, Yorkshire 212 all out
Cliff is caught at short mid-wicket off Jake Ball.
We have 28 overs left in the day.
Jonny Bairstow 79 for Yorkshire and Lewis Gregory and Migael Pretorius three wickets apiece.
Bairstow falls for a superb 79
Jonny Bairstow is caught at long-off against Migael Pretorius.
Yorkshire 207-9, with Ben Cliff in to join Ben Coad.
Yorkshire 189-8, 60 overs
Kuldeep Yadav caught behind off Jake Ball, 11.
Ben Coad in now alongside Jonny Bairstow, who has 61.
Yorkshire 182-7, 57 overs
Up and running after tea, with Jonny Bairstow 59 and Kuldeep Yadav 7.
Tea. Yorkshire 182-7, 57 overs
Somerset keep chipping away, and the two wickets in as many balls for Migael Pretorius has kept them in front after Jonny Bairstow 59 not out and George Hill with 45 recovered things.
Oh no, Bess goes
Dom Bess is caught behind first ball. Migael Pretorius on a hat-trick.
Yorkshire 168-7.
Hill falls to Pretorius
George Hill is caught behind off Migale Pretorius for 45.
Yorkshire 168-6 now. That ends an 83-run stand with Jonny Bairstow, who remains on 52.
Dom Bess in now.
Bairstow 50
Jonny Bairstow has just reached his fifty off 74 balls. Super knock to lead the Yorkshire fightback.
They are 160-5, with George Hill on 38. The partnership is 75.
Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWPix.com.
Wharton goes
Lewis Gregory bowls James Wharton, 10.
Somerset’s strong start continues, as Yorkshire slip to 85-5.
George Hill in now alongside Jonny Bairstow, who has 15.
Yorkshire 80-4, 28th over
Quiet start to the afternoon.
Jonny Bairstow 11, James Wharton 10.
Rain has passed
We will be resuming shortly, with the rain having passed through now.
Yorkshire 77-4, 25 overs.
Rain: Yorkshire 77-4, 25 overs
Hopefully nothing more than a short and sharp burst, though it might bring about an early lunch.
James Wharton and Jonny Bairstow have 9 apiece.
Lunch confirmed.
Revis run out
James Wharton turns Lewis Gregory into the mid-wicket region, where Josh Thomas picks up and throws down the stumps at the striker’s end with Matthew Revis adjudged short of his ground.
Revis goes for 6, with Jonny Bairstow in now alongside Wharton, who has 9.
Ball gets Whiteman
Jake Ball bowls Sam Whiteman, 14.
Whiteman plays on.
Matthew Revis in alongside James Wharton, who has 5.
El Capitanos
Captains Lewis Gregory and Jonny Bairstow at the toss this morning.
Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWPix.com.
Yorkshire currently 49-2 in the 16th over. Sam Whiteman has 9.
Yorkshire 39-2, 9th over
Will Luxton is caught at second slip by Tom Abell off Lewis Gregory, 22.
James Wharton and Sam Whiteman at the crease.
Lyth goes
Adam Lyth has edged Lewis Gregory to Henry Nicholls at first slip, 11.
Yorkshire are 30-1 in the seventh over.
Sam Whiteman in alongside Will Luxton, who has 14.
Handy start for Yorkshire
Yorkshire 21-0 in the fifth over, with Adam Lyth 6 and Will Luxton 10.
Plenty of driving so far.
Yorkshire 5-0, 2 overs
Just two runs off the bat so far, one apiece for Adam Lyth and Will Luxton.
Lewis Gregory and Migael Pretorius opening the bowling for Somerset under the Headingley floodlights.
All set to go here at Heasingley
Adam Lyth and Will Luxton opening the batting for the White Rose.
Yorkshire win and bat
Yorkshire: Adam Lyth, Will Luxton, Sam Whiteman, James Wharton, Matthew Revis, Jonny Bairstow c/w. George Hill, Dom Bess, Kuldeep Yadav, Ben Coad, Ben Cliff.
Confirmation of a 10.30am start
Good news.
Just had the thumbs up on a start on time.
All signs point to start on time
No official word yet, but all the players are out warming up and the pitch is being marked.
As things stand, we look good to go at 10.30am.
John Potter, Yorkshire’s scorer, said he hadn’t heard anything to the contrary.
Good morning....
From Headingley, where we’ve had a decent amount of overnight rain but it’s much brighter now and the covers are coming off.
Whether we get a start on time at 10.30am or not, we will have to wait for the umpires to decide on that. But we should get a decent amount of cricket in today, fingers crossed.
Current Rothesay County Championship league leaders Somerset are in town this week.
They lead the table by four points from champions Nottinghamshire, while Warwickshire are a point further back. It promises to be an exciting final fortnight of the 2026 summer.
Nottinghamshire are at Sussex this week, Warwickshire at Essex.
Yorkshire are fifth in the table, with a realistic hope of a fourth-placed finish. They could also play the role of spoilers given Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge is their final game next week, starting Thursday.
We have spoken to ex-Somerset all-rounder Dom Bess in preview to this fixture, with him talking about his determination to beat Somerset this week, even if it means disappointing a few of his mates, including best man at his forthcoming wedding Tom Abell.
That’s linked below, while the stream will be embedded at the top of the page before we get going.
Enjoy the day.
