Live: Yorkshire v Worcestershire Rapids, Vitality Blast

Yorkshire face Worcestershire Rapids in a must win Vitality Blast fixture at Headingley this evening. Follow our live blog for updates. 

YORKSHIRE WIN!!!

Will Sutherland takes the winning wicket, Fateh Singh caught Dom Bess. Worcestershire 192 all out. We win our third game in the Blast by 41 runs and maintain our quarter-final hopes.

Worcestershire 178-8, 17.4 overs

Matthew Waite caught James Wharton bowled Will O’Rourke, 0.

Tom Taylor caught Dawid Malan bowled Will O’Rourke, 0.

O’Rourke has five and is on a hat-trick again.

Worcestershire 175-6, 16.5 overs

Gareth Roderick caught Jordan Thompson bowled Matt Milnes, 11.

Caught at deep cover.

Milnes completes a wicket maiden which all but nails the game. What an over.

Worcestershire 175-5, 16 overs

The Rapids need 59 more to win from four.

Ben Dwarshuis has walloped a quick-fire 37.

Worcestershire 132-5, 12.5 overs

Brett D’Oliveira caught Dom Bess bowled Will O’Rourke, 53.

Caught on the boundary at cow corner.

Worcestershire need a miracle from here chasing 234.

Worcestershire 120-4, 11.3 overs

Ethan Brookes lbw Jafer Chohan, 38.

Trapped in front on the reverse heave.

Big wicket for Yorkshire just as Worcestershire were getting themselves into a position to challenge.

Brett D’Oliveira has just reached his fifty off 33 balls.

Worcestershire 106-3, 10 overs

The Rapids have recovered nicely from 37-3 in the fourth over to get themselves into a position where they are not yet out of this.

Captain Brett D’Oliveira has 46 and Ethan Brookes is with him on 28.

They are chasing 234.

 

Worcestershire steadying - but they need more

Worcestershire are 73-3 in the eighth over, with Brett D’Oliveira and Ethan Brookes on 40 and 7. Their target is 234. They have never scored more in a T20 match.

Worcestershire 37-3, 3.5 overs

Adam Hose caught Will O’Rourke bowled Matt Milnes, 8.

Brilliant one-handed catch from O’Rourke going to his left at short third. Everything he touches turns to gold.

Yorkshire well on their way as Worcestershire chase 234.

Worcestershire 24-2, 2.2 overs

Kashif Ali caught Will Sutherland bowled Will O’Rourke, 0.

Caught at mid-off for a golden duck!

Worcestershire 24-1, 2.1 overs

Isaac Mohammed caught behind Jonny Bairstow bowled Will O’Rourke, 17.

Top-edge and Bairstow makes no mistake. O’Rourke makes an immediate impact.

Worcestershire 7-0, 1 over

Matt Milnes and Will Sutherland sharing the new ball.

The rain has disappeared

We’re all set to go. Worcestershire chase 234.

Rain has arrived

The ground staff scurry on with the covers.

It’s sweeping across the ground.

Yorkshire 233-6, 20 overs

James Wharton top-scored with a fabulous 88 but was run out in the last over.

Jordan Thompson hit three sixes in the last over, taking Yorkshire’s tally to nine in the innings.

Worcestershire have got one heck of a task on their hands after Will Luxton’s excellent career best 81 in addition to Wharton’s effort.

 

 

Yorkshire 208-4, 18.2 overs

Will Sutherland caught Kashif Ali bowled Ben Dwarshuis, 14.

Miscued high to backward point.

Jordan Thompson in now alongside James Wharton, 87.

Yorkshire 202-3, 18 overs

James Wharton has 87 and Will Sutherland 8.

Can Wharton get to a second career century in the Blast, both against Worcestershire?

Yorkshire 176-3, 16 overs

Will Luxton caught Kashif Ali bowled Ben Allison, 81.

A brilliant career best innings is ended as he slices out to deep cover. That ends a 134 partnership with James Wharton, who has 70.

Will Sutherland is in now.

Yorkshire 159-2, 15 overs

With five overs to go, Yorkshire are on for another big Headingley today.

This will be the fifth time in seven Blast innings here this season that a side has topped 200.

Will Luxton 77 and James Wharton 59. They have shared 116 and counting for the third wicket.

Wharton 50

James Wharton reaches his fifty off 29 balls with 7x4s.

Yorkshire 129-2 in the 13th over.

 

Luxton 50

Will Luxton reaches his fifty off 31 balls with 4x4s and 2x6s. Yorkshire 117-2 in the 12th over. Excellent.

Yorkshire 103-2, 10 overs

Will Luxton has 45, James Wharton 43.

These two have shared 61 and counting.

Will Luxton

Will Luxton on the charge in the early stages of his innings this evening.

Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWPix.com.

Yorkshire 86-2, 8 overs

Will Luxton has 41 and James Wharton 30.

A familiar face in Matthew Waite is into the attack for the Rapids.

Wharton finding the boundary

James Wharton has hit three fours in a row off Ben Dwarshuis – first three balls of the sixth over. He has 12 of 61-2.

Yorkshire 42-2, 4.2 overs

Dawid Malan caught Ethan Brookes bowled Ben Allison, 8.

Pulled out to deep square-leg. Brookes takes a low catch. James Wharton in alongside Will Luxton, who has 29.

Luxton gets a life

Will Luxton is reprieved as Ben Allison, running in from deep backward square-leg on, can’t cling on. Luxton has 17 now out of 26-1 in the third.

Yorkshire 4-1, 0.4 overs

Jonny Bairstow caught Ben Dwarshuis bowled Tom Taylor, 4.

Miscued to mid-off. Will Luxton is in now.

Bairstow into his stride

Jonny Bairstow and Dawid Malan are opening the batting. Bairstow has an early boundary against Tom Taylor.

Worcestershire win the toss and bowl

Brett D’Oliveira makes the obvious call with the forecast being inclement for later on.

Yorkshire: Dawid Malan c, Will Luxton, Jonny Bairstow w, James Wharton, Will Sutherland, Matthew Revis, Jordan Thompson, Dom Bess, Matt Milnes, Jafer Chohan, Will O’Rourke.

Players warming up

There is talk of some rain around later on this evening, but we’re all set at the moment.

The players are netting. Will Sutherland has just hit a searing straight six into the Trueman Enclosure.

Brook and Smith plough on

England have reached tea at 355-5 in reply to India’s 587, with Harry Brook 140 and Jamie Smith 157. They have shared an unbroken 271 for the sixth wicket. Incredible batting. What a day the Edgbaston crowd have been treated to.

Good afternoon...

From Headingley. It’s a bright and breezy afternoon ahead of our return to Vitality Blast action following a fortnight’s break.

Yorkshire are in must win territory when they take the field at 6.30pm. With only two victories from the first eight games and being well off the pace in the race for the quarter-finals, the county can’t afford to leave things any longer. They have to make their move now.

Five wins from the last six games may be enough to reach the top four, but it may be that six wins from six is the equation required.

Yorkshire are second from bottom in the North Group, on 8 points – 12 behind fourth-placed Leicestershire. Worcestershire a place better off than tonight’s hosts on 12 points having won three from eight.

Worcestershire beat Yorkshire at New Road earlier in the campaign.

Despite their T20 troubles of late – the White Rose have lost their last three – they do head into this weekend’s fixtures against Worcestershire and Derbyshire at Chesterfield on Sunday with a spring in their step following the superb Championship win over Essex at York on Wednesday, by 10 wickets chasing 41.

Worcestershire were beaten by one wicket last time out in the Blast, by the Bears. Yorkshire were beaten by Durham at the Banks Homes Riverside on the same night.

You can read our preview for this evening’s game, with Jordan Thompson, via the embedded X post above.

Upcoming matches

Yorkshire Men VS Lancashire

Thursday 17 July 2025 - 18:30
Vitality Blast Men
Headingley, Leeds

Leicestershire Foxes Women VS Yorkshire Women

Friday 18 July 2025 - 14:30
Vitality Blast Women League 2
Uptonsteel County Ground, Leicester

Leicestershire Foxes VS Yorkshire Men

Friday 18 July 2025 - 18:30
Vitality Blast Men
Uptonsteel County Ground, Leicester

Worcestershire Rapids Women VS Yorkshire Women

Sunday 20 July 2025 - 14:30
Vitality Blast Women League 2
Visit Worcestershire New Road, Worcester

Yorkshire Men VS Surrey

Tuesday 22 July 2025 - 11:00
Rothesay County Championship
North Marine Road, Scarborough

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