
Picture by John Clifton/SWPix.com. Matthew Revis celebrates his century en-route to 110 not out against Surrey at Scarborough last week. It was the all-rounder’s second ton in as many Championship matches.
In-form Matthew Revis spoke of his pride at being on one Scarborough honours board last week. Now he wants to try and etch his name onto the other.
All-rounder Revis’s mid-season purple patch with the bat in the Rothesay County Championship – scores of 93 not out, 150 and 110 not out in his last three matches – saw him get on the North Marine Road hundreds board thanks to the latter innings against Surrey.
The 23-year-old played the feature knock in the county’s first-innings 517-6 declared as part of a high-scoring draw.
Delighted with his form? Yes. Hungry for more? Absolutely.
“The plan is to get on the bowling one next,” he said.
“I feel confident at the moment, but I’d like my bowling to string along as well at the same time.
“At the start of the year, I really wanted to hammer home both disciplines. Obviously I’m a batter by trade, but I always want my bowling to be there and thereabouts as well.”

Picture by Stu Forster/Getty Images. Matthew Revis is hoping to marry form with the bat and ball in the remaining two months of the summer.
Revis, 23-years-old, was speaking ahead of Yorkshire’s next Championship outing, against Sussex back at Scarborough, starting tomorrow at 11am.
This represents the 11th round of 14 in 2025.
Yorkshire are second-bottom in the Division One table – ninth – with 104 points, seven behind closest rivals Durham and eight behind Essex. Hampshire are next on 117 and Sussex in fifth are only 22 points clear having won three of their 10 games.
Both sides were promoted last year, Sussex as Division Two champions and Yorkshire in second. The White Rose won the home clash at Scarborough by four wickets late last August.
“Sussex have done really well this year,” said Revis. “Full credit to them.
“But both us and them know what happened here last year.
“I’m sure they’ll be as motivated as anyone to come and learn from what they did wrong or whatever and turn us over.

Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWPix.com. Imam Ul-Haq signs an autograph for a fan at Scarborough last Tuesday. He was at North Marine Road but couldn’t face Surrey due to visa issues. They have now been rectified.
“But we’ll take confidence from that game and we did against Surrey last week and give them 110 percent of what we’ve got.”
Pakistani overseas batter Imam-Ul-Haq is set to debut for the White Rose county having been granted his visa.
Explaining his form, Revis said: “Even just the time I spent in the middle against Nottinghamshire, never mind the 93 I got, it just set me up really well.
“To be fair, I’ve felt quite good all year, at the crease. It’s just that the scores haven’t really come.
“Whereas the situation in the Essex game with Coady, the way it played out allowed me to get on with it a little bit more, which obviously means runs flow naturally. Thankfully, I was on the right end of it.”
So how does Revis now marry runs with wickets?
He has 556 runs from seven Championship matches and tops Yorkshire’s averages (62.88). But he has only taken four wickets with his tall, hit-the-pitch seamers.

Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWPix.com. Anthony McGrath is hoping for victory in the last Championship match before the break for the Metro Bank One-Day Cup, which starts next week.
He said: “I’ve worked hard with Mick (Lewis, bowling coach), and he’s been really good. He’s given me a few pointers.
“I’m still working really hard on that, and hopefully I can make a big impact in the 50-over competition as a bowler.”
While former head coach Ottis Gibson played a big part in Revis’s development before he left the club, two more key and influential people with regards to Revis’s development are current head coach Anthony McGrath and general manager of cricket Gavin Hamilton – two ex-international all-rounders.
“They’ve been brilliant,” said Revis. “The way they are around the place takes a whole lot of pressure off us players as well.
“I know if I go out there and give 110 percent and try and nail my skill, they will back me to the hilt. No matter what role I’m taking on, that backing is really nice to have.”
It’s particularly pleasing to see Revis shine after a difficult back end of last summer and then a winter’s rehabilitation following his stress reaction injury in his back.
“There were a lot of afternoons and evenings in the gym and stuff like that,” he recalled.

Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWPix.com. Sussex wicketkeeper-batter and captain John Simpson in action against Yorkshire in last year’s Championship match at Scarborough. He is having a good 2025 with the bat and gloves.
“Guys like Harry Booker (head of strength and conditioning) and Tom Smith (second-team coach) should take a lot of the credit. It was a bit of a slog for us all.
“Thankfully it’s in the past now and I can look forward.”
Sussex were beaten by an innings and 39 runs at home to Essex last week, dropping them back into the mid-table pack.
Captained by wicketkeeper-batter John Simpson, they have Australians opener Daniel Hughes as one overseas player and compatriot new-ball seamer Gurinder Sandhu as another.
Simpson is their leading run-scorer with 866 runs, while former Yorkshire quick Ollie Robinson leads the way with 24 wickets.
YORKSHIRE v SUSSEX, FIRST-CLASS CRICKET – 1863-2024 – STAT PACK
Results (home & away) County Championship: Played 181; Yorkshire won 72, Sussex won 31, Drawn 78. (Abandoned 2).
In addition, the counties have played 26 non-Championship matches, 16 won by Yorkshire, 3 by Sussex and 7 drawn.
At Scarborough (all Championship): Played 10; Yorkshire won 6, Sussex won 0, Drawn 4.
Most recent results: 2024 – Yorkshire won by four wickets at Scarborough. Sussex won by 21 runs at Hove. Most recent draw – 2023 at Headingley.
Most successive wins: Yorkshire 10 (1873-1882, non-Championship), 8 (1891-95, Championship), Sussex 3 (1933-34).
Two wins in a season: Yorkshire 20 times, Sussex 3.
Highest innings totals: For Yorkshire, 681-5dec at Sheffield (Bramall Lane) in 1897. For Sussex, 597-8dec at Hove in 2007.
Lowest innings totals: For Yorkshire, 42 at Hove in 1922, Sussex 20 at Hull in 1922.
Highest individual innings: For Yorkshire, 311 by JT Brown at Sheffield (Bramall Lane) in 1897. For Sussex, 274* by MW Goodwin at Hove in 2011.
Highest wicket partnership: For Yorkshire, 378 for the first wicket between JT Brown (311) and J Tunnicliffe (147) at Sheffield (Bramall Lane) in 1897. For Sussex, 349 for the second wicket between CB Fry (204) and E Killick (200) at Hove in 1901.
Best bowling figures (innings): For Yorkshire, 9-48 by JH Wardle at Hull in 1954. For Sussex, 9-34 by James Langridge at Sheffield (Bramall Lane) in 1934.
Best bowling figures (match): For Yorkshire, 16-112 (9-48 and 7-64) by JH Wardle at Hull in 1954. For Sussex, 12-110 (6-71 and 6-39) by GR Cox at Sheffield (Bramall Lane) in 1907.
Hat tricks: For Yorkshire, 3 – by E Wainwright at Dewsbury in 1894, E Robinson at Hull in 1928 and MJ Hoggard at Hove in 2009. Sussex. 0.
Most dismissals in an innings by a wicketkeeper: For Yorkshire, 6 (all caught) by WR Allen at Hove in 1921, RJ Blakey at Eastbourne in 1990 and JM Bairstow at Arundel in 2014. No Sussex keeper has taken more than 5 in an innings.
Most dismissals in a match by a wicketkeeper: For Yorkshire, 9 (all caught) by RJ Blakey at Eastbourne in 1990. For Sussex, 8 (all caught) by P Moores at Middlesbrough in 1991.
Most catches in a match by a fielder: For Yorkshire, 6 PJ Sharpe at Bradford in 1965. No Sussex fielder has taken more than 5 catches in a match.
One hundred runs and 10 wickets in a match: For Yorkshire, E Wainwright 10 and 104 and 7-66 and 4-57 at Sheffield (Bramall Lane) in 1892. No instance for Sussex.
A century and five wickets in an innings in a match: For Yorkshire, A Drake 115 and 5-53 and 3-30 at Hastings in 1911 and E Wainwright (as above). No instance for Sussex.
At Scarborough…
Highest innings totals: Yorkshire 493 in 2014, Sussex 398 in 2011.
Lowest innings totals: Yorkshire 148 in 1962, Sussex 99 in 1962.
Highest individual innings: For Yorkshire, 189 by KS Williamson in 2014. For Sussex, 130 by MH Yardy in 2011.
NB. Mike Yardy scored a century in each innings in 2011 and this is the only instance of a batter scoring two centuries in a Championship match for any county, including Yorkshire, at Scarborough.
Best bowling figures (innings): For Yorkshire, 7-54 by WE Bowes in 1939. For Sussex, 5-44 by ER Dexter in 1962.
Best bowling figures (match): For Yorkshire, 9-86 (4-27 and 5-59) by CEW Silverwood in 1997. For Sussex, 9-120 (5-83 and 4-37) by JJ Carson 2024.
Compiled by Paul Dyson, Peter Horne & Martyn Webster – members of the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.