Chris Waters

WANTED: a fiery red-head with a hundred caps to replace a fiery red-head with a hundred caps as England Test captain. Previous Ashes-winning experience essential. Must have a no-backward-step philosophy and the ability to lead by example. Bar-emptying batting skills desirable.

YORKSHIRE’s only previous meeting with Hampshire in T20 cricket came in 2012 when they lost the final by 10 runs in Cardiff.

WHILE it is often said that the league table provides an honest reflection of performance, the First Division of the Championship seems to offer a deceptive narrative in Yorkshire’s case.

WHAT have David Denton, Wilfred Rhodes, Herbert Sutcliffe, Len Hutton and Martyn Moxon got in common - apart from having played for the greatest county on God’s earth, of course?

THE sight of a pig being chased by a butcher across the outfield at North Marine Road on Saturday was not quite the most famous fancy dress interruption that the ground has witnessed.

Dear Mr and Mrs Yorkshire CCC,

YORKSHIRE are set to play one-day cricket in Barnsley from 2028 after the town got the nod over Sheffield and Doncaster.

WHEN the inventors of Twenty20 cricket had their lightbulb moment, so long ago now that Facebook and X had yet to be invented, it was days such as this that they had in mind.

YORKSHIRE are setting up an advisory group to help members understand the issues around demutualisation - and they want Phillip Hodson to be part of it.

NEW Yorkshire signing Logan van Beek has said that he is looking forward to spending quality time with Joe Root and Harry Brook when the England stars play for the club for the first time this season.

THERE have been so many substitutes in the early weeks of the County Championship season that clubs have almost needed fourth officials to supervise them all.