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Yorkshire academy graduate signs contract extension

Ben Cliff, who took two wickets in the opening game of the season against Hampshire before he suffered an injury, has committed his future to the club until at least the end of the 2027 season

Jonny Bairstow signs IPL replacement deal at Mumbai Indians

Yorkshire's County Championship captain will replace Will Jacks for the tournament's playoffs, while his former England colleague Richard Gleeson has also earned a short-term deal at the team

Yorkshire set to shake up bowling attack for Surrey trip

Anthony McGrath is set to shuffle his pack after falling a wicket short of beating Essex at Chelmsford

Adam Lyth realistic as the race to 1,000 runs heats up

NICK HOWSON: The Yorkshire opener is the leading run-scorer in County Championship Division One following his 39th first-class century in the draw at Essex and has two rounds to reach four figures for the season before the end of May

Essex and Yorkshire embrace a draw which feels like anything but

NICK HOWSON AT CHELMSFORD: This four-day County Championship match, which went down to the final ball, sees both sides head into the last two rounds of the first block with 11 extra points each, but vastly contrasting emotions

Unwanted throwback beckons for Essex as Yorkshire creep towards the inevitable

NICK HOWSON AT CHELMSFORD: Adam Lyth registered his best first-class score for nine years to leave the visitors on the brink of a first Championship on this ground since 2018

The joke is on Essex as the self-deprecating George Hill runs amok

NICK HOWSON AT CHELMSFORD: The Yorkshire allrounder has a clearer role in this team, and his second-best first-class figures have set the visitors up for a handsome victory

As the stars stay away the kids come out to cheer and play

NICK HOWSON AT CHELMSFORD: What looked set to be an all-star four-day match now contains a diluted cast, for various reasons. And yet, there was no shortage of spectators drinking in the action

What is life like as an early-season county spinner?

OSCAR RESS: With the Kookaburra ball moved to later in the season, the 18 men's counties have bowled 2,826 fewer deliveries of spin in the first month of the 2025 County Championship than they did in the same period last season

"Good to have you back" - Joe Root nears return to action with Yorkshire

England's all-time leading run-scorer, like Harry Brook, has not represented the county this season but is set to face Warwickshire this week

Joe Root and Harry Brook's Yorkshire return date set

The pair will play just one County Championship match ahead of England's first men's Test of the summer against Zimbabwe, with the club expecting them to be available for the home match against Warwickshire, which starts on May 2

Yorkshire's refusal to make Worcestershire follow-on only delays the need for another Tauntonesque rescue act

PAUL EDWARDS AT HEADINGLEY: Jonny Bairstow elected not to make the visitors bat again despite holding a lead of 297, but the addition of 61 more runs only moved them further into the ascendency as they chase a first Division One win since April 2022

Jonny Bairstow's irritation not enough to dampen spirits of dominant Yorkshire

PAUL EDWARDS AT HEADINGLEY: The aghast Yorkshire skipper indicated his disapproval by pointing at his chest; conversations without coffee seemed to follow, before a ruddy-faced Bairstow stalked off to the dressing room

"You've got to be able to put different hats on": John Sadler on dealing with Yorkshire's youth and experience

OSCAR RESS: For the County Championship opener against Hampshire, the club's top six consisted of three former Test batters and three players younger than 25 years old

Anthony McGrath issues update on Harry Brook and Joe Root's Yorkshire availability

OSCAR RESS AT UTILITA BOWL: The head coach expects to pick from a similar squad in the team's second game next week against Worcestershire, with the arrival of their overseas seamer, Ben Sears, delayed