A notable all-round display from Australian all-rounder Charli Knott helped The Blaze warm up for Friday’s Vitality Blast Finals Day with a helter-skelter three-wicket victory over Yorkshire in their last group-stage game at Headingley.
12.07.26Matchday
The battle at the top of the Premier Division continued in Week 13 with both leaders Otley and nearest challengers Saltaire recording important victories, while Bilton kept themselves firmly in contention.
Sir James Anderson removed former England team-mate Joe Root for four as Lancashire kept their hopes of Vitality Blast quarter-final qualification alive with a convincing 22-run Roses win over Yorkshire at Emirates Old Trafford.
10.07.26Matchday
Ami Campbell’s excellent 64 off 42 balls and a career best three wickets for teenaged leg-spinner Holly Garton ensured Yorkshire beat Lancashire Thunder by 29 runs at Emirates Old Trafford this afternoon to even the Vitality Blast Roses ledger.
You spoke and we listened. You've asked for more meat on the bones of some of Yorkshire CCC's developing players from time to time and, in his latest player profile, WRF's Charlie O'Brien takes a closer look at the talented Jawad Akhtar.
09.07.26Features
Well that was a good weekend! Wins against Durham and Leicestershire mean that Yorkshire are close to (whisper it quietly) quarter-final qualification. For the many who don't understand how all of that works, here's an explainer.... in "Yorkshire".
06.07.26Features
A century partnership between Jess Jonassen and Lauren Winfield-Hill sealed a second Vitality Blast win in three days for Yorkshire as they emerged victorious over Warwickshire Bears by five wickets at Edgbaston.
05.07.26Matchday
A stunning unbeaten century from veteran opener Adam Lyth helped Yorkshire beat Leicestershire Foxes by 41 runs at Headingley and move to the verge of quarter-final qualification in the Vitality Blast.
Yorkshire's cricketers enjoyed a 41-run success against Leicestershire at Headingley to all but confirm their qualification for the knockout stages of the competition. Afterwards, WRF's Jonathan Doidge spoke to head coach Anthony McGrath.
80 overs. 822 runs. And 2 Yorkshire wins. A cracking Vitality Blast double header. But these stats alone really only tell half a story... in his latest reflective colour piece, Mark Bailey reports from a seat somewhere in the North East Stand.
05.07.26Features
Blistering fifties from ex-England duo Jonny Bairstow and Moeen Ali helped Yorkshire claim a key five-wicket victory chasing 206 against North Group rivals Durham at Headingley to close in on the Vitality Blast quarter-finals.
03.07.26Matchday
Lauren Winfield-Hill and Sterre Kalis equalled a world record for the highest fourth-wicket partnership in women’s T20 history as their 167 helped Yorkshire beat Somerset by 11 runs in a Headingley run-fest and claim a first Vitality Blast win of 2026.
Teenaged leg-spinner Venus Weerappuli’s fabulous three for 13 set Lancashire Thunder up for a morale-boosting six-wicket Roses Vitality Blast victory over Yorkshire at York this afternoon.
01.07.26Matchday
In his latest chat with White Rose Files, David Lloyd gives his opinions on Ben Stokes' retirement; England; the next captain; plus Yorkshire and Lancashire's T20 Blast adventures.
30.06.26Opinion
Derbyshire Falcons remarkable T20 run against Yorkshire at Chesterfield ended when the Vitality Blast North Group ended in a thrilling tie. Falcons looked set for a ninth consecutive win over Yorkshire at Queen’s Park after posting 215 for 9 only for Matthew Revis to take his side to the brink of victory with an unbeaten 69 from 32 balls.
28.06.26Matchday
Chris Wood struck a six off the penultimate ball to edge Hampshire Hawks to a thrilling victory over Yorkshire in the Vitality Blast men’s competition.
26.06.26Matchday
Georgia Adams impressed with bat and ball as Hampshire Hawks sailed to the top of the Vitality Blast women’s competition table with a bonus point win over Yorkshire.
Skipper Marie Kelly led the way with a fourth half-century of the competition as The Blaze reinforced their position at the top of the points table in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup women’s competition with a four -wicket victory over Yorkshire at Chesterfield.
23.06.26Matchday
The dust is beginning to settle on Yorkshire’s defeat by Leicestershire. There’s no doubt there was a tinge of embarrassment about it, given that it was the first time the Foxes had beaten Yorkshire by an innings at Grace Road; the first time the hosts had won a Division One match since 2003; and that they went into the game bottom of the table.
23.06.26Opinion
Leicestershire completed an emphatic victory inside three days as Yorkshire were bowled out for 229 at Uptonsteel Grace Road, Jonny Bairstow’s side sinking to a third defeat of the season by an innings and 39 runs.
21.06.26Matchday
Bottom-of-the-table Leicestershire have their eyes on a first victory since returning to Division One of the Rothesay County Championship after centuries by Rehan Ahmed and Nick Kelly put them in a dominant position after two days against Yorkshire at Uptonsteel Grace Road.
20.06.26Matchday
Struggling Leicestershire enjoyed one of the better days in what has to date been a tough return to Division One cricket as Yorkshire were bowled out for 185 in their Rothesay County Championship clash at Uptonsteel Grace Road.
19.06.26Matchday
In the first of an informative new series of player profiles, Charlie O'Brien gives us a close look at the career to date of Dom Bess.
18.06.26Features
International spin stars Sarah Glenn and Jess Jonassen combined with devastating effect to set up an eye-catching Yorkshire victory by six wickets against Metro Bank One-Day Cup title chasers Durham at Banks Homes Riverside.
17.06.26Matchday
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