Yorkshire County Cricket Team News

Jonny Bairstow is preparing to represent Yorkshire in the upcoming County Championship matches as red-ball domestic cricket resumes following a six-week break. Bairstow was sidelined from England’s red-ball team with Jamie Smith being favoured by the management as the Three Lions wicket-keeper.

Former England Pacer Darren Gough has been elected as the managing director of Yorkshire Cricket with the recruitment of a new coaching team being his first priority. Gough played for Yorkshire for 15 years captaining them for two seasons and was also a member of the 2001 winning team.

Joe Root looked upon the unfortunate series of events in relation to the Yorkshire racism scandal, and wished to “see a change with a culture that harnesses a diverse environment with trust across all communities”. Root wished for sport to be a place where everyone feels equal and safe.

As per an ESPNcricinfo report, former Pakistan quick Rana Naved-ul-Hasan confirmed of hearing racist comments from Michael Vaughan during his time at Yorkshire. Vaughan had admitted on Thursday that his name appeared in Azeem Rafiq’s allegations report, but denied of saying anything of the sort.