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'County cricket has become much tougher'

Sep 20, 2012: Darren Gough reflects on the 2012 County Championship season

Essex v Yorkshire, Chelmsford, 4th day

Yorkshire secure redemption after promotion

Sep 14, 2012: Yorkshire could look back on a highly satisfying season after their final game ended in a 239-run win over Essex

Essex v Yorkshire, Chelmsford, 3rd day

McGrath gets Yorkshire over the line

Sep 13, 2012: Anthony McGrath may have played his last game for Yorkshire but if he does leave the club, he can do so in the knowledge that he has played a big hand in Yorkshire's promotion

Essex v Yorkshire, Chelmsford, 2nd day

Yorkshire take control and lead

Sep 12, 2012: Yorkshire moved to the top of the Division Two table for the first time this season and look overwhelming favourites to gain promotion

Essex v Yorkshire, Chelmsford, 1st day

Rafiq and Sidebottom show Yorkshire grit

Sep 11, 2012: Perhaps it was fitting that two Yorkshiremen from different backgrounds and different vintages combined to nudge their side ahead in the race to achieve promotion from Division Two

Yorkshire v Gloucestershire, Scarborough, 4th day

McGrath's wise head serves Yorkshire well

Aug 31, 2012: Anthony McGrath used all the experience gained over a 17-year career as he guided Yorkshire through a perfectly time, but very tense, run chase

Sussex v Yorkshire, FLt20 semi-final, Cardiff

Bairstow stars to put Yorkshire into final

Aug 25, 2012: Jonny Bairstow played another ebullient innings swept Yorkshire to a 36-run victory against Sussex in the first Friends Lift t20 semi-final

Yorkshire v Sussex, CB40 Group C, Headingley

Khan steals last-ball win for Sussex

Aug 19, 2012: Yorkshire had victory snatched from their grasp by Sussex off the last ball in a thrilling finish to the Clydesdale Bank 40 contest at Headingley

Friends Life t20 quarter-finals

Azeem Rafiq shows his credentials

Jul 24, 2012: Yorkshire will start favourites against Worcestershire in their Friends Life t20 quarter-final as they target a first trip to finals day

County news

Rashid dropped by Yorkshire

May 29, 2012: Adil Rashid, the Yorkshire legspinner, has been left out of the squad to play Northamptonshire at Headingley this week.

County news

Yorkshire re-shuffle begins

Sep 22, 2011: The fall-out after Yorkshire's disastrous season, in which they were relegated to the second division for only the second time since championship was split into two divisions 11 years ago, has begun

Yorkshire v Lancashire, Friends Life t20, Headingley

Rashid helps secure Roses victory

Jun 17, 2011: Spin twins Adil Rashid and Azeem Rafiq bowled Yorkshire to a breathtaking victory by 11 runs with five balls remaining in a tight Roses clash

Lancashire v Yorkshire, FLt20, Old Trafford

Rafiq stars in tight Yorkshire win

Jun 10, 2011: Yorkshire's batting line-up held off a Lancashire fightback to secure a tense two-wicket victory in their Friends Life t20 match at Old Trafford

Leicestershire v Derbyshire, Grace Road, 4th day

Derbyshire tail clings on for thrilling draw

Apr 30, 2011: Derbyshire's late-order batsmen staged a magnificent rearguard action to deny Leicestershire victory and claim an unlikely draw on a tense final day

County news

Azeem Rafiq joins Derbyshire on loan

Apr 23, 2011: The Yorkshire offspinner and former England Under-19 captain Azeem Rafiq has joined Derbyshire on loan for a month

England news

Rafiq suspended for one month after Twitter tirade

Aug 4, 2010: Azeem Rafiq, the Yorkshire offspinner, has been suspended from all cricket for one month and ordered to pay costs of £500 after being found guilty of two breaches of the ECB Directive

Yorkshire ban Twitter

Aug 2, 2010: Down with all the new-fangled technology nonsense

England news

Rafiq suspended by Yorkshire for Twitter tirade

Jul 29, 2010: Azeem Rafiq, the Yorkshire offspinner, has launched a foul-mouthed rant on Twitter after being left out of the England Under-19 side for the second Test against Sri Lanka at Scarborough

England U19 v Sri Lanka U19, 1st Test, Northampton, 3rd day

Peiris keeps Sri Lanka level

Jul 23, 2010: In a match that continues to swing between two evenly-matched sides, Sri Lanka Under-19s ended the third day with a lead of 270 after Chathura Peiris's left-arm seamers kept England Under-19s to 286

England U19 v Sri Lanka U19, 1st Test, Northampton, 2nd day

Javid and Rafiq give England control

Jul 22, 2010: England Under-19s made steady progress on a rain-interrupted second day to finish 32 runs behind Sri Lanka Under-19s in the first Test at Northampton